Director of City Planning and Development
City of Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Jeffrey Williams has been the Director of City Planning and Development for Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) since March 2015. He leads a 130-member staff that guides the physical development of Kansas City, which covers 319 square miles and has a population of over 480,000. The department handles two functions: Planning Services - managing development policy, conducting research, crafting the long-term vision of the City, and administering the City’s zoning and land use approval boards along with Development Services - Reviewing plans, issuing permits and code enforcement.
Jeffrey has worked in the fields of urban design, historic preservation, and city planning for 30 years, serving as the head of planning and development for the cities of Yonkers, NY and Mount Vernon, NY and was the Historic Preservation Planner for Westchester County, NY. He has a Bachelor of Architecture degree (with Art Education focus) from Pratt Institute and has been an AICP since 1998.
Jeffrey is originally from Yonkers, NY and has served as the Yonkers Historical Society president and the Yonkers Advisory Council for Career and Technical Education chairperson. Currently, he is a University of Missouri-Kansas City / Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design advisory board member.
Monday, April 3, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM CDT