5 questions with Connie Palacioz
Call her Connie the Riveter.
Call her Connie the Riveter.
For Steve Edgar, who was appointed CEO of Galichia Heart Hospital in December, a career in health care was sparked by having physical therapy after a high school football injury.
For Elaine Steinke, an interest in cardiovascular health may have started when her father had a heart attack when she was 6.
When NetApp announced that it was hiring more than 400 people last year, it caused a lot of waves for Wichita’s small IT community, and Bill Ramsey is taking the long view to adjusting to the changing technology scene.
Brian Ferris has spent hundreds of hours teaching operations management to college students and professionals.
Bridgit Yinger is an unusual combination of entrepreneur and passionate art fan. Her first stab at making a business from her love of art – the Onion Tree at 120 N. Hillside – didn’t work out so well. It closed a year ago, but she still has faith that there is good market out there for local art if it is marketed right.
Ken Peterson has spent more than four decades trying cases in courtrooms across the country.
Lori Davis holds two jobs at Grant Thornton. In one, she is a tax partner. In the other, as office managing partner, she manages the firm’s Wichita office, which has 53 employees.
Cardiologist Roger Evans never was interested in becoming a pilot, but once he did in 1977, he discovered it could help him in his career.
The Ambassador Hotel debuted downtown with a party on New Year’s Eve, but general manager Michael Frimel has been in Wichita and working on opening the hotel since late 2011.
The Wichita Independent Business Association will face a challenging year because its health insurance business is changing radically.
Kevin Inkley has spent most of his career in the Veterans Affairs medical system – a path he didn’t think he’d take.
For Dave Sanford, being the CEO of GraceMed is not a job – it’s a calling.
Growing up, Debbie Jones, center manager for FlightSafety’s Hawker Beechcraft Learning Center, never wanted to work in the aviation industry.
Through high school and college, Bob Bunting, 63, president of Bunting Magnetics in Newton, loved working in the business founded by his father.
Cynthia Wentworth isn’t afraid of a little communal self-doubt.
Jeff Deitchler initially was, as he puts it, the lone implant from Hall’s Culligan Water when C.R. Hall acquired Coffee Time, Prestige Coffee Systems and Riffel’s Coffee in 2007.
Aron Dunn is taking his volunteerism to the next level.
Kirk Short is the son of a real estate broker, but after graduating from Northwest High School in 1992 he joined the Marines.
Larkspur owner Ty Issa used to shake his head at another Lebanese restaurateur in Wichita who seemed to keep opening new restaurants.