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 Communications

Lauren Clary

Community Relations Manager, Kansas Gas Service

Kyle Ellison

Chief Operating Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas

Stephanie Harder

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

Mark Nichols

Vice President of Government & Public Affairs, Koch

Pat Pelkowski

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

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

KEVIN DREILING | President & CEO
J.P. Weigand & Sons

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

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

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