Burns & McDonnell CEO Greg Graves was named the Kansas Citian of the Year at the event.
“He leads a century-plus-old firm that ranks as one of the area's fastest-growing companies and celebrates being honored as one of Kansas City's Best Places to Work… Graves may have secured a future Kansas Citian of the Year award in 2011 when he reinvigorated the mission of the Greater KC Chamber. He used his year as chairman of the chamber to lead a months-long effort to discuss the region's future, ultimately narrowing 182 big ideas for the region into a Big 5 list of strategic priorities.