Advisory Committee

These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that Kansas benefits when America leads in the world through investments in development and diplomacy.

Hon. Hon. Lynn Jenkins Co-Chairs U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1995-2001) U.S. Representative (2009-2019) U.S. Representative (1977-1995)

Noel Alexander Hon. John Carlin Brett Durbin Love Mercy Trash Mountain Project President Visiting Professor Founder & Executive Director State of Kansas Scott Anderson Rich Eckert Governor (1979-1987) Hamm, Inc. The Bettis Group of Companies CEO Alan Cobb General Counsel Kansas Chamber of Commerce Christie Appelhanz Troy Estes President and CEO The Administration for Children and Vektek, LLC Families Hon. Jeff Colyer President and CEO Regional Administrator of Region 7 State of Kansas Richard Felts Governor (2018-2019) Jay Armstrong Kansas Farm Bureau Kansas Wheat Commission Edward P. Cross President Commissioner Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association Hon. Troy Findley President Kelly Arnold State of Kansas Sedgwick County Ivan Crossland Jr. Lieutenant Governor (2009-2011) Clerk Crossland Construction Company, Inc. Sarah Fizell CEO Mary Banwart ARTSConnect Barth Crouch Executive Director Director, Institute for Leadership Studies Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition Hon. Jim Gartner Coordinator Pastor Rick Behrens Kansas House of Representatives Grandview Park Presbyterian Church Kenneth Daniel Representative Pastor Midway Wholesale of Topeka Thomas Hemmer Chairman and Founder Blake Benson Solomon Corporation Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce Jeffrey N. Davis President & CEO President BNSF Railway Matt Hickam Director of State Government Affairs Pat Binger Hickam Public Affairs Cargill Hon. Michelle De La Isla President and Founder Vice President International City of Topeka Arlen K. Honts, Ph.D. Mayor Dr. Melissa Birch Chair, Division of Business and University of Kansas Mike Denning* Information Technology Director of International Programs, University of Kansas College of Business, Arts, Sciences, Associate Professor at School of Business Director of the Office of Graduate Military and Education Programs Friends University Jack H. Brier US Marine Corps USAlliance Corporation and USAlliance Doug Keesling Colonel (Ret.) Life and Security Company Keesling Farms Chairman of the Board of Directors; David T. Dennis* Owner President; CEO; Founder Sedgwick County Ann Konecny State of Kansas Commissioner Foley Industries Inc Secretary of State (1978-1987) US Air Force CEO Colonel (Ret.) Rick Burns* Paula Landoll-Smith Karadah Project Hon. Brenda Dietrich Landoll Corporation President and Co-Founder Kansas State Senate Marketing Director Senator Duane Cantrell Kansas Chamber of Commerce Fulcrum Global Capital, Member, Board of Directors Managing Partner/CEO Kansas Advisory Committee

Hon. Jacob LaTurner Hon. Mike O’Neal Dr. State of Kansas O’Neal Consulting Treasurer Owner Interim President Kansas House of Representatives Patrick Leopold Hon. Joan Wagnon Representative (1985-2013) LJ Strategies Truvant Principal Tracey Osborne Oltjen CFO Overland Park Chamber of Commerce Kansas Democratic Party Dr. Helene Lotman President and CEO Chair (2011-2015) Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City State of Kansas President and CEO Karyn Page Secretary of Revenue (2003-2011) Kansas Global Trade Services Dr. City of Topeka President & CEO Fort Hays State University Mayor (1997-2001) President Dennis Ridenour Michael Wawrzewski BioNexus KC Josh Maxfield Hospitals of Hope Inc. President and CEO Garmin International Founder and CEO Associate General Counsel - Corporate Hon. Hon. Troy Waymaster U.S. Senate Dr. Jackie McClaskey Kansas House of Representatives Senator (1997-2021) Department of Agriculture Representative Secretary (2013-2019) Blake Schreck Carol Wei Lexena Chamber of Commerce Jesse McCurry Mid-America Asian Culture Association President & Economic Development Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and Founder and Chairperson Director Producers Association Sam Williams Executive Director Dr. Steven Scott State of Kansas Pittsburg State University Don McGinty Secretary of Kansas Department of President McGinty Machine Revenue (2016-2019) Owner & President Ronald C. Seeber Sheryl Wohlford Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association Rick McNary Automation-Plus Inc. President & CEO The Outreach Program President and Co-Owner VP of Public and Private Partnerships J.P. Small* C. Patrick Woods Jonathan P. Small, Chartered Seth Merrell Kansas Association of School Boards Attorney Mid Kansas Jewish Federation President Kansas National Guard Immediate Past President Topeka Public Schools Board of Education Brigadier General (Ret.) Friends University Member Adjunct Professor Angela Smith Jordan Yochim Saint Francis Ministries Jonathan Mize University of Kansas Vice President, International Ministries Blish-Mize Co. Chief of Staff, School of Business President and CEO Michael Symanski* Association of the United States Army Gary Morsch*, MD, MPH Past Chapter President, Greater Kansas * Indicates Veteran of the Heart to Heart International City Chapter U.S. Armed Forces Co-Founder US Army Docs Who Care Major General (Ret.) As of June 8, 2021 Founder and President US Army (Ret.) Marvin Szneler Colonel Jewish Community Relations Bureau Executive Director David Murfin Murfin Inc. Matt Teagarden Chairman and CEO Kansas Livestock Association CEO Hon. Ed O’Malley Kansas Leadership Center Hon. Ron E. Thornburgh President & CEO NIC, Inc. Kansas House of Representatives Senior Vice President of Business Representative (2003-2007) Development State of Kansas Secretary of State (1995-2010)

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