2801 Fairfax Trafficway
Kansas City, KS 66115
USA
This is for the February FIA luncheon on 2/8/24 at Capital Electric.
Date / Time: February 8, 2024 from 11:15AM – 1:00PM. Deadline to register was 2/5/24 at 3PM.
Featured speaker: David Johnston, County Administrator for the Unified Government of WyCo
Location: Capital Electric / 2801 Fairfax Trafficway / Kansas City, KS 66115
Luncheon Fee: $35. Deadline to register was 2/5/24 at 3PM. Click here to view calendar of other luncheons.
Luncheon Sponsor and Host: Capital Electric
Meet David Johnston
David W. Johnston, ICMA-CM, joined the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas in March 2023 as its fourth County Administrator.
David came from Covington, KY where he served as City Manager from 2017 to 2021. During that time, he raised the city’s Moody Bond rating to A2 status, effectively addressed blighted properties and poverty, successfully guided a major redevelopment effort and renewed focus on customer service within city government that improved staff morale. As a result, Covington was awarded “City of the Year 2020-2021” by the Kentucky League of Cities and ‘One of the 50 Transformative Smart Initiatives in the World – 2021” by Smart Cities Connect as well as the IEDC 2021 Bronze Award for Neighborhood & Retail Development for Covington’s Small Business Assistance Program that he started in 2017.
Prior to this he served communities in Illinois, Indiana and Washington state. He started his 35+ year career in public service managing two state agencies with the State of Indiana.
David holds a Master of Public Affairs degree from Indiana University, with a concentration in urban and regional planning, and a Bachelor of Arts in Americans Studies from the University of Notre Dame. He also earned a Certificate in Economic Development from the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute.
He is a credentialed manager with the International City/County Manager Association (ICMA), and a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP), the National League of Cities (NLC), the Association of Kansas Municipalities, the Kansas Association of Counties, and the Kansas City/County Management Association.