The Power Book 2023

CHAPTER 1

Ingram’s 250 Honorees

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40 Under Forty

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Best Companies to Work For

INFLUENTIAL

Women Executives-Kansas City (WeKC)

DID YOU KNOW? • Ingram’s set the standard for health-care recognition programs with its first class of Top Doctors in 1998. • That health-care focus expanded in 2004 with Heroes in Healthcare, which searches out exceptional individuals in the medical communi ty and celebrates their contributions to the region’s quality of life. • Taking a lead role in promoting women in executive roles, Ingram’s Women Executives–Kansas City, or WeKC, program, dates back more than 22 years • The region’s most influential executives are profiled each year with the Ingram’s 250; in 2022, we celebrated our seventh installment of this popular feature. • In April 2023, Ingram’s 40 Under Forty will celebrate its 25th class of honorees. That will bring to an even 1,000 the ranks of this im- pressive alumni group since the first class was announced in 1998.

Ingram’s Industry Lists Online

Ingram’s Competitions and Recognition Awards  40 Under Forty  Best Companies to Work For  Women Executives-Kansas City (WeKC) ingrams . com includes access to accurate rankings of companies and organizations, plus contact information for executives and marketing/communications pros.

 Corporate Report 100  Power Breakfast Series  Best of Business Kansas City  Top Doctors  Heroes in Healthcare

 Icons of Education  Family Businesses  50 Missourians/Kansans You Should Know  Family-Owned Businesses  Corporate Champions/Local Heroes  The Ingram’s 100: Private Companies  Ingram’s 250  20 in Their Twenties  Executive of the Year & C-Suite Awards

 Philanthropist of the Year  Ingram’s Community Cares

INGRAM’S

Kansas City’s Business Leadership: A Combination of Influence and Power

The Ingram’s 250 is an annual compilation of the most pow erful, effective and talented executives in the 22-county region, spanning the distance from Topeka to Sedalia. Each year, Ingram’s sets this prestigious field by starting with our editors’ best as- sessments of the financial throw-weight each executive has in his or her professional arsenal. But how to apply objectivity to an otherwise subjective process? First, start with scale: Executives from the largest organizations clearly wield more commercial influence than those at small businesses and startups. But corporate reve nues, C-suite salaries or employee payroll totals alone don’t really define what it takes to make this select field. We assess the broader influence that these leaders have on regional commerce, on public policy, on civic initiatives and on phil anthropic ventures. Large employers in the region, almost by definition, could be

included. But we also consider profitability, which is why some large-company execs one might think of as natural choices might not show up here, especially given the business conditions of 2020 and 2021, which inflicted heavy tolls on certain business sectors, including hospitality and travel. Influence, of course, is not merely a function of the executive office. Y0u can see it being wielded down the ranks of organiza tions in different ways. And that shows up in other recognition programs like 40 Under Forty , spotlighting the achievements of rising talent; Women-Executives Kansas City , showcasing the leadership skills of executives who refuse to let glass ceilings limit their contributions to business and commerce; and even the Best Companies to Work For and the Corporate Report 100, which shows that influence can be leveraged on an organiza tional scale for employers who dare to set new standards for performance.

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Ingram’s — Kansas City’s Business Media

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