Chamber names 2017 Leadership Wichita class

The Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday its 2017 Leadership Wichita class.

The 33 people selected to this year’s class will attend eight sessions between late August and early November learning about economic and workforce development, leadership skills and other topics that will equip them to be the area’s future leaders.

The selections were made based on nominations to the program’s board of trustees.

“Past participants of Leadership Wichita have made significant contributions in our community, and this year’s class will graduate equipped with the insight to build upon their professional successes to make Wichita the premier place to grow companies, careers and communities,” Tyler Heffron, chair of Leadership Wichita’s trustees, said in a news release.

The members of the class of 2017 are:

▪  Abigail Arthur of FreeState Healthcare

▪  Keturah Austin of Sedgwick County

▪  Kyle Blasdel of Conco Inc.

▪  Maggie Butler of Via Christi Health

▪  Anne Chandler of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas

▪  Carrie Cox of Allen, Gibbs & Houlik

▪  Mike Ellis of Delta Dental of Kansas

▪  Amy Feimer of Hunter Health Clinic

▪  LaShonda Garnes of the city of Wichita

▪  Clay Germany of the Wichita Police Department

▪  Michele Gifford of Textron Aviation

▪  Andrew Gough of Reverie Coffee Roasters

▪  Jeff Hersh of Goddard Public Schools

▪  Jennifer Hughes of High Touch Technologies

▪  Danielle Johnson of Wichita State University Office of Diversity and Inclusion

▪  Justin Kasel of Wichita Public Schools

▪  Jason Knobbe of the Kansas Air National Guard

▪  Melissa Knoeber of Fidelity Bank

▪  Paul Lavender of Sasnak Management

▪  Jonathan Long of T-Mobile

▪  Sheila McGuire of Hutton Construction

▪  Cindy Miles of the Nonprofit Chamber of Service

▪  Robert Moody of Martin Pringle Attorneys at Law

▪  Justin Pfeifer of Wichita Area Technical College

▪  Mark Pierce of Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office

▪  Jake Ramstack of Insite Real Estate Group

▪  Tyler Roush of the 18th Judicial District

▪  Courtney Sendall of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce

▪  Sharla Smith of the University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita

▪  Ty Tabing of Hudbella Government Affairs

▪  Jacob Wayman of e2e Accelerator

▪  Rachel White-McQuillan of Westar Energy

▪  Rachael Woods of Spirit AeroSystems

This story was originally published August 15, 2017 at 10:52 AM with the headline "Chamber names 2017 Leadership Wichita class."