Meet the Judges

All of the judges below are from Kansas City and maintain award winning KC websites. Please read the biographies of the judges to see who evaluated the winner's sites. I felt it was important to keep the panel of judges on a local level. It is with great appreciation to had these KC Webmasters as the KCBDA Panel of Judges.

Laurent Denis

Webmaster of The Restaurant Guide of KC
As one of the Top Ten KC Site 2001 Award winners, Laurent brings valuable credit to our panel of judges. His website is associated with his quarterly magazine of the same name. His academic background includes the Computer Science Programming Bordeaux 1987, Master Degree International Business, Bordeaux 1990 and Network Administrator Window NT Johnson County Community College 1998. He is also the graphics designer for his magazine. Laurent joined the KCBDWA Panel of Judges December 2000.

Rodney Henry

Webmaster of The Missouri Traveler
Rodney's site was one of the first KC sites to win the KCBD Award. His community website steadily grew in the voting poll to reach the Top Ten KC Site 2001 Award. His devotion to his regional website reflects his interest in KC'S place on the net. Click on the site title above to visit his site. Rodney joined the KCBDWA Panel of Judges December 2000.

Rodney's Bio

Employed as a Veterans Representative by the Missouri Division of Workforce Development since 1991, Rodney Henry has a deep desire to help others. His website, The Missouri Traveler, reflects that desire by presenting considerable information for veterans and job hunters. It also provides insight into him and offers scenic photographs.

Greg Vaughn

Webmaster of The Airline History Museum at KC
Greg's site was approved for an award in October. In just two months, his site climbed in the voting poll to win a Top Ten KC Site 2001 Award! Greg's responsibility of maintaining the AHMKC site certifies his ability to recognize quality Kansas City websites. Click on the site title above to visit his site. Greg joined the KCBDWA Panel of Judges December 2000.

Tom Powell

Webmaster of KC's Blue Diamond Web Awards
I have been creating commercial and personal websites for six years now. Currently, I am maintaining two Intranet websites at a large corporation and three commercial sites on the Internet. Besides being the webmaster and evaluator for KCBDWA, I am also the owner/evaluator of Surreal Web Awards and site of the year evaluator for BTDesign Awards, currently rated a World's Top Award, level 10 by UAG, and level 5.0 by Award Sites!

My academic background includes graphics courses at the Kansas City Art Institute, Indiana University, and a graduate of the Electronics Institue. I have done a variety of commercial graphics from business logos to CD cover designs. I created the KCBD award site because of the scarcity of sites that offer web awards exclusive for Kansas City Websites.