Leadership
Leadership

Liz Botts
Vice President (Acting President)
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As a writer and designer, Liz loves collaborating with others to craft authentic stories and content in novel ways. With more than a decade of experience in marketing, design, and the arts, she pulls from a rich and diverse skill set to deliver engaging and thoughtful results, no matter the task at hand. A never-ending desire to grow, learn, and engage keeps her active within the KC community through volunteering and serving on local boards and committees.
Julie Cortés
Founder
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Julie Cortés is an award-winning freelance advertising/marketing copywriter and proofreader, who works in all mediums and most industries. Her client and account lists run the gamut, from ad agencies and design shops to corporations and small businesses. Cortés has dedicated her 20+ year career to helping other freelancers be successful as well. She is the founder of The Freelance Exchange of KC, an adjunct professor at the KC Art Institute where she created her own course, Freelancing 101, and a professional speaker and business coach targeting both freelancers and the people who hire them.
George Weyrauch
Member At Large
Board of Directors

Elizabeth Dunn-Hall
Membership
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Elizabeth was FX's very first Membership Director and she is excited to put her 25+ years of entrepreneurial experience to work! A Texas transplant, avid coffee lover, proud mother of two, survivor of divorce and a true creative visionary. Her passion and strategic ability to adapt to the client’s needs and create from the business owner’s shoes – whether by pixel or print – is phenomenal. Elizabeth is a dynamic communicator who will keep it real, make you laugh, empower you to soar to new heights and realize your strengths.

Hamama Bushra
Social
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Victoria Pena
Programs
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Kate Bradshaw
Special Events
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Kate Bradshaw is a graphic designer with a passion for using visual language to make connections and tell stories. Working almost exclusively with entrepreneurs and freelancers as clients, she loves to see independent creatives succeed. She joined FX’s Board of Directors in order to further that goal and support Kansas City’s creative and entrepreneurial community. Before life led her to design, Kate spent several years working for nonprofit animal rescue groups around the Midwest. She has two cats, drinks too much coffee, and enjoys enthusiastically trying to identify fonts.