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MACOG
News Archive - August 2007
Pioneer Trails Hires
New Executive Director
8/23/07 Concordia, Missouri.
At the August 21, 2007 session of the Pioneer
Trails Regional Planning Commission Board of Directors, the
Board voted unanimously to appoint Randall (Randy) B. White of Warrensburg,
Missouri as PTRPC’s new Executive Director. Mr. White is currently
the 509th Bomb Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, Chief Engineer at Whiteman
Air Force Base and has 28 years of experience in facility planning,
design and construction as design engineer, construction manager
and program director. As Base program director, Mr. White led the
development of the Air Force’s next generation (B-2) ‘Stealth’
Bomber facility support. Mr. White has also served with and led
various policy committees within the Whiteman AFB and surrounding
communities. He has also served as Chief of Engineering Planning,
Chief of Environmental Flight, Chief of Engineering Design Element
and Chief of Construction Management at Whiteman AFB. Most recently,
Mr.White serves on the Joint Land Use Study committee developing
a cooperative land use planning effort surrounding the Air Force
Base.
Mr. White holds a BSCE in Civil Engineering from the University
of Missouri – Rolla and a MA in Management from Webster University
in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his Professional Engineer (PE)
license from the State of Missouri in 1984.
“The Pioneer Trails Board evaluated a number of strong candidates
for the Executive Director position,” said Harland Mieser,
Chair of the PTRPC Board, “And Randy impressed us both with
his extensive management and organizational experience and also
his strong interpersonal relations skills. He will represent us
well with our member communities and various state and federal partners.”
Mr. White will transition into the Executive Director position over
the Fall with an official start date of January 3, 2008. During
this time, Doug Hermes will continue as Interim Executive Director
and will assist Mr. White in the transition. “I am extremely
excited with this new challenge,” said Mr. White. “Working
for the PTRPC and its member communities will afford me the opportunity
to remain in the area that my wife and I call home and still work
in the public sector to help our region continue to grow and prosper.
I look forward to meeting with all the counties and cities to learn
how we might best be of assistance.”
The Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission serves the four-county
region of Saline, Pettis, Lafayette and Johnson Counties. Its Board
of Directors comprises representatives of the counties and municipalities
and provides planning coordination and technical support for jurisdictions
throughout the region. PTRPC is the Lead RPC for Region A under
the Governor’s “Statewide Homeland Security Regionalization
Framework”, a planning partner under the Missouri Department
of Transportation’s “Statewide Planning Framework”
and is on track for designation as an Economic Development District
by the US Economic Development Administration. PTRPC also provides
a variety of technical support services to local governments including
planning, mapping, grant writing and administration assistance.
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