Jim Devine President/CEO Teresa Evans Vice President Shannan Cunniffe Office Manager Professional Staff Jim Devine joined LSEDC in 1999. With over 30 years of experience as a consultant or chief executive, Jim has worked for cities, counties, states, chambers of commerce, management consulting and real estate firms in 22 states in the U.S.A. He has managed multimillion dollar marketing and public relations campaigns in the United States and Europe; industrial parks; labor force studies; foreign trade zones; enterprise zones; downtown and redevelopment programs, and strategic plans for communities throughout the west. He served as the chairman of Washington, DC based International <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Council</strong> (IEDC), representing over 4,000 economic development professionals. Jim is a Ford Foundation Scholar, holds a Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University and a BA cum laude from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He is a graduate of the Japan Business Institute, Tokyo, Japan; the <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Institute, Norman Oklahoma; and the Institute for Participatory Management and Planning, Monterey, California. Jim’s wife Elayne, graduated from Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> High School, is an ordained Unity minister, clinical psychological counselor and bronze sculptor. Teresa Evans joined the LSEDC staff in August 2002. Teresa came to LSEDC with 20 years of experience in education. She was employed by the Metropolitan Community Colleges working in student services as an academic advisor, and more recently in employee development by coordinating and facilitating training needs for over 1,000 employees. Teresa holds an Associate in Arts from Longview Community College and a Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology summa cum laude from Park University. Teresa completed the Heartland <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Course through the University of Northern Iowa in 2003, is a graduate of Leadership Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> 2004, and in the past 2 years has completed variety of business-retention-based e-Synchronist courses, as well as training through the Missouri <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Academy. Teresa’s husband Bob works for Lathrop & Gage as IS Project Manager. Their daughter Cara (a 2001 Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> High School graduate) lives in Kansas City and is employed by The Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Shannan Cunniffe joined LSEDC in November 2004 with over 13 years of experience in office administration and office management. She worked for 2 years in the non-profit sector and for over 11 years at two local engineering firms. In those roles, she helped prepare, edit and distribute proposals, reports and presentations; she has experience in meeting planning and preparation; and has designed and created invitations for various events. She has applied her previous experience in her role as Office Manager for the LSEDC. Shannan is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> and completed the Heartland <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Course in April 2006. She has a degree in English from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. Shannan and her husband Tom live in Independence and like to travel.
Kansas City Business JOURNAL July 21–27, 2006