Paul Kempinski is the CEO of Children’s Mercy Kansas City. In today’s episode, Paul takes us through the hospital’s incredible history, from its founding in 1897 by two sisters with a focus on research and philanthropy to the legacy he leaves behind as he prepares for retirement. 

Paul’s tenure adds to the already incredible reputation of Children’s Mercy Hospital, one of the top children’s hospitals in the country that’s helping to drive Kansas City’s economic engine as the city’s 4th biggest private employer. Paul talks family, leadership, and the future, sharing why he believes there’s just something about Kansas City.

<p dir="ltr">Paul Kempinski is the CEO of Children’s Mercy Kansas City. In today’s episode, Paul takes us through the hospital’s incredible history, from its founding in 1897 by two sisters with a focus on research and philanthropy to the legacy he leaves behind as he prepares for retirement. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Paul’s tenure adds to the already incredible reputation of Children’s Mercy Hospital, one of the top children’s hospitals in the country that’s helping to drive Kansas City’s economic engine as the city’s 4th biggest private employer. Paul talks family, leadership, and the future, sharing why he believes there’s just something about Kansas City.</p>

“There’s just something about Kansas City.”™ It may be the most-heard phrase from those who are from here, those who have come here, & those who have chosen to stay. It’s a sense of pride, of camaraderie, of community and comfort. A sense of small-town, back-patio warmth brimming with growth, innovation and potential. A sense of zero degrees of separation in a city of champions.

For each of us, that “something” is a story crafted through years of experiences, big and small, that have planted the Heart of America so deeply in our own.

Join legendary Kansas City sports broadcaster Frank Boal each week for deep, down-to-earth conversations with some of this town’s most legendary residents, both natives and transplants, and hear what it is about Kansas City that just keeps calling them home.

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