Black & Veatch Corp. announced that Martha W. Gilliland has been named to its board of directors.

Black & Veatch Corp., a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced that Martha W. Gilliland, chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), has been named to its board of directors. Gilliland, who has been the UMKC Chancellor since 2000, holds a doctorate in environmental engineering/systems ecology from the University of Florida.