(seated, left to right)

Mike Orth, Black & Veatch
Shane Lutz, Henderson Engineers, Inc.
Carl Privitera, Mark One Electric
(co-chair and co-sponsor)
Michelle Sweeney, Ingram's Magazine
Aaron Neighbors, Neighbors Construction
Grover Simpson, Lockton Companies

(standing, left to right)

David Rezac, 360 Architecture
Scott Vath, Titan Construction
Mike Johnson, Excel Constructors
Mitch Hoefer, Hoefer Wysocki Architects
Mark Huber, Turner Construction
Jeff McMahon, RED Development
David Wysocki, Hoefer Wysocki Architects
Susan McGreevy, Stinson Morrison Hecker
Dan Euston, J.E. Dunn Construction
Ernie Straub, Straub Construction
Tony Rohr, Gould Evans Associates
Don Greenwell, Builders' Association
Joseph Mabin, Minority Contractors Association
Augie Huber, A.L. Huber Construction
David Kendrick, Greater Kansas City Building & Construction Trades Council
Vince Migliazzo, KCASA, Mark One Electric
Patrick Pribyl, Lockton Companies

Builders Still Looking for More Signs of Recovery

On a snowy February afternoon, key leaders from the region’s building trades gathered at the Freighthouse District offices of Ingram’s Magazine for the 10th annual Ingram’s Construction and Design Industry Outlook. Sponsoring the event was Mark One Electric, whose vice president, Carl Privitera, served as chair for the assembly.

This meeting was part of Ingram’s ongoing effort to highlight issues of interest to the civic and business community in Kansas City’s greater metropolitan area. In the 10 years of such assemblies, this one was quite possibly the least optimistic. Yet everyone in attendance was working hard to assure the best possible future for their respective organizations, and all had interesting suggestions as to how to make that future brighter.