SPARK Advisory Panelists - Kansas COVID-19 Response and Recovery

Updated: 2/1/2022

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SPARK Advisory Panelists

*=Advisory Panel Chair, **= Advisory Panel Vice-Chair

Name Sen. Renee Erickson *

Organization

Role

Kansas Legislature Senator (R)

City / County Notes Sedgwick County Vice chair of Education Committee; middle school principal

Robyn

Via Christi/

Chadwick ** Ascension

VP Ops; Behavioral Health

Wichita

Behavioral Health experience focused on acute in-patient care

Raphael Wahwassuck

Dr. Jarvis Collier

Prairie Band

Tribal Council

Potawatomi Nation Member

Pleasant Green Baptist Church

Senior Pastor

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Kansas City

Council term runs 2020-2024 Pastor

McClain Macklin

Health Forward Foundation

Director of Policy and Strategic Kansas City Initiatives

Previously served as the Director of Policy and Research for the Greater Kansas City Civic Council and the Director of Policy for Mayor Sly James of Kansas City, MO

Kathe Decker

Shawn Sullivan

Midland Care Connection

CEO

Sen. Dinah Sykes

Kansas Legislature Senator (D)

Rep. Kristey Williams

Kansas Legislature

Representative (R)

Rep. Sean Tarwater *

Kansas Legislature

Representative (R)

Former lawmaker and DCF

Topeka

Former KDADS Secretary, State Budget Director, and nursing home CEO

Johnson County

Senate Minority Leader; NCSL Early Childhood Fellow; wrapping up 4-year term as Children's Cabinet member

Augusta

Chair of House K-12 Budget Committee

Chair of Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Johnson County Improvement Council and Commerce, Labor and Economic

Development

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Connectivity

Tien Huynh **

Developer/ Entrepreneur

Sedgwick

County

Entrepreneur and business businesses in Kansas

owner

who

has

started

several

Sen. J.R. Claeys Kansas Legislature Senator (R)

Saline County Vice chair of Ways and Means Committee

Rep. Tom Sawyer

Kansas Legislature

Representative (D)

Andrew Nave

Greater Wichita Partnership

EVP - Economic Development

Tim McKee

Olathe Chamber of Commerce

CEO

Brett Leopold VP

ITC Great Plains

Sedgwick County House Minority Leader

18 years working with chambers of commerce and

Sedgwick

County

economic development organizations; develops and leads business retention and recruitment initiatives for Greater

Wichita Partnership

Has worked for the Olathe Chamber of Commerce for 23

Olathe

years; prior experience with Overland Park Chamber of

Commerce

Attorney, board member of Kansas Chamber of Commerce

and Aligned, a nonprofit dedicated to educational

improvement

Sam Sackett

VP of Government Spirit

Relations

AeroSystems

Private sector

Matt Condon Ryan Flickner

Bardavon Health Innovations Kansas Farm Bureau

CEO

Senior Director of Advocacy

Manhattan

Lona Duvall

Finney County Dev Council

Econ

President

Finney County

Health information company founder and CEO

Has been advocating for increased funding for broadband for many years Has focused work on bringing together community coalitions to expand childcare; runs bootcamp for community leaders in the Garden City area that has provided an example for communities across the state

Sen. Mike Petersen *

Kansas Legislature Senator (R)

Senate Assistant Majority Leader; Chair of Joint Committee Sedgwick County on Information Technology and Transportation Committee;

Vice Chair of Utilities Committee

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Stanley Adams **

Kansas Office of Broadband Development

Rep. Adam Smith

Kansas Legislature

Sen. Tom Hawk

Ed Taylor

Brian Vulgamore

Kansas Legislature

UES Consulting Services, Inc. Vulgamore Family Farms

Director

Topeka

Representative (R)

Senator (D)

Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman and Wallace Counties

Riley County

Principal/CEO Kansas City

Business Manager Scott County

Paul Truitt

Cox

VP of Field

Communications Operations

Wichita

Molly KocourBoyle

AT&T

President - AT&T Kansas

NE Kansas

Dr. Tiffany Anderson

Topeka Public Schools

Superintendent Topeka

Daniel Friesen

Ideatek Telecom Inc

Jeff Wick

WTC

Managing

Partner/Chief Innovation

Buhler

Officer

President/Genera l Manager

Wamego

Leads broadband efforts within Commerce; prior work at AT&T

Chair of Rural Revitalization Committee

Ranking Minority member, Senate Ways and Means Committee 30+ years as an environmental engineer

Farmer and pilot who runs a family farm in western Kansas 35+ years in telecommunications; currently serves on the Board of the Fundamental Learning Center; past member of the Sedgwick County Zoo Board and Board Chair of the Northwest YMCA in Wichita 10+ years at AT&T; member of the board of directors for Jobs for America's Graduates and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce Served on CREJ, Postsecondary Technical Education Authority (appointed by GLK) and Board of Regents (appointed by GLK); has worked in public education for 28+ years

Managing Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at Ideatek; Reno County Commissioner

President WTC; member of Kansas Communications Coalition

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Rep. Troy Waymaster *

Kansas Legislature

Representative (R)

Mark Hutton**

Retired CEO & Former Legislator

Sen. Michael Fagg

Kansas Legislature Senator (R)

Rep. Kathy Wolfe-Moore

Kansas Legislature

Representative (D)

Office of Facilities

Frank Burnam and Property

Director

Management

Osborne, Russell

and Smith

Chair of House Appropriations Committee

Counties

Butler County

Appointed to the Kansas Board of Regents by Governor Colyer in 2018; founder of a construction company

Chautauqua, Coffey, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, and Woodson Counties Wyandotte County

Vice Chair of Financial Institutions and Insurance

Ranking Minority member, House Appropriations Committee

Oversees administration of state-owned and leased facilities and protects the state's interest in all state facilities planning, design and construction activities

Michael Wilkes Olathe Shane Mathis Ally RNG

Tanya Heffel OITS Matt Billingsley Joe Mandala KBI

City Manager Olathe

CEO

Lawrence

Chief Technology Officer

CIO

Topeka

Has served as city manager for 22 years 25 years of experience in energy, utilities, and risk management 20+ years in IT, security, and operations

Former KDOR 20+ years in IT, including ~15 years with the State

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