Bob Langenkamp Joins CBKC as Chief Development Officer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Aug. 6, 2019) – Emmet Pierson, chief executive officer of Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC), announced today that Bob Langenkamp will join as the organization’s new chief development officer, effective September 3. Langenkamp will be responsible for generating investment opportunities, acquisitions, partnerships and projects.
“Bob is the latest addition, and not the last, to a team highly skilled, experienced and motivated to transform our community, particularly Kansas City’s urban core,” said Pierson who was named CBKC’s CEO in May. “He joins other recent hires Steve Weatherford, most recently with LISC, who is our CFO, and Elizabeth Schultz, an architect well versed in neighborhood revitalization, who is leading CBKC’s strategic initiatives and community outreach.”
Langenkamp, previously served for four-plus years as president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri, and as a assistant city manager, director of City Planning and Development for the city of Kansas City, Missouri.
“What CBKC does is meaningful, mission driven and makes a tremendous difference for Kansas City,” said Langenkamp. “In my discussions with Emmet and his team we determined that what I am able to bring in identifying opportunities, figuring out approaches and financing, navigating incentive structures, plans and zoning and the like complements the strengths of the organization. I’m excited to get started.”
CBKC, a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization, is the region’s largest urban core developer. Pierson said the organization has been quietly strengthening its assets in recent years. “We’ve laid the groundwork and now we are ready to implement CBKC’s integrated entrepreneurial business model that addresses community needs, generates revenue and expands operations into other lines of business.”
Pierson added that Langenkamp is a great addition to CBKC as were Weatherford and Schultz and forecasts the same will be said of those filling coming positions. “CBKC is already attracting resources for its community development projects from regional and national partners,” he said. “The coming together of this team and those resources means CBKC can make a serious run at changing the Kansas City landscape for the better, empowering neighborhoods and the families who live in them.”
Langenkamp joined the city of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1989 and was involved in most of the major redevelopment projects undertaken during his tenure there. He was an Urban Land Institute (ULI) Daniel Rose Program Fellow and has served on the boards PortKC (ex-officio), the Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation, the Downtown Council, the Performing Arts CID, Bridging the Gap, chaired the organization that became AltCap, and chaired ULI’s Kansas City District Council. He also is a member of The Nature Conservancy.