Dean Katerndahl was elected as Mayor in April 2022 and re-elected to a second three-year term in 2025. He also serves on the city’s Finance Committee.
Before his election, Dean served more than 14 years on the Parkville Planning & Zoning Commission and served over 12 years as its chair. Dean also worked with the old town residential neighborhood association (POPNA) to develop development standards for the neighborhood in order to maintain the character of the community. These standards were incorporated in the new zoning code when it was adopted several years ago. Dean is also on the board of Artists Helping the Homeless (AHH), a homeless organization based in Kansas City and operating in several counties in the region.
Dean was director of the Government Innovations Forum at the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) until retiring in 2015. MARC is the Kansas City region’s council of governments and metropolitan planning organization. This work involved working with city managers, planning directors and other city and county officials on a wide variety of joint projects across cities and counties. Since retiring, Dean continues to do consultant work with the organization. He currently serves as the co-chair of MARC’s Sustainable Places Policy Committee, which advises MARC on land use and transportation policy.
Dean has degrees in physics and nuclear engineering and a PhD in urban sociology from the University of Kansas.
Dean has been a resident of Parkville since 2005 and lives on Main Street. He and his wife, Marcia, have a son, Casey, , who is a cancer research scientist and Assistant Professor with Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
CONTACT INFORMATION
City Hall
8880 Clark Avenue
Parkville, MO 64152
(816) 741-7676
Fax: (816) 741-0013
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