PNC Bank is one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the US, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking; residential mortgage banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management.
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. For over 150 years, its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. Our products are helping to address some of today’s biggest challenges, including global population growth, an aging society and the need to make efficient – and, wherever possible, sustainable – use of natural resources. We are improving people’s quality of life by preventing, alleviating or curing disease and helping to provide an adequate supply of high-quality food to stay in line with our mission “Science For A Better Life."
BlueScope Buildings, headquartered in the historic West Bottoms, is one of the largest manufacturers of engineered metal building solutions in North America. Our brands, include Butler Manufacturing, Varco Pruden Buildings, BlueScope Construction, and BlueScope Properties Group. BlueScope employs 2,000 people throughout the US and helps build communities in many ways.
Established in 1987, MULTIVAC has more than 4,250 active US based packaging machines and growth of 300+ new machines sold annually. As a single source supply network for packaging equipment, our customers rely on the vast expertise of our global manufacturing and the local support from our Kansas City headquarters.
Formed in 1871, the NAIC is a voluntary organization of the chief insurance regulatory officials of the 50 states, District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The NAIC’s overarching objective is to assist insurance regulators in protecting consumers and helping maintain a financially stable insurance industry.
The National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) supports the work of the states and the NAIC in making the insurance producer-licensing process cost-effective, streamlined and uniform for the benefit of regulators, the insurance industry and the consumers they protect and serve. NIPR provides one-stop shopping for all aspects of electronic producer licensing.
SelectQuote shops some of the most trusted insurance companies to find our customers the right coverage at the right price for life, Medicare, auto and home insurance. As one of the Best Places to Work in Kansas City, SelectQuote is ready to compete in the KCCC for the 8th year!
Founded in 1897, Children’s Mercy is one of the nation’s top pediatric medical centers. With not-for-profit hospitals in Missouri and Kansas, and numerous specialty clinics in both states, Children’s Mercy provides the highest level of care for children from birth through the age of 21. U.S. News & World Report has repeatedly ranked Children’s Mercy as one of “America's Best Children's Hospitals.” Its faculty of more than 800 pediatric subspecialists and researchers across more than 40 subspecialties are actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists. Thanks to generous philanthropic and volunteer support, Children’s Mercy provides medical care to every child who passes through its doors, regardless of a family’s ability to pay.
The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.The Red Cross provides roughly 40% of the nation’s blood supply. With someone needing blood every 2 seconds. Each day, the Red Cross needs to collect about 12,500 blood donations to meet the needs of patients at about 2,500 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. Every day, more than 24,000 people receive assistance from the American Red Cross — that’s about 1,000 people helped every hour of the day. This includes disasters in the community, communication and community services to veterans and the military, as well as lifesaving first aid training.
Founded by two entrepreneurs in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a family of companies made up of 8,500 engineers, architects, construction professionals, scientists, consultants and innovators with offices across the country and throughout the world. As a 100% employee-owned company, we strive to create amazing success for our clients and amazing careers for our employee-owners.
Community Blood Center is a non-profit organization serving hospitals in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area, as well as eastern Kansas and western Missouri. CBC provides nearly 200,000 blood products per year to 70 area hospitals - and relies on 600+ volunteer donors each day to meet the need for life-saving gifts of blood. CBC operates 365/24/7 to deliver safe, high-quality products to meet transfusion needs for routine care and emergencies.
Corporate Woods is the premier office park in suburban Kansas City. The serene 50-acre campus features 27 state-of-the-art office buildings, a vibrant retail & restaurant center, and a modern hotel. Nature trails, streams, trees, and wildlife are at your doorstep when you need to unwind or find inspiration. Whether you are looking for a small suburban office or a traditional high-rise, Corporate Woods is your weekday oasis.”
As global apparel design and sourcing experts, we help Brands tell their story through high quality, innovative apparel products. DRI has the resources to ensure a fully integrated and socially compliant approach to our client’s creative development, merchandising, and operational needs
Gainwell is the leading provider of technology solutions for the administration and operations of health and human services programs. Gainwell is a new company with over 50 years experience, a reputation for excellence, and unparalleled industry expertise. We offer clients scalable and flexible solutions for their most complex challenges.
Harcros operates twenty-nine distribution locations in nineteen states and provides excellent geographic coverage throughout much of the United States. The Harcros Manufacturing Division headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas, with a second facility in Dalton, Georgia, is a niche producer of surfactants, emulsifiers, defoamers, and a myriad of specialty products, custom blends, and reaction chemistries.
KC Running Company (KCRC) is a running and walking event management and timing company based in Kansas City. Formed in 2008, the KCRC team manages and/or times over 80 annual running events in and around the Kansas City area.
KC pride is at the heart of CommunityAmerica Credit Union, where for more than 75 years we’ve been putting people over profits. With products like Cashback Free Checking, High Interest Savings, Profit Payout and neighborly home loan options, we help Kansas Citians do more with their money. If you live or work in Kansas City, come bank with us. WE KC.
Conexon is a leader in the electric cooperative broadband movement, with a mission of closing the digital divide through fiber to the home. Founded in 2015, Conexon offers an unmatched architecture and approach that enables electric cooperatives to leverage their infrastructures to efficiently and affordably deliver fiber broadband services to 100% of their membership. The company is composed of professionals who have worked in electric cooperatives and the telecommunications industry, and offer decades of individual experience in business planning, building networks, marketing and selling telecommunications. Conexon offers clients end-to-end broadband deployment and operations support, working with them to analyze economic feasibility, secure financing, design the network, manage construction, provide operational support, optimize business performance and determine optimal partnerships. To date, Conexon has assisted nearly 275 electric cooperatives, nearly 60 of which are deploying fiber networks, with approximately 500,000 rural Americans across the U.S. connected to fiber to the home. Overall, the company has secured nearly $2 billion in federal, state and local grants and subsidies for its clients.
Corporate Fitness Works is an expert fitness services partner exclusively focused on working populations. Established in 1988, we have 35 years’ experience helping companies and their employees overcome health challenges commonly experienced in work-life; like sitting too much, stress, social isolation, and poor diet. We collaborate with corporate executives and HR leaders to integrate our onsite fitness solutions and virtual platforms to provide all employees with an equitable benefit that is consistent and supports today’s hybrid workforce. We view our role as more than exercise – it’s about training with a purpose and meeting the unique needs of our client’s employees wherever they work. Corporate Fitness Works is a privately held certified women (WBENC) and minority (NMSDC) owned company. We are made up of over 350 passionate, educated fitness professionals focused on making the lives of our client’s employees happier and healthier both in person and at home. Learn more at www.corporatefitnessworks.com.
Since opening our first store in Kansas City, Helzberg Diamonds has grown into a nationwide family of jewelry stores. Through it all, our core values have stayed the same. We believe in people first, and it shines through in everything we do. Visit one of our Kansas City locations or www.helzberg.com.
American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting breakthrough medical research. Founded in 1958, American Century Investments' 1,400 employees serve financial professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors from offices in New York; London; Frankfurt; Hong Kong; Sydney; Mountain View, Calif.; and Kansas City, Mo. Delivering investment results to clients enables American Century Investments to distribute over 40 percent of its dividends to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, non-profit basic biomedical research organization. The Institute owns more than 40 percent of American Century Investments and has received dividend payments of $1.7 billion since 2000. Visit americancentury.com
We believe that the way we work can add meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. That coloring outside the lines can illuminate fresh perspectives. And that small details yield important realizations. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward. We specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists. HDR is consistently ranked among the top firms by leading industry publications, including Engineering News-Record and Architectural Record. Our responsive approach builds highly collaborative, cross-company teams that open new doors and solve tough problems for clients. HDR has partnered with clients to shape communities and push the boundaries of what's possible since 1917. Our employees, working in 225 locations around the world, push open the doors to what’s possible each and every day.
Unite Private Networks (UPN) provides high-bandwidth, fiber-based communications networks and related services to schools, governments, carriers, data centers, hospitals, and enterprise business customers throughout the United States. Service offerings include dark and lit fiber, private line, optical Ethernet, Internet access, data center services, and other customized solutions.