Topeka's Top "20 Under 40" Andy Vogel

Photo by Nathan Ham

Andy promotes personal growth and health within leaders and staff and establishes partnerships between Topeka Young Life and local churches in the community. He recruits and trains volunteers, develops staff and builds local committees around each school ministry. He assists in fundraising, community events, and donor relationships and oversees administration and communication. Andy creates mentoring relationships with kids and leaders, and trains regional staff and leaders how to increase their capability to relate and work effectively across cultures.

Andy invests his time and talent in developing future leaders of Topeka. He works not only with youth and their families, but also with schools, administrators, counselors and teachers to ensure young people are moving forward in the right direction.

Under Andy's leadership, Topeka Young Life received the Kansas Public Education Friend of Education Ongoing Partnership Award from USD 501. Andy currently serves as the Team Chaplain for the Washburn Rural Football Team, a mentor through the Highland Park High School Mentoring Program and a Commissioned Minister through Young Life. He was a White House Summit on Helping America’s Youth invitee.

Andy is married to Angelyn and has three children: Lincoln (8), Elliott (6), and Addelyn (4).

“His goal was to have Young Life mentors “come alongside” our students, and build positive relationships and social capacity in our young people. He has been as good as his word from the beginning.” —Fred Willer, LMSW Highland Park High School