New members of the Wichita State University Foundation board of directors for fiscal year 2017 are Martin Bauer, Denis Dieker, ’77, ’80, and Mike James, ’71.

Bauer is a partner with Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer LLP; Dieker is chief financial officer of Midwest Drywall Co. Inc.; and James is U.S. chairman of Bio Products Laboratories.

Board member Clark Bastian, ’75, is renewing his second term. He is CEO/chairman of Fidelity Bank.

New, returning board members are Debbie Haynes, ’76, and Barry Schwan. Haynes is a retired physician and Schwan is president of House of Schwan.

The 19-member board is chaired by Paul Allen, ’70, CEO of Allen Gibbs & Houlik LC. Board members are eligible to serve two three-year terms. They also are part of the WSU Foundation National Advisory Council (NAC) and participate on one of the 10 standing committees: audit, faculty/staff fundraising award, giving, governance, investment, marketing/communications, NAC nominating, operations, real estate and Ulrich Advisory Board.

Bauer chairs the Ulrich Museum advisory board; Dieker serves on the giving and operations committees; James serves on the marketing/communications committee; Bastian is chairman of the NAC nominating committee; Haynes serves on the NAC nominating and governance committees; and Schwan serves on the NAC nominating committee.