Ann Brandau-Murguia
Executive Director in Kansas City, KS
Kansas City, Kansas manager Ann Brandau-Murguia has an award-winning community leadership presence. In her position as Unified Government Board of Commissioners of Wyandotte County 3rd District commissioner, Ann Brandau-Murguia informs board decisions in areas such as budget, land rezoning, and special exceptions to zoning ordinances.
One of Ms. Brandau-Murguia’s emphases with the board committee is on ensuring that neighborhood and community development initiatives go forward. She holds additional responsibilities with the Argentine Neighborhood Development Association as executive director and guides efforts spanning housing and commercial developments in one of the state’s poorest neighborhoods.
Among Ann Brandau-Murguia’s achievements has been increasing community housing stock, with no government assistance involved, and she has also launched new construction projects. Among these were a $5 million initiative to install sidewalks and curbs, and she also enabled the launch of a senior housing historic renovation valued at $5.5 million.