About Kristen Leathers-Gratton, PE

Kristen Leathers-Gratton of Overland Park, Kansas, president of Affinis Corp., earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1990. She has spent her entire career at Affinis Corp., formerly part of Larkin Associates. In 2019, and was named president of the 40-person civil engineering and surveying company. Her career has focused on design and construction management of municipal streets and stormwater drainage projects. Working mostly for municipal clients, she helps neighborhoods find new life and solve problems that improve the quality of life for those residents. Leathers-Gratton is active in a number of professional and civic organizations including the American Council of Engineering Companies in Missouri serving on its board of directors and the Transportation and Kansas City Liaison committees. She is also a member of American Public Works Association, Kansas Society of Professional Engineers, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce’s Public Policy Committee and the Engineer’s Foundation of Kansas board, which focusses on fundraising for STEM-related programs. She also serves on the local leadership board of the greater Kansas City chapter of the American Lung Association. In 2021 she was recognized in the Kansas City Business Journal’s 20 To Know in Engineering, and she is enrolled in the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurion’s program.