Joann Knight
Executive Director
Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation

Joann Knight serves as the Executive Director of the Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation and has been with the public/private partnership for 22 years. She is responsible for overseeing the organizations day-to-day operations including business recruitment and expansion, workforce, housing, rural community development, neighborhood revitalization and entrepreneurship.

Mrs. Knight currently serves as the Chairman of the Dodge City Housing Advisory Board, is a member of the Team Kansas Advisory Board, MLP Community Advisory Committee, Main Street Dodge City Board of Directors, as well as several local and regional advisory boards. She was the 2013 Kansas Representative on the Southern Economic Development Council Board of Directors and is a Past President of the Kansas Economic Development Alliance.