Board Officers

Gabe Schlickau

Chair
Senior Relationship Manager, Regional Agribusiness, CoBank

Victor Ojeleye

Immediate Past Chair
Director of Investments & Community Engagement, Hutton

Brecken Morel

Interim President & CEO
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce

Andrea Scarpelli

Treasurer
Community Advocate

Executive Committee

Rachel Aja

Market Vice President, Cox

Walter Berry

Executive Chairman, Berry Companies, Inc.

Lauren Clary

Community Relations Manager, Kansas Gas Service

Kevin Dreiling

President, Weigand Real Estate

Stephanie Harder

Vice President of Communications & Public Affairs, Textron Aviation Inc.

Treena Mason

Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas

Stacey Meier

Senior Vice President of Wealth Management, Emprise Bank

Mark Nichols

Vice President, Government & Public Affairs, KOCH

Pat Pelkowski

Owner, Shaken or Stirred Bartending

Sam Sackett

Senior Manager of Government Relations, Spirit AeroSystems Inc.

Josh Shorter

Chief Operating Officer, Integrated Components

Jeff Weiford

Executive Vice President, TESSERE

Directors

TODD ANCIAUX | President, Wichita Market
Commerce Bank

KEVIN ANDREWS | President & CEO
Heartland Wichita Black Chamber of Commerce

DEB BIGELOW | Vice President, Business Process & Digital Transformation Lead
Cargill

MITCH BINNS | Director, Business Unit Leader
McCownGordon Construction

JON BERRY | President
Berry Companies, Inc.

A.J. BOLESKI | General Manager
INTRUST Bank Arena, an ASM Global Managed Facility

DR. AMY BRAGG CAREY | President
Friends University

ALEX BREITENBACH | Wichita Office Leader
JE Dunn Construction

GENE CAMARENA | President & CEO
Camarena Adelante Foundation

BRANDON CONVERSE | 401(k) Specialist/Financial Advisor
The Converse Team

KYLE ELLISON  | Chief Operating Officer
Bank Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas  

JEFF EMMOTT  | Government Affairs Manager
INTRUST Bank  

JEFF FLUHR | President
Greater Wichita Partnership

KRISTEN HOFFMAN  | Chief Operating Officer
Delta Dental of Kansas, Inc.

JESSICA ISTAS | Director, U.S. Strategy & Community Relations
Bombardier U.S. Headquarters

DR. KATHLEEN JAGGER | President 
Newman University

SHAWN JIWANLAL | Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager Commercial Banking
Bank of America

JUSTIN KISER | W Chair Elect
Fidelity Bank 

KEITH LAWING | President & CEO
Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas 

BRETT LETKOWSKI | Senior Vice President
GFT 

CHRISTINA LONG | President & CEO
Create Campaign, Inc.  

MARC MASON | CEO
iSi Environmental

TIFFANY MASSON | Owner
Mentrix Health

MEGAN McCURDY NIEDENS | COO & Auctioneer
McCurdy Real Estate &  Auction, LLC

CYNTHIA McSWAIN | Senior Vice President, Outsourcing Services
AGH CPAs & Advisors 

JACK PULLEY | Friends of McConnell Chair/Fleet Sales Manager
Davis-Moore Auto Group

CHRISSY ROBBEN | Founder, Owner & CEO
Hexcode Marketing 

ANDY SCHLAPP | Executive Director of Operations
Wichita State University

DAVE STEWART | Market Director, Communications & Community Engagement
Wesley Medical Center

JOE SURMEIER | President
Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A.

RACHEL THOMAS-MURPHY | Creative Director
Greyten

MIKE WEGNER | Chief Financial Officer
Ascension Via Christi