Speakers

Misty Honnold is the President and Founder of the international organization Mountain of Myrrh Ministry (M.O.M.). She has been the Visionary Leader of the local expression of M.O.M., The Single MOM KC. As a single mother of four, her greatest life work has been loving and leading her family well. Because of her parenting experience and community engagement, churches, organizations, and other single mothers have consistently sought Misty out for discipleship, advice, and inspiration.

Dan Margolies is editor in charge of health and education news at KCUR 89.3, Kansas City’s NPR affiliate. He has worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star and Reuters. In a previous life, he was a lawyer.

Joseph Dandurand, a former judge on appellate and circuit courts and a former deputy attorney general, will head the Kansas City office of Legal Aid of Western Missouri.

As executive director, Dandurand will lead more than 50 attorneys and 100 total employees in the office, which provides legal assistance to people with low income.

https://lawmo.org/news/

 

During his more than 25 years with Populous, Jeff has become a design specialist in professional sports stadium architecture and collegiate athletic facilities. His responsibilities have included programming, master planning, conceptual and schematic design, design development, contract documents and construction administration.

Butch Rigby has developed real estate in and around the Kansas City area for over 30 years. He redeveloped his first property in 1980 during the time that he was a full time student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, and a Juris Doctor from the UMKC School of Law.

 

Butch founded the Screenland Movie Theatre Circuit, and as a part of that venture, he restored the Historic Granada Movie Theatre Building located at 1015 Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City Kansas. He then renovated the historic Armour Theatre Building in downtown North Kansas City, Mo.

Lt. Col. Keith Baranow hails from Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He initially entered the service in 1991 as an Infantryman in the Pennsylvania National Guard. He later transitioned to the Regular Army and served in a myriad of troop leading positons until receiving his commission from Officer Candidate School in 2001.