FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2019

KTA celebrates employee service anniversaries

WICHITA, Kan.— Each year, the Turnpike Authority recognizes employees and Kansas troopers assigned to the Turnpike, who are celebrating years-of- service anniversaries. For 2019, KTA recognized 88 individuals that collectively have 1,405 years of service to the KTA. Employees reaching service anniversaries include:

40 Years: • Dana Gonzalez (Berryton), Procurement Coordinator

35 Years: • Joseph Bott (Wichita), Captain of KHP Troop G • Jerald Kloxin (Wichita), Senior Roadside Maintenance Worker • Marlin May (Topeka), Structures Superintendent • Dale Sparr (Rose Hill), Highway Shop Superintendent • Daniel White (Berryton), Senior Roadside Maintenance Worker • Randy Winkle (El Dorado), Senior Roadside Maintenance Worker

30 Years: • Craig Herman (Topeka), Roadside Maintenance Foreman • John Hogoboom (El Dorado), Roadside Maintenance Superintendent • Karl Koenig (Topeka), Trooper • Tonja Lemons (El Dorado), Assistant Toll Supervisor • Patricia Taylor (Wellington), Toll Collector • Jeffrey Whalen (Derby), Assistant Toll Supervisor • Janet Willis (Piper), Toll Collector

25 Years: • Verna Ast (Wellington), Toll Collector • Troy Dunnaway (Eudora), Structures Foreman • Peter Huntington (Topeka), Trooper • David Jacobson (Topeka), Director of Engineering • Scott Lawrence (El Dorado), Roadside Maintenance Foreman

For more information, contact: Amanda Miller | Communications Specialist 316.682.4537 ext. 2257 | [email protected]

• Jerald Linot (El Dorado), Highway Maintenance Foreman • Patricia Mitchell (Emporia), Toll Collector • Tracie Moore (Scranton), Customer Service Representative • Darlene Morgan (Rose Hill), HR Assistant • Patrick O’Bryon (Lawrence), Toll Maintenance Manager • Geneva Scott (Milton), Toll Collector

20 Years: • Matthew Bowers (Topeka), Toll Collector • Leeroy Brittain (Matfield Green), Highway Maintenance Lead • Diane Collins (Wichita), Image Reviewer • David Droge (Topeka), Structures Worker • Robert Dunn (Wichita), Toll Collector • Darren Griffin (Bonner Springs), Trooper • Michael Gruber (Bonner Springs), Trooper • Joseph Housholder (Topeka), Roadside Maintenance Worker • John Lehnherr (Wichita), Trooper • Jeanette Mitchell (Tecumseh), Toll Collector • Shawn Phillips (Lawrence), Trooper • Thomas Piland (Topeka), Toll Collector • James Scarbrough (Overbrook), Equipment Operator

15 Years: • John Bailly (Wichita), Toll Supervisor • Matthew Brooks (Lawrence), Trooper • Luke Coltrane (Overbrook), Engineering Program Manager • Tina Heider (Derby), Customer Service Representative • Jeffrey Lockhart (Wichita), Trooper • Randy Rhoades (Hoyt), Senior Equipment Operator • Stephen Schneider (Topeka), Trooper • Russell Siegrist (Valley Falls), Roadway Striping Foreman • Shawn Taylor (Topeka), Trooper • Scott Thompson (McLouth), Highway Maintenance Lead • Jack Walker (Wellington), Highway Maintenance Lead • Ryan Walton (Bonner Springs), Trooper

10 Years: • Andrew Booth (Lawrence), Toll Supervisor • Joel Crider (Bonner Springs), Toll Collector • Chad Holt (Augusta), Structures Foreman • Teresa Humbert (Lawrence), Customer Service Representative • Joshua Lauber (Park City), Toll Collector • Corey Markley (Topeka), Auto/Truck/Equipment Technician • Gregory Willis (Wellington), Senior Equipment Operator • Clyde Wilson (Emporia), Highway Maintenance Foreman

For more information, contact: Amanda Miller | Communications Specialist 316.682.4537 ext. 2257 | [email protected]

5 Years: • Donnita Akard (Topeka), Toll Collector • James Brockman (Emporia), Toll Collector • Beth Bush (Burns), Toll Collector • Gerald Cottingham (Lawrence), Toll Collector • Mary Draxler (Wichita), Toll Collector • Matthew Douglas (Eudora), Motorist Assist Technician • Brett Eitzen (Wichita), Digital Media Specialist • Rex Gardner (Lawrence), Toll Collector • Tracy Gilbreath (Emporia), Toll Collector • Alexander Gottschalk (Lawrence), Network Infrastructure Technician • Neely Gower (Topeka), Toll Collector • Alexandria Haber (Lawrence), Toll Collector • Tuesday Harman (Eastborough), Toll Collector • Byron Harvey (Towanda), Highway Maintenance Lead • Kimberly Hauser (Topeka), Toll Collector • Steve Hewitt (Wichita), Chief Executive Officer • Joyce Lockwood (Wichita), Toll Collector • Eric Lynn (Wichita), Toll Collector • Michelle McLallen (Augusta), Toll Collector • Amanda Miller (Wichita), Communications Specialist • Aaron Mueller (Topeka), Toll Collector • Laurence Poff (Lawrence), Toll Collector • Meghan Rhodes (El Dorado), Image Reviewer • Ashley Rodriguez (Emporia), Toll Collector • Marinda Sang-Douglas (Geuda Springs), Toll Collector • Vance Schwyhart (Lawrence), Toll Collector • Dena Smoot (Atlanta), Administrative Assistant • Jesse Tucker (Auburn), Structures Worker • Richard Uhrmacher (Augusta), Equipment Operator • Dawna Whaley (Mayfield), Toll Collector

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About KTA: For more than 60 years, the Authority (KTA) maintains 236 miles of user-fee supported roadway from the border to Kansas City. KTA doesn’t receive state or federal tax funds. Instead, toll revenue pays for preservation and modernization of the Turnpike system. With the current long-term plan, KTA has outlined 44 projects to enhance safety and the customer experience over the next decade. KTA’s mission is to move Kansas forward by operating a safe, reliable an customer-valued turnpike system in a fiscally responsible, businesslike manner.

For more information, contact: Amanda Miller | Communications Specialist 316.682.4537 ext. 2257 | [email protected]