Venessa Huskey
Venessa Huskey, 71
Venessa is a county legislator, representing the Second District in Jackson County. She has served on a number of the legislature’s committees, including Budget, Public Works, Rules, Veterans and 911 Oversight. She currently serves as chair of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and the Justice & Law Enforcement Committee. She is a retired program analyst for the Bureau of Fiscal Services at the Department of the Treasury, and she served for eight years as a neighborhood and community liaison for the city of Kansas City. As part of her community work, she also taught block watch training and crime prevention as a partner with the KC Police Department. She is a volunteer for a wide diversity of organizations, including the Folly Theater, KC Rep, Symphony, KC Ballet, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, American Jazz Museum, Starlight, the Alzheimer’s Association and the American Cancer Society.
