Leadership Kansas Announces 2023 Class for Emerging Leaders Program
Leadership Kansas, one of the country's oldest and most distinguished statewide leadership programs, on Monday announced its Kansas Emerging Leaders (KEL) Class of 2023.
KEL is a statewide program designed to enhance and motivate young leaders from various Kansas communities. Each year, Kansans in their 20s and 30s are nominated to apply for the program.
Developed in 2019 based on feedback from the nearly 1,600 Leadership Kansas alumni, LK created KEL to give outstanding young leaders a format to learn more about Kansas and about the opportunities within the state for professional growth.
"The 20 individuals selected to participate in the 2023 program reflect Kansas's demographics and geography as well as the state's make up of private and public sectors. We are excited to help them begin their journey of leadership and discovery," said LK Executive Director Aaron Miller. "Upon completion of the program, these young professionals will be better equipped to shoulder important leadership responsibilities in their individual careers and for their respective communities because of their experience and training through Kansas Emerging Leaders."
The class will learn about a myriad of topics important to Kansans through five monthly sessions, including:
Learn about Kansas’ business, social, educational, and government issues of our past, how they impact us today, and how they will shape our future.
Build a network of fellow Kansans who are committed to our state’s success.
Meet mentors and connect with Kansas leaders.
Create a pipeline of potential future Leadership Kansas program participants.
The class will visit Dodge City, Hays, KC Metro, Lawrence, Topeka, and Wichita.
To qualify for the program, nominees must work or live in Kansas, be an outstanding leader, who have been involved in campus or community programs and express an interest to stay in Kansas and become more involved.
Kansas Emerging Leaders Class of 2023
Nithin Acharya - Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita
Florian Ackermann - Textron Aviation, Andover
Darren Beckham - Office of Kansas Senate Vice President, Topeka
Colby Berry - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Topeka
Miranda Carpenter - Communities in Schools of Mid-America, Neodesha
Hunter Carson - Office of U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, Garden City
Emily Farley - Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Lawrence
John Goodyear - Kansas League of Municipalities, Lawrence
Lillian Lingenfelter - Burlington USD 244, Emporia
Haley Matherly - Kansas Volunteer Commission (Kansas State Department of Education), Topeka
Ambur Miller - Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita
Lee Modesitt - The Trust Company, Manhattan
Alyson Oliver - Kansas Insurance, Inc., Lawrence
Bravane Phelps - Pioneer Communications, Ulysses
Tim Pile - Building Controls and Services, Inc., Wichita
Jared Regehr - University of Kansas School Medicine – Wichita Family Medicine Residency at Via Christi Hospitals, Wichita
Diana Stanley - Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer LC, Wichita
Miguel Angel - Venegas M&M's Construction, LLC, Hutchinson
Mollea Wainscott - City of Dodge City, Dodge City
Lauren Wolf - Office of Kansas Attorney General, Topeka
