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Gary M. DeRigne, M.B.A.
Gary
was born in Moberly, Missouri and currently lives in Kansas City. He
is the President and Chief
Operating Officer of Yarco Property Management, a Kansas City based apartment management company specializing in providing
safe, affordable housing for Americans with limited income.
Before joining Yarco Gary completed an extended career with Butler Manufacturing Company
of Kansas City, where he led both technology and customer engineering as
Senior Vice President of Information Systems and Engineering Services.
In this position
Gary was responsible for information systems and customer engineering operations across the
United States, and supported international sales, manufacturing, engineering, and information
systems operations in
Canada,
Saudi Arabia, the
United Kingdom,
Brazil, and China.
Gary
has recently taught as an adjunct professor with Rockhurst
Universitys Helzberg School of Management, teaching Ethics for Leaders, Corporate
Social Responsibility, and Management of Information Technology in the
schools conventional and Executive Fellows MBA programs.
He
has also recently published his first novel, One
Young Soldier, a view of war and its aftermath through the eyes of a
young American soldier, and is currently writing his second, a sequel
entitled Rough Men, for release in 2010.
Gary
is divorced, the father of two grown sons, John and Jeff, both of whom live
near their dad.
Education
Executive MBA, With Distinction
(4.0 GPA), Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO (2001)
Military
Kansas
Army National Guard and United States Army, 1965 1969.
He served first as a rifleman and then as an infantry platoon
sergeant with the 1st
Cavalry
Division during combat operations in the Republic of Vietnam, achieving the
enlisted rank of Staff Sergeant. He was wounded in ground combat, and awarded the Purple Heart, the
Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Vietnamese
Cross of Gallantry, and several other decorations.
Professional
and Community Associations and Awards
- Management
Executive of the Year - Apartment Association of Kansas City - 2008
- Chairman
National Yardi (software) User
Group, 2003 - 2007
- Adjunct
Professor Rockhurst University Masters Programs, 2002 -
2009. Named the Helzberg School of Management Outstanding Adjunct
Instructor of the Year, 2001 - 2002.
- Judge
Kansas City
Business Ethics Award Competition 2001 - 2007
- Board
Member Phoenix Family Housing Corporation, 2002 2008. Fundraiser
Committee chair, Technology
Committee chair, member of HR Committee and Economic Task Force
- President
Rockhurst
University
Executive Fellows Alumni Association, 2002-2003
- Founder
and Board Member Rockhurst University Executive Fellows REFLECT
program
- President
Board of Directors Harvesters Community Food Network 2000 -
2001
- Founder
and Chair Harvesters Technology Committee - 1994 - 2000
- Honored
by Harvesters for Outstanding Volunteer and Leadership Activities, 1996,
1999, 2001, 2002
- Vice
President of Operations Board of Directors Community Resource
Network
- Founder
and Chair
Kansas City
Action Committee on the IT Worker Shortage
- Technology
Advisory Board member
Rockhurst
University,
University
of
Missouri
at Kansas City, Johnson County Community College
- Board
Member - Silicon Prairie Technology Association
- Member
Stanford
University
Center
for Integrated Facility Engineering
- Board
Chair Regional Consortium for Technology and Information Exchange
- Motivational
Speaker
Kansas City
Inner City Youth Motivation Services Program
- Coach
- Youth Soccer, Softball, and Baseball - 1983 - 1998
- Gary
was honored as a Philanthropic Leader of Kansas City by Ingram's
Magazine in January, 2001
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