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Kimberly Young Brooks is the founding director of Kansas City’s fastest growing executive education program—the Bloch Executive Education Center at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. Ms. Young has worked across multiple industries with world-class clients such as Coca Cola Company, H&R Block, Eli Lilly, Boeing, 3M Corporation, and Sprint. Kimberly has spent more than a decade helping organizations increase top line growth, set strategy and organize operations to take advantage of synergies created through technological advancements and market opportunities.

Although she is a native of Kansas City, Kimberly attended Duke University where she received a BA in Public Policy Studies and Cornell University where she earned a Master of Management in Hospitality as well as an MBA in Marketing. Prior to returning to Kansas City, Kimberly worked for global consulting firm, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and global management services corporation ARAMARK.