Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is a distinguished group of community leaders. Their strategic guidance steers the direction of our organization.
Craig Anderson
Board Chair
President
Equity Bank
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Walter Berry
Vice Chair
CEO
Berry Companies, Inc.
Sue Tirukonda, CFP
Treasurer / Finance Chair
Financial Advisor
Cordell Wealth Management
Jodi Noah
Immediate Past Chair
Vice President
Textron Aviation
Jennifer Szambecki
Community Investment Chair
Marketing Director
Hutton
Doug Ledbetter
Resource Development Chair
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Moji Rosson
Governance Chair
Director of Growth Strategies
Meritrust Credit Union
Bobby Gandu
Strategic Planning Chair
Assistant Vice President
and Director of
Admissions
Wichita State University
DIRECTORS
Ebony Clemons-
Ajibolade
Sr. Economic
Development Manager
Evergy
Sarah Andrews
North American Talent Leader
Koch Industries
Paul Allen
Chief Executive
Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C.
Ron Baker
Project Manager /
Sports Medicine
Ascension Via Christi
Cornell Beard
District President and Directing Business Representative
IAM & AW District Lodge #70
Brian Burnett
Business Manager, Financial Secretary-Treasurer
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 441
Gene Camarena
President
La Raza Pizza, Inc.
Margaret Dechant
CEO, Partner and
Wealth Advisor
6 Meridian
Adam Dunn
VP & Chief Financial Officer
Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc.
Bradley Dyer
Business Development
Credit Union of America
Patricia Hardin
President
American Postal Workers Union #735
Rich Kerschen
CEO and Chairman of the Board
The Law Company
Sam Marnick
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
Donna Lin Niles
Global Partner Innovation Leader
Cargill
Judy Pierce
President
Wichita-Hutchinson Labor Federation of Central Kansas
Dr. William Polite Jr.
Director of Equity,
Diversity & Accountability
Wichita Public Schools
Carol Russell
President
Communication Workers of America #6402
Gary Schmitt
Managing Director
INTRUST Bank
Tonya Sudduth
Head of U.S. Strategy
Bombardier
Dr. Sheree Utash
President
WSU Tech
Katie Warren
President
United Teachers of Wichita
Johnathan Weigand
Director of Strategic Initiatives
J.P. Weigand & Sons, Inc.
Lavonta Williams
Community Advocate
Catie Shaffer
Women United Steering Committee Chair
Hutton
MaeLauren Hudson
Young Leaders United Steering Committee Chair
INTRUST Bank
Amy Schafer
Always United Steering Committee Chair
Former Director of Advertising
Wichita State University