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Role Players: John Meissner: From ticket sales to tailgate scout
Day job: John Meissner's everyday job is selling tickets, from corporate suites to season tickets and individual game tickets. He fields lots of phone calls. "Working with the Chiefs, we have the...
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Role Players: Jeremy Slavens: From marketing director to tunnel wrangler
Day job: During the week, Jeremy Slavens is the guy who books nonfootball events throughout the year for Arrowhead Stadium. When you see a Taylor Swift or Kenny Chesney concert, a soccer game or...
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Role Players: Brian Dunn: From controller to raffle master
Day job: As controller, Brian Dunn ensures that the Kansas City Chiefs' books are in good shape and prepares financial reports for executives, bankers, the National Football League and investors....
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Role Players: Brian Sloan: From courier to locker room boss
Day job: Brian Sloan makes sure everything coming and going from One Arrowhead Drive gets where it's supposed to be. That includes mail, uniforms and equipment, cash and checks, and yes, even shipments...
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Role Players: Brad Young: From senior producer to control room director
Day job: Brad Young and his team are mainly responsible for planning the in-stadium game-day show. They create graphics and video for the website and handle marketing and news conferences. They produce...
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Role Players: Meet Chiefs’ behind-the-scenes second teamers
Every winning team needs superstars, but it also requires role players. It's no different for the Kansas City Chiefs. As an organization, the football team is the superstar, but the role players behind...
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James Dornbrook: Chiefs staff runs different routes to score jobs
The Kansas City Chiefs have 160 employees, and the primary factor most cite when asked what brought them to the team is a passion to contribute in any way they can to help out. Although some...
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Role Players: Terry Lee: From grounds crew to goal post net-minder
Day job: Terry Lee and the grounds crew are responsible for upkeep and maintenance of the fields at Arrowhead and the training facilities, as well as the grass islands and shrubs throughout the...
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Year in Review: 2014 was an active year for bank M&A
Banks with a presence in the Kansas City area had no problem finding opportunity for growth through mergers and acquisitions this past year. The most active by far was Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Simmons...
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Year in Review: Area sees massive investment in manufacturing
A look back on all the massive investments made in buildings, equipment and brands shows just how impressive a year 2014 was for manufacturing in the Kansas City area. There were massive investments...
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Year in Review: Kansas City leaps toward Soccertown USA title
It was another stellar year for professional soccer in the Kansas City area, giving fan plenty to cheer about. Sporting Kansas City, FC Kansas City and the Missouri Comets and FC Kansas City all...
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Businesses watch Federal Reserve’s moves with interest
The U.S. economy continued to improve steadily throughout 2014. That will have businesses watching the Federal Reserve closely this year as it adjusts its policies to prevent the economy from either...
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10 to Watch: New products carry the load for Ford’s KC plant
With Ford Motor Co. employing nearly 6,000 people at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, the market performance of the new Transit van and redesigned 2015 F-150 pickup carries great...
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James Dornbrook: Commerce may set example with Apple Pay move
Commerce Bank recently became the latest local bank to announce it would offer customers the Apple Pay system, which allows shoppers to pay for purchases at select retailers by holding their iPhone 6...
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Torn Label is the newest brewery to open in KC
Torn Label Brewing Co., which set up shop at 1708 Campbell St. in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, will hold a week-long launch party starting tonight at Bier Station. All five of the new micro...
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Kennedy and Coe completes merger, changes name
Kennedy and Coe LLC completed its merger with Matson and Isom on Jan. 1 and has now officially changed its name to K•Coe Isom. The merged company now ranks 60th in the United States in terms of size,...
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Local investment team named a Fund Manager of the Year finalist
A portfolio management team at Kansas City-based American Century Investments was named as one of four national finalists for Morningstar Inc.'s 2014 Domestic Stock Fund Manager of the Year award. The...
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Mariner Wealth Advisors' latest acquisition adds $1B in assets
Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a majority interest in Vantage Investment Advisors LLC of State College, Pa., adding about $1 billion in assets under management. The acquisition adds 14...
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Why the ACA is a huge deal for H&R Block
H&R Block Inc. has been spending millions of dollars peppering the airwaves and roadsides with advertising this tax season to make people aware of all the tax code changes related to the Affordable...
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New Lawson Bank CEO's past suits bank's future
A lot of the experience Randy Baker gathered over his 22-year banking career is a good fit for his new job as president and CEO of Lawson Bank. Baker spent the last six-and-a-half years as senior vice...
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