Nixon will appoint Simmons commissioner of administration - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Simmons, a member from has had extensive experience managinvg state agencies andprivate organizations. In he became CEO of , the community development corporationh pursuingthe $350 million East Villag redevelopment project on the east side of the downtown He left that position in 2006 to start , a consultinfg firm dedicated to assisting minority “Kelvin Simmons has the experience, intellect and managerial skill to be a greaty commissioner of administration,” Nixon said in a “Kelvin’s passion for public servics and success in the private sectoer make him a uniquely qualified choicr for this important position.
” Part of Simmons’ effortds will be geared toward making governmen t more efficient and accountable duringv the difficult economic timew the state finds itself in, Nixo said. “Just as Missouri families are looking for ways to do more with we must be ready to do the same instat government,” Simmons said in the release. From 2001 to Simmons was chairman ofthe , an agencyh with a $20 million budget and 218 employees. In Gov.
Bob Holden appointed him director of the Departmeng ofEconomic Development, where he was responsible for managinyg a budget of $275 million and 1,550 Simmons joined Missouri state government in 1993 as directotr of the Office of Equalp Opportunity in the Officee of Administration. Later that year, Gov. Mel Carnahab appointed Simmons director of constituent services in his where he serveduntil 1996. 45, earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and communicationd studies from the University of Missouri in 1986 and an executivs MBA from the Universityof Missouri-Kansaw City in 1999.
As commissioner of administration, he will supervisre the Officeof Administration’s sevenh divisions: accounting; budget and planning; facilities design and construction; general services; information technologuy services; personnel; and purchasinv and materials management.