Our Team 

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Geoff Jolley

Executive Director

gjolley@lisc.org

A Kansas City native, Geoff joined the LISC team in September 2019 as the Executive Director.  He is a seasoned policy expert with strong community connections, having spent more than 13 years as the District Director and General Counsel for U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II, who represents Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District.  In addition to his public policy leadership, Geoff spent more than a decade as a Kansas City firefighter and EMT.  He continues to serve as a Rescue Specialist on a FEMA Urban Search & Rescue team, having responded to multiple natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and an EF-5 tornado in Joplin, MO.  Geoff’s most unique experience was spending six months in Antarctica as a contract firefighter at McMurdo Station, a U.S. National Science Foundation research hub.  Geoff is married to a Kansas City public school teacher and has two young daughters who both attend Kansas City Public Schools.  Their family resides in a century-old home in the Historic Northeast neighborhood.

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Andrea Generaux

Housing and Capacity Building Program Officer

ageneraux@lisc.org

Creating a path for community voices to be at the decision-making table has been a life-long passion for Andrea Generaux, LISC Greater Kansas City’s Housing and Capacity Building Program Officer.  Before joining LISC, Andrea was the executive director of the Livable Neighborhoods Task Force, a partnership between the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas and a non-profit resident-led neighborhood task force. Over the last 15 years Andrea has specialized in grass roots organizing, program management, coalition building, community engagement, facilitation, curriculum development, leadership development and community outreach. Andrea has an undergraduate degree in American Studies and a Masters of Social Work both from the University of Kansas. She lives in her home town of Kansas City, Kansas with her husband and two kiddos. When she is not organizing and mobilizing, she loves reading, baking, hosting parties and snuggling with her adorable dog Mei. 

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Abigail Hayo

Assistant Program Officer

ahayo@lisc.org

Abigail is a passionate, experienced, slightly potty-mouthed nonprofit administrator, and let’s be honest – she’s the glue that keeps our LISC office together. Her past experience has allowed her to lead and participate in nonprofit planning, fundraising, organizing, promoting and coordinating international medical relief efforts and volunteer-led events. She is able to take a vision and execute direction and can Tweet with the best of them. Ask Abigail about her eclectic Hyde Park home or her international travels providing medical care to underserved communities throughout the world.

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Kelli Hearn

Program Officer

khearn@lisc.org

Kelli joined the LISC team in September 2019. She holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Emporia State University and a master's in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University, and has experience in disability advocacy. Though she grew up in Kansas City, Kelli lived in Dallas for almost a decade, working in corporate account management and program management. Before joining LISC, Kelli was a Program Manager with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, focusing on issue resolution, data analysis, and goal attainment. Ask Kelli about her ever changing collection of brightly colored glasses or her love of horror movies.

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Holly Long

Development Officer

hlong@lisc.org

Effervescent, resilient and community oriented are the perfect words to describe Holly Long.  Holly is a Kansas City, Missouri native and a proud graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C.  She received her Master’s in Science Management (Organizational Leadership) from Baker University and is a certified lecturer and individual, executive and organizational coach with Strengthscope US. Prior to joining LISC, Holly spent the last 15 years working in the office of Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, where her genuine heart for community was matched with learning the skills and tools necessary to make a true sustainable impact in her local, regional, national and global community. Holly is a huge supporter of the Kansas City Alumni of Historical Black College and Universities, where she annually presents workshops to students who are interested in attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities.  She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and the Central Exchange. Holly is an active member of Memorial Church International.  Holly is married to Ryan Long and is the mother of Raelyn and Christian Long.

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Jeremy Staab

Program Officer – Lending

jstaab@lisc.org

Jeremy Staab, a member of the Santee Sioux Tribe, joined LISC in June 2023 bringing with him over 15 years in community development and grantmaking. Over his career, Jeremy has learned the importance of resilience and the strength of community when it comes to creating social-economic change. Guided by community values and cultural bearers, it has been Jeremy's passion to create the conditions for prosperity and equity for the next generations.
As a first-generation Native American college graduate and the first to hold an M.B.A., he is familiar with the challenges and opportunities of creating equity and inclusion firsthand. Jeremy received his MBA in 2014 through Baker University and completed his undergraduate studies in business at Haskell Indian Nations University. He enjoys cooking, hiking, jiu-jitsu, and foolishly strumming his guitar.

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Daniel Serda

KC-CUR Project Manager

dserda@lisc.org

Daniel serves as the primary coordinator, strategist, and advocate for KC-CUR. He works with business and property owners, residents and community development organizations to advance redevelopment plans and guiding principles in each of the four target areas. Growing up in Kansas City, Kansas, Daniel Serda became a city kid and urban explorer for life. Before joining LISC, he led an urban design consulting practice serving public, non-profit and private development clients. He has a strong research background, built over more than a dozen years in academia, but is passionate about diverse neighborhoods, thriving business districts, and the preservation and adaptive reuse of older buildings. Daniel has served on the boards of several local nonprofits and community organizations, and currently chairs the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s Board of Commissioners. When he’s not busy analyzing spreadsheets, designing maps or leading community meetings, he enjoys biking, photography and relaxing with his wife and their four kids. 

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Amanda Wilson

Senior Program Officer

awilson@lisc.org

Amanda Wilson joined LISC as a Program Officer in 2016. Her focus is on providing capacity building support and technical assistance to local community development corporations (CDCs), leading local affordable housing policy efforts, and leading our work to create safe and healthy neighborhoods. Prior to LISC she worked to build neighborhood association capacity as a program manager for a local nonprofit funding organization and supported community engagement for infrastructure projects for a large engineering firm. Amanda holds a Master’s in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University, and before finding planning and community development as a career path, she was a volunteer and fundraising event coordinator for a conservation land trust and served as an AmeriCorps volunteer for two years with a watershed group in the Portland, Oregon area. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Missouri State University. When she’s not working, you can find her working on her 1914 house, proselytizing the value of preserving old windows and plaster in KC’s urban core historic homes, petting stray cats, hiking, spending time with friends, or weeding her fruit and native plant garden.