Greg Maday has been a successful serial entrepreneur for the last two decades. He is currently Chairman, Chief Executive and Owner/Partner of SpecChem, which manufactures construction chemicals for the concrete industry. He has been a leader in the concrete industry as owner of Conspec Marketing and Manufacturing Co., Inc., Burke by Edoco, and Conspec Performance Products, all of which saw nearly a ten fold growth under his ownership.

Maday exhibits a deep passion for sports and relishes his ownership in a Major League Soccer franchise, Sporting KC. Maday’s keen interest in soccer developed only after his children began playing the sport. He then became a fan of the Kansas City Wizards owned by Lamar Hunt. It was only when the team was at risk of leaving Kansas City in 2006 that Maday and his partners acted on an opportunity to purchase the Club and keep soccer in Kansas City.

The St. Joseph, Missouri native is also a partner in Rock Island Capital, a $62,000,000 private equity firm, with offices in Chicago and Kansas City as well as GEM Holdings, LLC., an asset management and investment company. Previously, Maday was owner of Institutional Investors of Mid-America.

Maday received a BS in Business Administration-Finance from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has completed several post graduate programs including Harvard Business School-YPO; Mentor, Helzberg Mentoring Programs; and Professor for a Day, Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri. Maday was in the Ingram’s Forty under Forty, Class of 2002.

Maday, and his wife, Elizabeth, are involved in numerous philanthropic efforts. Maday has embraced the opportunity to encourage other potential entrepreneurs by offering his time to various entrepreneurial mentoring programs.

Maday is active in the Village Presbyterian Church in the roles of Deacon, Elder, Trustee, member of the Pastoral Nominating Committee and Vision Committee Chair.

The American Royal (AR), a 110 year old Kansas City tradition, has become a tradition in Maday’s life as well. Not to mention his annual company’s barbeque tent at the AR Barbeque, Maday has been a decades long AR Governor; Co-Chairman of the AR Ambassador Program; Chairman, AR Fall Rowing Classic; Executive Committee 1997-2002, 2004-2008; Secretary 2006; AR Vice Chairman Fall Festival 2005-08, Vice Chair, Strategic Development 2008; Chairman Elect 2009-10 Board of Directors, and will be Chairman of the American Royal Board of Directors in 2010.