Leadership Council
The Council provides recommendations on strategic planning efforts and how state dollars could best be spent to meet the mentoring needs of Kansas. |
Coach Bill Snyder, Council Co-Chair
K-State's Head Football Coach |
Dr. Andy Tompkins, Council Co-Chair
Dean of College of Education, PSU |
| Dick Bond, former Senate President & former Chairman of the Board of Regents |
Kimberly Edmunds, Vice President & Regional Manager, Cox Communications |
| Bill Hanna, former President & Vice Chairman of the Board, Koch Industries |
Joyce Hayhow, Publisher of the Kansas City Business Journal |
John D. Montgomery, Editor & Publisher
of Hutchinson News |
Joe Reardon, Mayor Unified Government of Wyandotte & Kansas City |
Council of Mentors
Composed of mentoring professionals from across the state, the Council provides guidance on the current issues facing mentoring efforts and the needs of communities wishing to start programs.
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Coach Bill Snyder, Council Co-Chair
K-State's Head Football Coach |
Kristy McKechnie, Council Co-Chair
Former Director of Development,
SE Kansas Education Service Center |
Kerrie Bacon, Kansas Commission
on Disability Concerns |
Dawn DeArmond,
Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters |
| Tina DeLaRosa, MANA de Topeka |
Leila Gallagher, YouthFriends Kansas |
Laura Kaiser,
Kansas Parent Teacher Association |
Kristi Conkle,
Kansas City Foster Grandparents |
Malissa Martin-Wilke,
Communities In Schools of Kansas |
Gary Gerhard, Kansas 4-H
Youth Development |
Cheryl Semmel,
United School Administrators of Kansas |
Janette Meis, Kansas Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) |
Jeff Moe, Jayhawk Area Council -
Boy Scouts of America |
Mark Nordstrom,
Kansas Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs |
| Patricia Phillips, Compeer of Topeka |
Patty Gnefkow, Compeer of Wichita |
Cornelia Stevens, Kansas
Children's Service League |
Carol Rupe,
Communities In Schools of KS - Wichita |