KC 2026 Leadership
A nonprofit organization overseeing strategy and delivering host city duties for FIFA World Cup 26™, KC2026 will plan, construct and implement all aspects of Kansas City’s largest sports and fan engagement event in the region’s history.
Quinton Lucas
Mayor Of Kansas City
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
Clark Hunt
Kansas City Chiefs
Chairman and CEO
Cliff Illig
Sporting KC
Principal Owner
FWC26 KC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Karen Daniel
(President)
Black & Veatch
Chief Financial Officer (retired)
Jake Reid
(Vice-President)
Sporting KC
President & CEO
Neal Sharma
(Vice-President)
President, dentsu shop
Co-Founder and Former CEO, DEG
Kathy Nelson
(Secretary)
Kansas City Sports Commission and Visit KC
President & CEO
Esther George
(Treasurer)
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
President & CEO (2011-2023)
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Mayra Aguirre
Hall Family Foundation
President
David Johnston
Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, KS
County Administrator
Mike Kelly
Johnson County Board of County Commissioners
Chairman
Matt Kenny
Kansas City Chiefs
Executive Vice President – Operations & Events
Angie Long
Kansas City Current
Co-Owner
Joe Reardon
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
President & CEO
Melissa Robinson
Kansas City
Third District Councilwoman
John Rizzo
State of Missouri
Senator
Morgan Said
Kansas City
Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor
Dinah Sykes
State of Kansas
Senator
