Power 100: Greg Graves

Greg Graves is on the top tier of Kansas City’s power elite. The personable CEO of Burns & McDonnell has overseen a period in which one of the firm’s biggest challenges has been keeping up with the demand for more space for its employees.

Graves’ style is exemplified in the Big 5 initiative that the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce rolled out under his chairmanship. The list of audacious goals, which many civic leaders wouldn’t dare touch, came about after a long series of meetings that elicited…