Cindy Khin has worked in the insurance industry for more than 25 years. Her experience and attention to details enables Cindy to provide high quality service to her clients, skillsets she now brings to the Board of the NEKCHS. Cindy moved to the Historic Northeast with her partner, John Bordeau, in 2018 after they spent 2 years renovating the Tiffany Castle, located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood. It was during this experience that she developed a strong interest in historic preservation and arts and crafts architecture.

Kent T. Dicus is a Kansas City native who has lived in Pendleton Heights since 2003. After graduating from the University of Arizona with his master’s degree, he lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years. That is where he gained a strong interest in Victorian architecture and historic preservation. After returning to Kansas City, he lived in a historic house in Southmoreland, which originally belonged to early Kansas City fire chief, George C. Hale. Kent and his partner, Michael G. Ohlson. Sr., restored that home and placed it on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places. Kent was vice-president and then president of the Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association, during which time he and the then-board founded and hosted the annual Pendelton Heights Holiday Homes Tours. He worked to expand the Pendleton Heights Historic District to include the vast majority of the neighborhood as well as implementing downzoning control. He and other like-minded neighbors and friends formed the Northeast Kansas City Historical Society in 2012. NEKCHS is a registered 501c3 entity, and is actively engaged in supporting and promoting Northeast-based historic activities.

Michael relocated to Kansas City from San Jose, California in 1992. Along with Kent Dicus they came to be closer to family and to look for a historic older home to buy. They bought one in Southmoreland, near Westport. They managed to outgrow the first historic home in just ten years. They set out to find a larger, even older home. The new target was one from the 1800s and there weren’t many of those available in Kansas City. Eventually, they found historic northeast Kansas City and an 1887 Queen Anne Victorian on Garfield Avenue. In 2003 they moved to the home known as Garfield Heights. Once settled into the area, Michael became treasurer of the Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association. During that time they published a book on Pendleton Heights. In 2012 a small group formed the Northeast Kansas City Historical Society. NEKCHS has published two books on the six northeast neighborhoods and continues to host annual fall homes tours.

Deana and her husband have restored their beautiful home in Pendleton Heights and currently own CORE Coffee and have a real estate business in Pendleton Heights. She is very committed to preserving history and architecture, especially in the six neighborhoods that we support. She has spent many years involved with the Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association and has been instrumental in supporting and improving the neighborhood. She also has a keen artistic eye which will help us greatly as we roll out our various programs and events.

Christy brings over five years’ experience having served on the Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association, holding multiple roles over the years. She is now excited to move on to a chance to work with an even larger community covering the six neighborhoods that we support. She has spent the last sixteen years restoring her 140-year-old home and is always finding new projects to work on. Christy believes that the architecture and history of this area is Northeast Kansas City’s very heart. She also believes that education and preservation of the Historic Northeast is important to the health and future of all the neighborhoods. Her work on her own home, participation in PHNA and support she has given toward attempts to save historic buildings from potential demolition makes her a great addition to NEKCHS.