Deans Advisory Board Members

Margaret Dechant

CEO, Partner and Founder at 6 Meridian

Board Vice Chair

Bill Lappin

Retired Partner at Deloitte LLP

Board Vice Chair

Tanvir Arfi

Chairman and CEO at Banyan Technologies Group

Craig Barton

President at Barton Companies

Clark Bastian

Chairman of the Board at Fidelity Bank

Walter Berry

Executive Chairman and Corporate Pilot at Berry Companies, Inc.

Gene Camarena

President and CEO of La Raza Pizza, Inc.

John Cantele

President, Lexima Lodging

Cindy Carnahan

President and CEO at Carnahan Group (ReeceNichols South Central Kansas)

Lynda Carrier-Metz

Chief Marketing Officer at Restaurant Management Company

Yvette Connor

Principal Partner and Risk Advisory Services Practice Leader at CohnReznick LLP

Marty Cornejo

Principal Partner at Cornejo Companies

Valerie Corradini

Senior Institutional Consultant at Morgan Stanley

Erin Cummings

Author: The Possibility Project, Founder: Armine + Ambrose,  Built on YES 

Mike Daood

President, LodgeWorks

Mike Davis

Vice President - Sr Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab

Richard Dinkel

Executive Vice President and CFO at at Koch, Inc.

Board Chair-Elect

Brad Elliott

Chairman and CEO at Equity Bancshares, Inc.

Darren Ercolani

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Steve Feilmeier

Managing Director of Feilmeier Family Office

Tadd Fowler

Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Global Taxes at The Procter & Gamble Company

Tom Gentile

President and CEO Hexcel Corporation

Misty High

Senior Vice President at Cargill, Value Added Protein, Food North America

Basil Hourani

Co-Founder and Executive Partner at Capital7.com

Tien Huynh

Principal Partner at The G1 Group

Jeff Johnson

President at Flint Hills National Golf Club

Silver Kung

Founder, Chairman, and CIO at Siegfried Capital

Shawn Lancelot

President at Bank of America Wichita

Stephanie Luetters

Philanthropist

Treena Mason

EVP & Chief Sales Officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Melody McCray-Miller

Co-Founder and CEO at Millers, Inc.

Braden McCurdy

CEO, Broker & Auctioneer at McCurdy Real Estate & Auction

Michael Monteferrante

President and CEO at Envision, Inc.

James Nastars

President and CEO at Meritrust Credit Union

Gary Oborny

CEO and Chairman at Occidental Management

Josh Oeding

Founder and General Partner at Plow Ventures

Dan Peare

Estate Planning Attorney at Hinkle Law Firm

Kevin Potucek

President at Kevin Potucek Innovation, LLC

Scott Redler

Co-Founder at Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

John Rolfe

President and CEO at Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce

Marc Rowland

Investor and Philanthropist

Susan Thomas

Founder and CEO at 10Fold

Maggie Topping

SVP, HR and Communications at Textron Aviation

Kevin Turpin

Founder and CEO at weavix

Bill Voloch

CEO at Wesley Healthcare

Peri Widener

CEO at GLoBIL Consulting Group

Michael Young

Retired Senior Advisor at The Capstreet Group

Emeriti Board Members

Paul Allen

CEO of Allen, Gibbs, and Houlik, L.C.

Wayne Chambers

Retired President & CEO at High Touch Inc.

Stephen Clark

President at Clark Investment Group

Mike Michaelis

Chairman at Emprise Financial Corporation

William Moore

Retired President & CEO Westar Energy

Jay Smith

Retired President at INTRUST Bank