Fiscal Year 2018:
The members of the National Advisory Council are dedicated to promoting the interests of WSU and the WSU Foundation. More than one-third of the members (37 percent) live outside of the greater Wichita area.
Members
Gerald T. Aaron ('63), Wichita, KS, Retired, Lone Star Steakhouse/Saloon Inc.
Julie-Ellen Acosta ('80, '84), St. Louis, MO, Retired
Paul S. Allen ('70), Wichita, KS, CEO, Allen Gibbs & Houlik, LC
Pamela Clancy Ammar ('80), Wichita, KS, Attorney
Bill Ard ('64), Wichita, KS, Owner, Security Holdings LLC
Ronald L. Baldwin ('75), Leawood, KS, Chairman, President & CEO, Crossfirst Holdings
John W. Bardo, Wichita, KS, President, Wichita State University (ex officio member)
Donald L. Barry ('88), Wichita, KS, Managing Director - Investments, RW Baird
Craig W. Barton ('83), Wichita, KS, Managing General Partner, Olympia Partners LLC
Barbara J. Bassi (’72), Newport Coast, CA, Community Volunteer
M. Clark Bastian ('75), Wichita, KS, CEO/Chairman, Fidelity Bank
Martin W. Bauer, Wichita, KS, Partner, Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer LLP
Fred F. Berry, Jr., Wichita, KS, Chairman, Berry Companies, Inc.
Susayn C. Brandes (’81), Wichita, KS, President and CEO, Great Plains Ventures
Victor L. Bridgeman (’86), Lincolnwood, IL, General Manager, Global Supply Chain, GE Healthcare IT
Kevin G. Brown ('82), Hutchinson, KS, President, T & E Oil Company
Quincalee Brown ('61), McLean, VA, Retired President, QB Enterprises
Timothy W. Buckley ('71), Austin, TX, Retired Vice President, Polyplastics, Div. of Buckley Ind., Inc.
Michael C. Burrus ('77), Wichita, KS, Retired
Catherine Carrier Wichita, KS (ex-officio member)
Wayne E. Chambers, (’72,’79), Wichita, KS, President and CEO, High Touch Technologies
Stephen L. Clark ('65), Wichita, KS, President, Clark Investment Group
William C. Cohen, Jr., Wichita, KS, CEO, Insurance Management Assoc., Inc.
Teresa R. Craig ('75), Dunedin, FL, Director, Client Strategy for Netsmart
Ruth A. David ('75), Alexandria, VA, Retired President & CEO, ANSER
Jeff P. DeGraffenreid (’88), Sedgwick, KS, Attorney, Foulston Siefkin, LLP
Catherine A. DeSocio ('81), Wichita, KS, Co-Owner, Joma Bowling Company
Thomas R. Devlin, Sr., Wichita, KS, President & Chairman, Devlin Enterprises (emeritus member)
Denis Dieker (’77,’80) Wichita, KS, CFO, Midwest Drywall Co., Inc.
Junetta M. Everett, (’79), Wichita, KS, VP of Professional Relations, Delta Dental of Kansas
Clinton J. Everton, Scottsdale, AZ, IT Consultant
Brenda Farha, Wichita, KS, Community Volunteer
Gary A. Farha ('79), Potomac, MD, President & CEO, Customer First Renewables
Alan J. Fearey ('75), Wichita, KS, Internal Medicine Physician, Via Christi Clinic
Steve Feilmeier ('85), Wichita, KS, Executive Vice President/CFO, KOCH Industries Inc.
Edward L. Field ('72), Topeka, KS, Retired CPA
Justus H. Fugate ('60, '62), Wichita, KS, Chairman of the Board, Kansas Venture Capital, Inc.
Robert A. Geist ('64), Wichita, KS, Owner & Chairman of the Board, RAGE, Inc. (emeritus member)
Sonia R. Greteman ('82), Wichita, KS, CEO and Creative Director, Greteman Group
Joseph Hand (’99) Wichita, KS, Senior Vice President of Minerals, Koch Industries
Carolyn M. Harrison ('80), Wichita, KS, RN /Consultant
Deborah G. Haynes ('76), Wichita, KS, Retired Physician
Brian A. Heinrichs ('96), Wichita, KS, Chief Financial Officer, Intrust Bank
Shelli A. Herman (’88), Los Angeles, CA, President & CEO, Shelli Herman and Associates, Inc.
Jeri Hinkle, Wichita, KS, Community Volunteer
Ronald W. Holt ('77), Wichita, KS, Retired, Asst. Sedgwick County Manager
James E. Hull ('83), Dallas, TX, Vice President, Sales, Workplace Solutions
Michael A. James ('71), Chicago, IL, U.S. Chairman, Bio Products Laboratories
Joseph A. Johnson, Wichita, KS, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey
Richard D. Kincaid ('84), Chicago, IL, Founder, Because Foundation
Elizabeth H. King, Wichita, KS, President & CEO, Wichita State University Foundation
Thomas Kirk, III ('82), Wichita, KS, Senior Managing Director, Wealth Advisor, 6 Meridian
True H. Knowles ('60), Dallas, TX, Investor (emeritus member)
Ann Konecny ('91), Kansas City, MO, CEO, Foley Equipment Company
Jacqueline M. Kouri, Wichita, KS, Community Volunteer
J. V. Lentell, Wichita, KS, Vice Chairman, Intrust Bank
Cheryl L. Lindeman ('93), Solana Beach, CA
Paul M. Longsworth (‘85), Arlington, VA, VP for International Environmental, Fluor Corporation
John R. Lovitt ('68), Pleasanton, CA, CEO, Pattern Insight
Stephanie D. Luetters (’92), Atlanta, GA, Community Volunteer
Leon H. Lungwitz ('70), Wichita, KS, Co-owner, The Print Source, Inc.
Craig H. Macy ('91), Reno, NV, Attorney, Fennemore Craig
Tony Madrigal, Wichita, KS, President & Owner, Madrigal & Associates, Inc.
Dale E. Maltbie ('69, 72), Wichita, KS, Retired President & CEO, Professional Engineering Consultants
Ronald D. Mann ('81), Wichita, KS, Mann Properties, LLC
Shadi Marcos (’01), Wichita, KS, President, CFO and co-founder, Cybertron, Inc.
Howard N. Marcus, Wichita, KS, Chairman, Marcus Food Company
Courtney Marshall, Wichita, KS, President & CEO, WSU Alumni Association
Nancy J. Martin ('69), Wichita, KS, Retired
Karma Mason (’77, ’84), Wichita, KS, CEO/Principal Owner, iSi Environmental Services
W. John McGuire ('80), Washington, DC, Partner, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP
Jane C. McHugh ('80), Wichita, KS, CPA & Partner- Retired, BKD, LLP
M. D. Michaelis, Wichita, KS, Chairman of the Board, Emprise Bank
William B. Moore ('74), Wichita, KS, Retired President & CEO, Westar Energy Inc.
Jennifer Morrow (’01) Chicago, IL, Director, Operational Risk, Discover Financial Services
John R. Morse ('72), Sanibel, FL, General Counsel & Secretary, LodgeWorks, L.P.
David Moses, Wichita, KS, General Counsel, Wichita State University (ex officio member)
Ihssane Mounir (’94, 96), Issaquah, WA, Senior VP of Sales for Northeast Asia, Boeing
Eric S. Namee ('80), Wichita, KS, Tax & Employee Benefits Attorney, Hinkle Law Firm, LLC
Phillip R. Neff ('64), Wichita, KS, Retired
Lynn Nichols, Wichita, KS, CEO, Yingling Aircraft, Inc.
Margaret Opara ('92), Wichita, KS, Vice President of Finance, Transtecs Corporation
Edmund D. Pack, Jr. ('02), Wichita, KS, Senior Project Manager, Burns & McDonnell
Pamela S. Palmer ('85), Wichita, KS, Owner and Physical Therapist, Palmer Physical Therapy
Marilyn B. Pauly ('72), Wichita, KS, Vice Chairman, Commerce Bank
Dan C. Peare ('82, '85), Wichita, KS, Estate Planning Attorney, Hinkle Law Firm LLC
Kevin Potucek (’84) Far Hills, NJ, Vice President Product Management, Hayward Pool Products
Kenton T. Richards ('86), Baldwin City, KS, Information Providers, Inc.
Dennis L. Ross, Wichita, KS, M.D., Kansas Nephrology Physicians
Marc Rowland (’75) Dallas, TX, Senior Managing Director, IOG Capital
Leslie G. Rudd ('81), Oakville, CA, CEO, Leslie Rudd Investment Company (emeritus member)
Charles E. Russell ('56), Wichita, KS, Retired
Richard “Dick” Sampson ('73), Denver, CO, CEO, RS Core Capital, LLC
Donald D. Sbarra, Wichita, KS, Chairman, Sbarra Enterprises (emeritus member)
D. Bruce Schreck ('70), Wichita, KS, Managing Partner, Schreck Financial Group LLC
Barry L. Schwan, Wichita, KS, President, House of Schwan
Rosalind Scudder ('64, '72, '78), Newton, KS, Retired WSU Professor
Shoko K. Sevart, Wichita, KS, Attorney & Partner, Sevart & Sevart - Attorneys at Law
Christopher S. Shank ('69), Wichita, KS, Account Executive, USI Insurance Services, LLC
Kenneth F. Shannon ('79), Wichita, KS, President & CEO, Metal-Fab, Inc.
Robert E. Shields ('68), Atlanta, GA, Partner, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine
JoAnn C. Skillett ('61, '65), Bella Vista, AR, Retired Principal/Professor
Mitchell W. Slape ('89), Tokyo, Japan, COO, Exc. VP, Exe. Officer, Seiyu, GK, Subsidiary of WalMart
Jay Smith (’79) Wichita, KS, President, Intrust Bank of Wichita
Mark G. Torline ('79), Wichita, KS, Director WSU Center for Entrepreneurship
Jeffrey L. Turner (’73), Wichita, KS, Retired President/CEO, Spirit AeroSystems
John L. Tush (‘88), Parkville, MO, Co-owner, CertTech LLC
Ralph F. Vautravers ('52), Wichita, KS, Chairman, Rand Graphics, Inc.
Marni Vliet Stone ('70, '77), Wichita, KS, Owner, Marni Vliet Strategy
John Wadsworth (’79) Wichita, KS, CEO, Piping & Equipment Co. Inc.
Tim J. Watt ('80), Rapid City, SD, Neurological Surgeon, Black Hills Neurosurgery & Spine
Bob M. White ('71, '76), Scottsdale, AZ
Mark L. Winkler (’77), Omaha, NE, General Director, Budget Services, Union Pacific Railroad
Sheryl L. Wohlford ('82), Wichita, KS, President & Co-Owner, Automation-Plus Inc.
J. Robert Young ('61), Glenwood Springs, CO, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Alpine Banks of Colorado
T. Michael Young ('67), Houston, TX, Managing Partner, The CapStreet Group
Gene H. Zaid (’77), Sterling, KS, CEO, Genzada Pharmaceuticals, LLC