Frameworks for Entrepreneurship Research in Food, Agriculture and Rural Development Workshop
Alexander C "Sandy" Kemper
Alexander C Kemper is the chairman of the board of The Collectors Fund, a private equity fund focused on alternative asset classes.
Prior to founding The Collectors Fund, Kemper founded Perfect Commerce (fka eScout.com) and served as the company's chairman and chief executive officer from 2000-2006. Under Kemper's leadership, Perfect Commerce created the Open Supplier Network™ (OSN™) and became the largest and fastest growing provider of on-demand supplier relationship management (SRM) technology in the United States.
Prior to founding Perfect Commerce, Kemper served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of UMB Bank and chief executive officer of UMB Financial, a NASDAQ traded financial services company with assets of more than eight billion dollars.
Kemper began his career with UMB upon graduating in 1987 from Northwestern University where he majored in American History.
Kemper is an active angel and venture investor and currently serves on the corporate boards of UMB Financial (NASDAQ: UMBF), UMB Bank, Efficient Finance, SipVine and SCD Probiotics.
Kemper and his family are active in academic, civic and philanthropic endeavors and Kemper serves on the board of the Agriculture Future of America (AFA), a non-profit scholarship and leadership development organization which he co-founded.
Kemper and his family live on a farm in Kansas City, Mo., where they raise and care for their horses, sheep and any and all wild animals (not including their four children).