Terry Bassham

Terry D.
Bassham currently works at The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, as President & Chief Executive Officer from 2017, Kansas City Symphony, as Vice Chairman, Greater Missouri Operations Co., as Chairman from 2012, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (Missouri), as Independent Director from 2013, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., as Director, The Kansas Chamber of Commerce, as Director, Missouri Energy Development Association, as Director, Guadalupe Center, Inc., as Director, The Urban League of Greater Kansas City, as Director, GO Topeka Economic Partnership, as Director, Urban Neighborhood Initiatives, as Director, Kc Scholars, as Director, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, as Member, and UMKC Institute for Human Development, as Member.
Mr. Bassham also formerly worked at Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2018 to 2021, Great Plains Energy, Inc., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to 2018, Evergy Metro, Inc., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Evergy, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2018 to 2021, Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., as Director, Edison Electric Institute, Inc., as Director, The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, as Director, El Paso Electric Co., as EVP, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer from 2001 to 2005, Kemp Smith Duncan & Hammond PC, as Associate Attorney in 1992, Aquila, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2011, Great Plains Energy, Inc., as CFO, Executive VP-Finance & Strategic Development from 2005 to 2010, Evergy Missouri West, Inc., as President & Chief Operating Officer in 2012, United Way of Greater Kansas City, Inc., as Trustee, and Linda Hall Library Foundation, as Trustee from 2013 to 2018.
Mr. Bassham received his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Arlington and graduate degree from St. Mary's University School of Law.