2.28.25

WSU alums selected for Wichita Business Journal’s 40 Under 40

The WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement extends our congratulations to the Wichita Business Journal’s 2025 40 Under 40 honorees. Among this cohort of executives, innovators and entrepreneurs, 17 WSU alumni were recognized for their notable achievements in the local business community.

• AMY DRAUT ’10, POL S, program manager for K-State Research and Extension’s Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program.
• JOHN FORD ’10, AEROS E, human resources director for Tessere, the architecture, interior design, civil engineering and landscape architecture firm headquartered in Wichita.
• MANDY FOUSE ’10, MKG, executive director of public affairs and executive communications for WSU Tech, and co-author of the Tech Tykes children’s literature series.
• KRYSZTOF SLUPKOWSKI ’11, BUS ADM, ’13, M BUS ADM, ’16, FIN, chief credit officer for Equity Bank.
• CHELSEY HUMIG ’12, FIN, assistant vice president of accounting and finance for Andover State Bank.
• JESSICA VIRAMONTEZ ’13, EX SCI, senior sports sales manager at Visit Wichita tourist information center.
• AUSTIN GEBERT ’14, FIN, vice president of commercial banking at Commerce Bank.
• CALVIN PEARSON ’14, EX SCI, wealth advisor for 6 Meridian, investment firm based in Wichita.
• SHAQIYLA BANKS ’15, CJ, ’18, M CJ, founder of community-based youth development non-profit organization Equity Initiative KS.
• CHELSEA DYER ’15, PUB ADM, senior director of investor development for the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce.
• DIANA HO ’16, BIOL SCI, optometrist at pediatric clinic Adventure Dental and Vision.
• SUVESSA CHAKRBOTY ’17, AEROS E, seniorAPQP quality engineer and project lead at Boeing.
• AARON MOSES ’17, CJ, police captain for the Wichita Police Department.
• JUSTIN ROCHELEAU ’17, FIN, founder of JR Mortgage Group and CEO of Dynamo Capital LLC.
• ABBEY COTTER MIKULICZ ’18, NURS, behavioral health nurse for Sedgwick County’s COMCARE.
• MARY SIMS ’19, M SOC WK, mental health professional at Wichita-based JST Therapy Solutions.
• STACEY MEIER ’24, FIN, senior vice president of wealth management at Emprise Bank.