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Wendy Guillies says Kauffman’s focus will be on KC, growing other metros
On Wednesday the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced president and CEO Tom McDonnell will step down effective June 30. While McDonnell will advise the Foundation through the end of the year, vice president of communications Wendy Guillies will serve as Kauffman’s acting president and CEO. A press release stated that a new multi-year strategic plan…
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Tom McDonnell to step down in June, leave Kauffman Foundation after 2014
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City-based entrepreneurship and education organization, announced today that its president and CEO Tom McDonnell will step down from his role on June 30 and advise through the end of the year. McDonnell became CEO in January 2013. According to a release, the Foundation has been prepping for a multi-year strategic plan…
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Two Kauffman-backed programs join forces to create UP Global
Startup Weekend and the Startup America Partnership—both supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation—today announced they will start up a joint organization, UP Global, a “full-spectrum support service” intended to take entrepreneurs from pre-idea through high-growth …
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Watch Kauffman’s State of Entrepreneurship Address at 11 a.m.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation CEO Tom McDonnell will be joined by Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran and others today in Washington, D.C. for the Kansas City, Mo.-based organization’s fourth annual State of Entrepreneurship Address. Following the 30-minute address at 11 a.m., a five-person panel at noon is expected address challenges and opportunities in financing new …
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New CEO McDonnell on Kauffman’s role in KC, helping Midwest startups
As Tom McDonnell takes the helm of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as its new president and CEO, he is determined to help the $1.8 billion foundation increase its visibility and build on existing strengths without veering from its focus on entrepreneurship and education. The Kansas City, Mo.-based Kauffman Foundation announced on Dec. 4 that…
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New Kauffman CEO McDonnell on DST’s roots, lunches with Mr. K
Tom McDonnell is making a move from one Kansas City institution to another. In September, McDonnell revealed plans to retire at year’s end from his role as chief executive of DST Systems, and on Dec. 4 the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced that McDonnell would become its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. McDonnell…
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Kauffman tabs DST’s McDonnell as CEO, names Kreamer board chair
Tom McDonnell, a man who for months has been at the center of considerable speculation about the next president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has been tabbed to take the reins of the Kansas City, Mo.-based organization, which has an asset base of close to $2 billion and focuses on entrepreneurship and…