WSU Alumni Association event to feature Koch Industries CFO

Wichita State’s Alumni Association will host “Koch’s CFO: Overseeing a Global Financial Framework” at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14, at WSU’s Marcus Welcome Center. The breakfast event, featuring alumnus Steve Feilmeier, is part of the alumni association’s centennial celebration and Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series.

The event is open to the public; tickets are $18 for alumni association members and $20 for nonmembers. To register, go to www.wichita.edu/alumni.

Feilmeier, a certified public accountant who received his master’s degree in accountancy from WSU, was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of Koch Industries in 2002. He previously served as vice president of tax, financial and accounting for the company. He has been with Koch since 1997.

Feilmeier is responsible for the company’s global financial framework, and directs Invista, a subsidiary of Koch Industries. He resides in Wichita.

Before joining Koch, Feilmeier held a variety of positions at PepsiCo and was manager of taxation at KPMG Peat Marwick.

The last event scheduled for the alumni association’s spring 2013 speaker series is “Shocker Diva: Beautiful Performer” with Joyce DiDonato on Tuesday, April 9.