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Member List

Representing: Business and Industry

David Moody - Chair
VP Human Resources
Salina Reg Health Center
Salina, KS

Roy Dixon
Operations Management
Highlands Livestock Service
Garden City, KS

Eddie Estes
President and CEO
Western KS Mfg. Association
Dodge City, KS

Jeff Fry
Manager
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Great Bend, KS

Kenneth Gates - Vice Chair
President
Pratt Well Service
Pratt, KS

Amy Gerdes
Recruiting/Education Coord.
Crop Quest
Dodge City, KS

Clark Jacobs
Owner
Jacobs Painting
Hutchinson, KS

 

Glen Kersenbrock
President
Colby Fertilizer, Inc.
Colby, KS 

Cody Knauss
Personnel & Safety Admin.
Legg Company
Halstead, KS

Diana Kohl
Training Coordinator
Nex-Tech, Inc.
Hays, KS

Earnie Lehman - Chair Emeritus
President and General Manager
Midwest Energy, Inc.
Hays, KS

Mike Miller
Owner
Miller Trucking LTD
LaCrosse, KS

Ward Nippert
Workforce Development Specialist
AGC
Hutchinson, KS

Dana Rice
Administrator
Minneapolis Good Samaritan Ctr
Minneapolis, KS 

 

Nathan Richardson
Facility Manager
Park Aerospace Materials Corp.
Newton, KS

Andrew Rupp
Vice President
Insurance Planning
Hays, KS

Rick Sowers
Owner
Radio Shack
Dodge City, KS

Jerry Vinson
Director - Human Resources
TECH, Inc.
Hutchinson, KS

John Weber
Regional Director
Manpower Professional
Wichita, KS

Daniel Welch
Human Resources Director
BRB Contractors
Topeka, KS

Terry White
Director - Human Resources
IKrause Corp.
Hutchinson, KS

Phil Wyssenbach
President
Hillsboro Industires
Hillsboro, KS

Representing: Education

Dr. Ed Berger
President
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson, KS

 

Diana Wieland
Curriculum Director
USD 315
Colby, KS

 


Representing: Community Based Organizations

Steven Gieber
Director
Employment Services
OCCK
Salina, KS

 

Karen Guliford
Vocational Case Manager
The Center
Great Bend, KS

 

 

Representing: Economic Development

Mickey Fornaro-Dean
Executive Director
Harvey County
Econ. Dev. Council
Newton, KS

 

Maureen Toll
Director
Workforce Development Program
Salina Chamber of Commerce
Salina, KS

 

 

Representing: Labor

Robert Ahnert
Business Manager
I.B.E.W. Local #661
Hutchinson, KS

 

Jeff Read
Organizer
I.B.E.W.
Wichita, KS

 

 

Representing: Other

John McLoughlin
Consultant/Judge
Exp in Workforce Programs
Cimarron, KS

 

Jack Cooley
Past President
Myriad Machine Co.
Liberal, KS

 

Tony Fiedler
Former Dir Empl Serv
MCDS
McPherson, KS

Representing: Mandatory Partners

Shari Campbell
Executive Director
West Region SRS
Garden City, KS
Rep: Voc Rehab

Dr. Carl Heilman
President
Barton County Community College
Great Bend, KS
Rep: Carl Perkins

Carolyn Benitez
Exec. Program Officer/MSFW
SER Corporation
Wichita, KS
Rep: Farm Workers

Rose Day
Rapid Response Coordinator
KS Dept. of Labor
Topeka, KS
Rep: Unemployment Ins.

 

Norman Bent
Exec. Officer/SCSEP
SER Corporation
Wichita, KS
Rep: Title V

Mike Beene
State Operations Director
Ks Dept. of Commerce
Pittsburg, KS
Rep: Wagner Peyser
Veterans - TAA

Mick Payne
OA/ETS Director
Flint Hills Job Corps
Manhattan, KS
Rep: Job Corps

 

Kathy Petz
ABE Coordinator
Hutchinson Comm College
Hutchinson, KS
Rep: Adult Basic Ed

Sheree Rueb
SWEP Director
American Red Cross
Wichita, KS
Rep: Title V Older Wkrs

Deb Scheibler
Program Director
Workforce Investment Act IB
Great Bend, KS
Rep: Adults, Dis Wkrs, Youth