Joe Reardon (born 1968) is an American attorney who is the former mayor/CEO of the

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and

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. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Personal life and education

Reardon is the son of Jack Reardon, who also served as mayor of

. Reardon is a lifelong resident of Kansas City. He has a wife, Amy, and two sons, Jack and Connor. Reardon graduated from

Rockhurst University Rockhurst University is a private Jesuit university in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, Rockhurst University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It enrolled 2,980 students in 2019. History In 1909, Fr. ...

in 1990 with a BS degree in political science. He joined

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at Rockhurst. Reardon went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from

University of Kansas School of Law The University of Kansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Kansas, a public research university in Lawrence, Kansas. The University of Kansas Law School was founded in 1893, replacing the earlier Department of Law, which had ...

in 1994.

Career

After law school, Reardon joined the law firm McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips from 1994 to 1999 as an Associate Attorney. In 1999 he began working for Thomson Reuters Westlaw, where he stayed until he was elected mayor of Kansas City, Kansas in 2005. Reardon began the public service portion of his career when he was elected

Commissioner in 2003, representing the second district in the downtown area. Reardon was elected mayor of

after his predecessor, Carol Marinovich, chose not to run for a third term. Reardon helped build

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, the home of

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. Reardon also played a role in attracting

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to the city. Reardon was also credited with helping to attract a casino and a

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development. In 2012, Reardon was named

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Mayor of the Year. After his term as mayor ended, Reardon returned to the law firm McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips. Reardon became President/CEO of the Greater KC Chamber of Commerce in 2016. Reardon serves on the boards of the Kansas Secretary of Commerce’s Start-Up Village Resource Committee, the

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Advancement Board, and the KCI Airport Study Panel. Reardon founded Healthy Communities Wyandotte. He also joined Rockhurst University in August 2013 as an adjunct professor and executive in residence for the Helzberg School of Management.

References

External links

Reardon's Twitter account
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