Board of Directors -

Bryan is a writer, craftsman, husband, father, and avid outdoorsman with a passion for historical architecture. He studied Political Science and History at Southern Arkansas University and has held several executive positions with companies that specialized in various construction trades. Over the past two decades, he has actively participated as a designer, consultant, and specialty contractor for historical restoration of several iconic buildings in the Kansas City Metro. Hailing from a lineage of creative makers with a strong commitment to the principle of building or repairing rather than buying or replacing, Bryan has cultivated a foundation of ingenuity, perseverance, and entrepreneurial spirit into multiple successful enterprises. He is the founder and CEO of RETROPROS, Plaster Dynamics, and JUBEO Design, all of which are intricately connected to the fundamental concept of sustainability through restoration, utilization, and preservation of existing structures, composites, and built environments.

Marquita Taylor, MBA is the CEO of MB Taylor Consulting, LLC providing consulting services in the field of fund development and racial equity training. Marquita also provides facilitation services for CJ-CSCP, Inc., a racial equity training company. Marquita is also co-developer with Pitch-Perfect KC, a partnership created to restore the family home of Leroy “Satchel” Paige. Marquita has more than 20 years of experience in fund development, community relations, marketing, and special events for several non-profit organizations in the community as well as experience from a managerial level for banking and finance in the corporate sector. Her unique blend of strategic business acumen skills in banking and finance as well as in healthcare, social justice, and education in nonprofit management, gives Marquita the ability to serve as a servant leader in both arenas. Marquita serves as president of the Santa Fe Area Neighborhood Council as well as many others. Marquita received her bachelor’s in management from the University of Phoenix Kansas City and a master’s in business administration.

A champion for Northeast Kansas City, Dylan Van Gerpen serves as the founding President of the Northeast Neighborhood Coalition. He is also a past President and current Secretary of Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association, with responsibility for the historic Northeast’s beloved Scare-It Halloween for 7 years. Dylan has called the this area his home for the last 14 years, along with his partner Scott and their two dogs. Dylan is a full-time real estate agent and has been heavily involved in many community projects over the years, and continues to find ways to advance the betterment of the 35,000 + residents that call the Historic Northeast home.

Vicki is an architect, urban planner, and president of Collins Noteis & Associates. She has served on the Kansas City, Missouri City Plan Commission, the Missouri State Board for Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects, as President of AIA Kansas City, she and was named an Alumni Fellow of the Kansas State University College of Architecture and Design in 1999. Prior to forming CNA, Vicki was Director of the City Planning & Development Department for Kansas City for 7 years. Prior to that, she served as Assistant Director where she led the city’s development of a new comprehensive & strategic masterplan, FOCUS Kansas City, which received the American Planning Association’s National Award for Excellence. Vicki served as HKC President from 2022-2024 and again from 2025-2026.

Greg Allen, past president, is known to friends (and foes) as a sometimes civic enthusiast (sometimes contrarian) and a perennial volunteer in preservation and city planning. His more recent efforts in preservation have focused on Historic Kansas City, where he is a past president and devoted advocate for Kansas City’s scenic and historic assets, leaving him time as well to dally with young grandkids and steward the Allens’ longtime home in the Roanoke Historic District. Greg has chaired the KC Landmarks Commission, the Union Station Preservation Advisory Committee, the Missouri Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, and has served on the Board of Advisors of the National Trust. Greg is the President of Allen Financial Corp.

Amelia McIntyre is an attorney with forty-one years of experience in real estate law. During the last eleven years, she has served as an attorney for the City of Kansas City, Missouri on a variety of matters, furthering preservation through revitalization of the City’s historic neighborhoods. Amelia’s real estate expertise contributed to the success of a number of complex transactions for City, including the transfer of the former Kemper Arena, saving it from demolition, while enabling a developer to create the Hy-Vee Arena, as a sports venue for the region, and the transfer and redevelopment of historic structures in the 18th and Vine District known as the former Crispus Attucks School and 2000 Vine.

Jim Wanser, Ed.S. served as a longtime educational administrator at UMKC and maintained a practice in career development and executive selection. He has a long history of midtown neighborhood leadership and serves on a variety of community boards. His primary interest is neighborhood preservation and he has worked with the City of Kansas City on several major planning efforts, including the Westport Master Plan (published 2019) and Overlay (adopted 2023). Jim served as HKC President from 2018-2020.

Rick is founder emeritus of RDM Architecture, founded in 1979 and based in Kansas City, Missouri. He was also a partner in a landscape design build company, Everything Grows. Renovation and reuse of existing space and sustainable design principals guided his professional philosophy. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University, College of Architecture and Design. He was a passionate member of the Kansas City chapter of the American Institute of Architects including having served as treasurer and President. He served seven years on the Kansas City Architectural Foundation Board including two as President.