Speaker Deb Hermann Northland Neighborhoods, Inc.

Deb Hermann is Chief Executive Officer of Northland Neighborhoods, Inc., a community development corporation serving Clay and Platte Counties. Deb grew up in Ames, Iowa and married Tom Hermann while he served our country in the Navy. Deb and Tom moved to Kansas City in 1979, raised their three children in the Gracemor neighborhood and thirty-three years later, still live in the same home. Deb joined the Gracemor Randolph Community Council, attacking problems without attacking people. When her neighborhood began losing the battle against petty crime and vandalism, she brought in community policing, started community teen nights, and got the senior citizens active again. Deb has taken on tough fights and big corporations, but her success has always come from knowing real solutions are created by bringing people together to work towards a common vision. Deb was appointed to the City Planning Commission in 1999 and the Property Maintenance Advisory Committee as chairperson in 2001. In 2003, Deb was elected to the City Council, where she served as chair of the Neighborhood Services and Housing Committee. She was re-elected in 2007 and as chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, stood at the center of the budget storm. With a $48 million deficit, she took on the problem the only way she knew how — by putting politics aside, looking out for what was best for the entire City. Her professionalism, honesty and strength of character led the way to a solution for a problem that seemed unsolvable. In her city-wide vision, she sees great possibilities for Kansas City and wants City Hall to build on that foundation by creating new jobs in expanding high growth sectors, rebuilding the urban core and bringing a culture of excellence to City Hall. She has a steely commitment to honesty, problem solving and hard work.

Deb moved next to the position of CEO of Northland Neighborhoods, Inc., in 2011. She has made major strides in receiving grants for home repair programs for our neediest neighborhoods. She works with all cities in the northland; clay and platte counties, and of course, Kansas City, to make the northland the best that it can be. She has, in recent years, chaired the PIAC Committee and is currently the chair of the Port Authority. She has chaired and continues to be a board member of the Clay County Childrens Fund and Chairperson of Port Authority.

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