Elizabeth Danforth was appointed by Mayor Quinton Lucas to the Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri. As Director of Public Affairs, Elizabeth leads Evergy’s Corporate Social Responsibility including Community Relations and Customer Affairs Departments.
Guided by shifting customer and community needs, her teams work to advance the Company’s corporate citizenship and social responsibility programs with an emphasis on improving policy and programs to assist disadvantaged customers and communities, working to establish Evergy as a leader in environmental sustainability, and helping to retain and attract business to the region.
Internally Elizabeth has led multiple, Company-wide initiatives. Externally, she serves on the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Reconciliation Services and Downtown Council Boards. She has also served on Missouri Energy Initiative Board, Child Protection Center Board, NonProfit Connect Board, Hospital Hill Economic Development Council, Friends of Powell Gardens Board, the Greater Kansas City Chamber’s Energy Committee and Executive Women’s Leadership Council as well as United WE’s policy and fund development committees.
Prior to Evergy she was a development and marketing professional where she led multi-million-dollar capital, endowment, and operational campaigns, as well as comprehensive marketing communications and media initiatives.
Elizabeth lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband Kyle Foote, a partner at Stinson. They have two children – Bella and Piersen.