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AMY PATEL After earning her medical degree at UMKC’s School of Medicine in 2011, Amy Patel could have written her ticket

of horsepower, that is. Adam Porter concedes that he took a non-traditional route to become CFO at Musselman and Hall Contractors by not going down the public accounting track earlier in his career. “I started on the ground floor as a billing analyst at Freightquote.com in 2006 and eventually worked into an accounting role, where I learned to love accounting,” he says. During subsequent gigs at the Federal Reserve Bank and Kansas City University, he completed work on his MBA, then attained his CPA status. “I want to be an example to people that hard work, dedication, and an inquisitive nature will lead you to success, and not necessarily a standard path,” he says. Since joining the specialty contracting company in almost anywhere—and did: a fellowship at the prestigious Washington University in St. Louis, radiology faculty at Harvard, staff radiologist at the storied Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. But here we are: Kansas City. Liberty, specifically. “I have made it my life’s calling to return to the region in which I was raised to elevate subspecialized breast cancer care and access in the Kansas City metro and beyond,” says Patel, 38. She was recruited in 2018 to build a comprehensive breast program at Liberty Hospital, became medical director of its Breast Care Center, and became chair of the hospital’s entire cancer program in 2019. Less than two years after coming back, volume at the imaging center was up 24 percent, and

2019, he saved $2.5 million for the firm through a debt restructuring, led a rebuild of the accounting team and its IT team foundation, spearheaded the headquarters relocation, then helped lead an expansion just a year later. Revenue growth has been comparatively stable at 16 percent since his arrival, but the bottom line is where his impact is really being felt: up 600 percent in that span. “When I’m not working, I strive to be the best dad and husband I can be” for Amy and their youngsters, Dawson and Jackson. He’s also setting a service example with support of various non profit cases, including City Union Miss ion, HopeKids, Veterans Community Pro- ject, Big Brothers Big Sisters of KC, American Lung Association, and Jazzoo. the breast MRI program grew 240 per- cent. She also led the establishment of breast surgical, plastic surgery, and gene tics programs. On her watch, the breast imaging unit was the first department in the hospital to achieve four consecutive quarters of patient satisfaction in the 99th percentile in 2022. The hospital opened a multimillion-dollar imaging center in June 2021, intent on delivering cancer care, testing and cutting-edge technology second to none in the reg ion. Last fall, she and husband Joe became parents with the arrival of Kate, and Patel has an impressive, award winning service record supporting pat- ient housing needs, public policy initiatives in Jefferson City, and various cancer-fighting associations.

ADAM PORTER Even if you put the cart before the horse, you can reach the same destination—with the right application

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