Steven S. Johnson

Kansas City SmartPort operates as a non-profit economic development organization. It works to attract freight-based companies, such as manufacturing, distribution and warehouses, to the 18 county, bi-state Kansas City region. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Missouri Partnership is a public-private economic development organization that has been working since 2008 to attract companies to the state of Missouri. The non-profit company is based in St. Louis, MO, and the CEO of the company is Subash Alias. The company has successfully created over 32,900 new jobs, $1.70 billion in new annual payroll, and $6.40 billion in new capital investment. Some of the recent successful projects include Accenture Federal Services LLC, American Foods Group, Casey's, Chewy Inc., James Hardie, Meta, Swift Prepared Foods, URBN, USDA, and Veterans United. The company's main focus is to increase Missouri's visibility as a competitive business location.