The National Advisory Council (NAC) consists of about 115 highly respected alumni and friends. Members in this volunteer organization are dedicated to promoting the interests of Wichita State University and the WSU Foundation. The NAC meets twice a year, in April and September. More than one-third (36 percent) of our members live outside of the greater Wichita area.
Kim and Tim Watt
National Advisory Council mixer at Wichita State's Corbin Hall.
Cindy and John Carnahan
Debbie Haynes, FY 19-20 Board of Directors chair, presiding over an NAC meeting.
The NAC fall mixer and business meeting are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24, and Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.
New member orientation
NAC reception
NAC business meeting
NAC members may RSVP for the events by contacting Jordyn Ortega at 316-978-3838 or jordyn.ortega@wichita.edu.
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Gerald T. Aaron
Retired, Lone Star Steakhouse/Saloon, Inc.
Wichita, KS
1963
Julie-Ellen Acosta
Retired
St. Louis, MO
1980, 1984
Paul S. Allen
CEO Allen Gibbs & Houlik, LLC
Wichita, KS
1970
Pamela Clancy Ammar
Attorney
Wichita, KS
1980
Bill Ard
Owner, Security Holdings LLC
Wichita, KS
1964
Ronald L. Baldwin
Retired
Scottsdale, AZ
1975
Donald L. Barry
RW Baird, Managing Director - Investments
Wichita, KS
1988
Craig W. Barton
Olympia Partners LLC, Managing General Partner
Wichita, KS
1983
Barbara J. Bassi
Community Volunteer
Newport Coast, CA
1972
Aaron Bastian
President, Fidelity Bank
Wichita, KS
M. Clark Bastian
CEO/Chairman, Fidelity Bank
Wichita, KS
1975
Martin W. Bauer
Partner, Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer LLP
Wichita, KS
Fred F. Berry, Jr.
Chairman, Berry Companies, Inc.
Wichita, KS
Jeff Blackman
President, Bedford Lodging
Dallas, TX
1991, 1995
Tami Bradley
Managing Partner, Bothner & Bradley Inc.
Wichita, KS
1994, 1998
Susayn C. Brandes
President and CEO, Great Plains Ventures
Wichita, KS
1981
Kevin G. Brown
President, T & E Oil Company
Hutchinson, KS
1982
Quincalee Brown
Retired
McLean, VA
1961
Timothy W. Buckley
Retired
Austin, TX
1971
Michael C. Burrus
Retired
Wichita, KS
1977
Cynthia Carnahan
President-Owner/Realtor, Carnahan Group
Wichita, KS
1973
Wayne E. Chambers
Retired
Wichita, KS
1971, 1979
Stephen L. Clark
President, Clark Investment Group
Wichita, KS
1965
William C. Cohen, Jr.
CEO, Insurance Management Assoc., Inc.
Wichita, KS
Teresa R. Craig
Director, Client Strategy for Netsmart
Dunedin, FL
1975
Jeff P. DeGraffenreid
Attorney, Foulston Siefkin, LLP
Sedgwick, KS
1988
Catherine A. DeSocio
Co-Owner, Joma Bowling Company
Wichita, KS
1981
Thomas R. Devlin, Sr.
President & Chairman, Devlin Enterprises (emeritus member)
Wichita, KS
Denis Dieker
CFO, Midwest Drywall Co., Inc.
Wichita, KS
1977, 1980
David Eads
Executive Director and CEO, Pasadena Tournament of Roses
Los Angeles, CA
1984,1986
Kimberly N. Ernzen
VP of Professional Relations, Delta Dental of Kansas
Tuscon, AZ
1979
Junetta M. Everett
VP of Professional Relations, Delta Dental of Kansas
Wichita, KS
1979
Clinton J. Everton
IT Consultant
Scottsdale, AZ
Brenda Farha
Community Volunteer
Wichita, KS
Gary A. Farha
President & CEO, Customer First Renewables
Potomac, MD
1979
Edward L. Field
Retired
Topeka, KS
1972
Mark Finucane
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
South Pasadena, CA
1976
Justus H. Fugate
Chairman of the Board, Kansas Venture Capital, Inc.
Wichita, KS
1960,1962
Robert A. Geist
Owner & Chairman of the Board, RAGE, Inc. (emeritus member)
Wichita, KS
1964
Jay Golden
President, Wichita State University (ex-officio member)
Wichita, KS
Sonia R. Greteman
CEO and Creative Director, Greteman Group
Wichita, KS
1982
Curtis D. Gridley
Co-Founder, Groover Labs
Wichita, KS
1980
Joseph Hand
Senior Vice President of Minerals, Koch Industries
Wichita, KS
1999
Carolyn M. Harrison
RN/Consultant
Wichita, KS
1980
Kelly Harrison
Retired, Westar Energy
Lawrence, KS
1981, 1985, 1994
Deborah G. Haynes
Retired Physician
Wichita, KS
1976
Shelli A. Herman
President & CEO, Shelli Herman and Associates, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
1988
Jeri Hinkle
Community Volunteer
Wichita, KS
Ronald W. Holt
Retired, Asst. Sedgwick County Manager
Wichita, KS
1977
Cindy Hoover
Vice President and Chief Engineer Operations, Spirit AeroSystems
Wichita, KS
1990
James E. Hull
Vice President, Sales, Workplace Solutions
Dallas, TX
1983
Michael A. James
U.S. Chairman, Bio Products Laboratories
Chicago, IL
1971
Joseph A. Johnson
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey
Wichita, KS
Elizabeth H. King
President & CEO, Wichita State University Foundation
Wichita, KS
Thomas Kirk, III
Senior Managing Director, Wealth Advisor, 6 Meridian
Wichita, KS
1982
Ann Konecny
CEO, Foley Equipment Company
Kansas City, MO
1991
William Lappin
Managing Partner & Principle, Deloitte
Sandy Springs, GA
1979, 1981
Cameron Ledford
Orthopedic Surgeon, Mayo Clinic Orthopedic Surgery
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2006
Cheryl L. Lindeman
Lindeman, ESQ.
Solana Beach, CA
1993
Paul M. Longsworth
VP for International Environmental, Fluor Corporation
Arlington, VA
1985
John R. Lovitt
CEO, Pattern Insight
Pleasanton, CA
1968
Stephanie D. Luetters
Community Volunteer
Wichita, KS
1992
Leon H. Lungwitz
Co-owner, The Print Source, Inc.
Wichita, KS
1970
Craig H. Macy
Attorney, Fennemore Craig
Reno, NV
1991
Tony Madrigal
President & Owner, Madrigal & Associates, Inc.
Wichita, KS
Dale E. Maltbie
Retired President & CEO, Professional Engineering Consultants
Wichita, KS
1969, 1972
Shadi Marcos
President, CFO and co-founder, Cybertron, Inc.
Wichita, KS
2001
Howard N. Marcus
Chairman, Marcus Food Company
Wichita, KS
Courtney Marshall
President & CEO, WSU Alumni Association (ex-officio member)
Wichita, KS
Karma Mason
COO, iSi Environmental Services
Maize, KS
1977, 1984
Jane C. McHugh
CPA & Partner- Retired, BKD, LLP
Wichita, KS
1980
M. D. Michaelis
Chairman of the Board, Emprise Bank
Wichita, KS
William B. Moore
Retired, Westar Energy Inc.
Wichita, KS
1974
Jennifer Morrow
Director, Finance and Accounting, Hickory Street Capital
Chicago, IL
2001
John R. Morse
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, LodgeWorks, L.P.
Sanibel, FL
1972
Ihssane Mounir
Senior VP of Sales for Northeast Asia, Boeing
Issaquah, WA
1994, 1996
Eric S. Namee
Managing Partner, Hinkle Law Firm, LLC
Wichita, KS
1980
Phillip R. Neff
Retired
Wichita, KS
1964
Lynn Nichols
CEO, Yingling Aircraft, Inc.
Andover, KS
Pamela S. Palmer
Owner and Physical Therapist, Palmer Physical Therapy
Andover, KS
1985
Marilyn B. Pauly
Owner and Physical Therapist, Palmer Physical Therapy
Wichita, KS
1972
Dan C. Peare
Estate Planning Attorney, Hinkle Law Firm LLC
Wichita, KS
1982, 1985
Shawn Penner
President, Shamrock Advisors
Wichita, KS
1992
Kevin Potucek
Vice President Product Management, Hayward Pool Products
Far Hills, NJ
1984
Khalid Raza
Distinguished Engineer, Cisco Systems
Fremont, CA
1992
Kenton T. Richards
Information Providers, Inc.
Baldwin City, KS
1986
John L. Rolfe
Chief Development Officer, Kansas Leadership Center
Wichita, KS
1985
Dennis L. Ross
M.D. Information Providers, Inc.
Wichita, KS
Marc Rowland
Senior Managing Director, IOG Capital
Dallas, TX
1975
Donald D. Sbarra
Chairman, Sbarra Enterprises (emeritus member)
Wichita, KS
D. Bruce Schreck
Managing Partner, Schreck Financial Group LLC
Wichita, KS
1970
Barry L. Schwan
President, House of Schwan
Wichita, KS
Shoko K. Sevart
Attorney & Partner, Sevart & Sevart - Attorneys at Law
Wichita, KS
Christopher S. Shank
Account Executive, USI Insurance Services, LLC
Wichita, KS
1969
Kenneth F. Shannon
President & CEO, Metal-Fab, Inc.
Wichita, KS
1979
Robert E. Shields
Partner, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine
Atlanta, GA
1968
JoAnn C. Skillett
Retired Principal/Professor
Bella Vista, AR
1961, 1965
Mitchell W. Slape
Chief Executive & Executive Director, Massmart Group
South Africa
1989
Jay Smith
President, Intrust Bank of Wichita
Wichita, KS
1979
Marni Stone
Owner, Marni Vliet Strategy
Wichita, KS
1970, 1977
John H. Tatlock
Attorney, Epstein Patierno LLp
Denver, CO
1969
Alicia Thompson
Superintendent, Wichita Public Schools
Wichita, KS
2015
Margaret M. Topping
Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Textron Aviation
Wichita, KS
2000
Mark G. Torline
Director WSU Center for Entrepreneurship
Wichita, KS
1979
Jeffrey L. Turner
Retired President/CEO, Spirit AeroSystems
Wichita, KS
1973
John L. Tush
Co-owner, CertTech LLC
Parkville, MO
1988
Ralph F. Vautravers
Retired Founder, Rand Graphics, Inc.
Wichita, KS
1952
John Wadsworth
CEO, Piping & Equipment Co. Inc.
Wichita, KS
1979
Joan Wagner
Boeing Distribution Services
Kechi, KS
1999, 2004
Tim J. Watt
Neurological Surgeon, Black Hills Neurosurgery & Spine
Rapid City, SD
1980
Bob M. White
Founder, The White Foundation
Scottsdale, AZ
1971, 1976
Sheryl L. Wohlford
President & Co-Owner, Automation-Plus Inc.
Wichita, KS
1982
J. Robert Young
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Alpine Banks of Colorado
Glenwood Springs, CO
1961
T. Michael Young
Managing Partner, The CapStreet Group
Houston, TX
1967
Gene H. Zaid
CEO, Genzada Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Sterling, KS
1977
