Ingram's October 2023

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1. With perfect weather beckoning, the crowd begins to form outside Ingram’s Crossroads offices. | 2. Jeff Simon , managing partner of Husch Blackwell’s Kansas City office and a perennial pick for the annual Ingram’s 250. | 3. Ethan Whitehill , left, and Ryan LeCluyse of Crux KC, the marketing-services provider and CR100 honoree. | 4. Tech consultant Burton Kelso caught up with Karen Crnkovich of DMC Service, a Corporate Report 100 honoree. | 5. Josh Houtz of First Citizens Bank and Liz Jones of First Interstate Bank gave it their best shot on the cornhole game array. | 6. Also taking up the challenge on the gameboards were Pamela Fields and Gopal Aedma of CR100-winning Global Soft Solutions. 7. Amber Lutz-Sherman and Mike Sherman perused the July issue of Ingram’s , which included Lutz Plumbing of Shawnee among its CR100 winners. 8. Teresa Youngs, Kevin Brandes and Kyle Goulston show off their hardware from CargoQuotes’ No. 1 finish in the 2023 Corporate Report 100. 9. Brian DeFrain of D&L Transport, with his wife, Christie . | 10. McCownGordon Construction COO Steve Levy chatted with Ingram’s publisher Joe Sweeney . | 11. Vest Professional Services, with multiple appearances in the CR100, sent a cohort that included, from left, Karolina Olivares, Elizabeth Aguilera, Vicki Vest, Marla Maxwell and Buffie Reed . | 12. Julie and Nick Gadwood of CR100 winner Gadwood Realty Group.

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Kansas City’s Business Media

October 2023