About our leadership
Beccy Yocham, City Manager
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Beccy Yocham was appointed as Lenexa’s City Manager in May 2019. She has previously served Lenexa for more than 20 years, including as the Director of Community Development and Deputy City Attorney. Prior to joining Lenexa, she served as Assistant General Counsel for the League of Kansas Municipalities.
She received a Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing degree from Pittsburg State University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Kansas School of Law.
As City Manager, Yocham is responsible for implementing the policies of the Lenexa City Council, submitting a budget to the City Council and directing and coordinating the city’s departments.
Todd Pelham, Deputy City Manager
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Todd Pelham served as the city’s project manager for the Civic Center Project and worked closely with staff as this important project becomes a reality. In addition, he supervises the Municipal Services and Parks & Recreation departments; and he works closely with the Lenexa Chamber of Commerce to promote Lenexa by developing short- and long-term economic development plans.
Previously, he worked for the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, where he served as the deputy city administrator in charge of economic development. Before that, he worked for the Johnson County, Kansas, Manager’s Office and the Small Business Administration in the Office of Economic Research in Washington, D.C.