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Posted February 17, 2025 Lockton announced it has established a new Digital Office to drive innovation in data, analytics, and technology strategies across the company in addition to naming the office's new leader. The Digital Office initiative aims to elevate…
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Posted February 17, 2025 Park University announced it has promoted Scott Fergerson to the role of chief financial officer. Park University named Fergerson CFO of the institution, effective Feb. 2., according to a release. As CFO, Fergerson now leads the…
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Posted February 17, 2025 The University of Missouri-Kansas City has achieved a new designation from Carnegie, becoming Kansas City’s first university to reach the classification. UMKC became Kansas City’s first Carnegie R1 (Research 1) institution. This new classification placed UMKC…
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Posted February 14, 2025 Kansas City-based Populous has named Populous the firm’s next chief executive officer and global chair. With more than 35 years of experience working at Populous, Miller will transition from his current role as managing director of…
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Posted February 13, 2025 Alabama-based LIV Development plans to build a nearly 300-apartment complex across from the Overland Park Convention Center. Livano Overland Park is a 12.2-acre development consisting of 298 apartments in six buildings located at the southwest corner…
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Posted February 12, 2025 Kansas City-based Lockton has added Paul Rodriguez as the leader of its National Surety Practice. Rodriguez succeeds Patrick Pribyl who took the role in 2020. Pribyl will transition to the role of Chairman of the National…
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Posted February 12, 2025 Overland Park-based Prime Capital Financial has entered into a partnership with the Duluth, Georgia-based Sugarloaf Wealth Management marking the firm’s first expansion into the Atlanta metro area. Headquartered in Duluth, Sugarloaf also operates another office in…
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Posted February 12, 2025 Universities and hospitals in Missouri and Kansas could lose funding if the Trump administration successfully reduces the indirect cost limit for grant recipients from the National Institutes of Health. On Monday, a federal judge placed a…
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Posted February 12, 2025 Overland Park-based SelectQuote announced it had signed a $350 million investment that will allow the firm to recapitalize its balance sheet and lower its annual cash debt. Bain Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Credit and Newlight Partners…
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Posted February 11, 2025 Wichita State University has been gifted a $2.5 million investment from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas for its biomedical campus and the creation of two new nursing scholarships. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of…
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