Chamber & GO Topeka Boards

Chamber Board Officers

Chairman of the Board
Carl Koupal
President/CEO
Community National Bank

Chairman of the Board-Elect
Rick Wienckowski
VP/CFO
Hill's Pet Nutrition

Treasurer
John B. Dicus
President & CEO
Capitol Federal

President & Chief Executive Officer
Douglas S. Kinsinger, CCE

Immediate Past Chairman of the Board
Jim Parrish
President/Attorney At Law
Parrish Hotel Corporation

Vice Chairman, Development Council
Chairman, GO Topeka
Andrew Jetter
President/CEO
FHLBank Topeka

Vice Chairman, Government Relations Council
James Davis
Business & Sales Manager
Custom Neon & Vinyl Graphics, Inc.

Vice Chairman, Membership Council
Randy Goldsmith
Real Estate Manager
CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

Vice Chairman, Marketing Council
Gina Millsap
Executive Director
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

Vice Chairman, Leadership Council
Martha Bartlett-Piland
President/CEO
MB Piland Advertising & Marketing

Chamber Board Members

Martha Bartlett-Piland
President/CEO
MB Piland Advertising & Marketing

Jeff Berke
Vice President
SPS Processing Company

Andy Corbin
President
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Garry Cushinberry
SVP, Community Relations
CoreFirst Bank & Trust

Debbie Davis
President
Prudential First, REALTORS Real Estate

Lucky DeFries
Attorney/Partner
Coffman, DeFries, & Nothern, P.A.

Neil Dobler
Senior Project Manager
Bartlett & West

Dan Jacobsen
President-Kansas
AT&T, Inc.

Coleen Jennison
Director of Governmental Affairs
Cox Communications/Business Services

Ann O'Bryan
Owner
HealthWorks

Jim Ogle
General Manager
WIBW-TV

Larry Robbins
Individual Member

Tom Swank
President
Security Benefit

Mark Wittenburg
President
Batis Development

Gary Yager
President & CEO
VisionBank

Ex-Officio Appointments
Col. Gregg Burden
Commander, 190th ARW
Kansas Air National Guard

Mayor Bill Bunten
City of Topeka

Commissioner Ted Ensley
Chairman, Shawnee County Commission

Senator Laura Kelly
Shawnee County Legislative Delegation

Richard Forester
President
Visit Topeka! Inc.

Sarah Strydom
Representing Fast Forward
Single Source

GO Topeka Board officers

Chairman of the Board
Andrew J. Jetter
President/CEO
FHLBank Topeka

Vice Chairman of the Board
Lucky DeFries
Attorney/Partner
Coffman, DeFries, & Nothern

Treasurer
Rick Jackson
Vice President/Community Development Manager
Capitol Federal

Secretary
Linda Ramirez Gonzalez

Past Chairman of the Board
Carl Koupal
President/CEO
Community National Bank

President/CEO
Douglas S. Kinsinger, CCE
Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce/GO Topeka

GO Topeka Board Members

Ben Blair
Associate Broker
Coldwell Banker Griffith & Blair

Harry "H" Craig
Executive Vice President & COO
Martin Tractor Company

Lucky DeFries
Partner
Coffman, DeFries & Nothern, P.A.

Mike Engler
Vice President/Division Manager Land Development
Bartlett & West

Duane Fager
President & CEO
CoreFirst Bank & Trust

Neil Fisher
Vice President
Kansas Building Systems, Inc.

Carlos Gomez
President
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Connie Goodnow
CEO
Topeka Area Association of REALTORS, Inc.

Scott Griffith
Community Bank President
INTRUST Bank

Alonzo Harrison
President/CEO
HDB Construction, Inc.

Andrew J. Jetter
President/CEO
FHLBank Topeka

Kris Kitchen
Executive Director
Heartland Works

Bill Moore
CEO & President
Westar Energy

Terry Neher
Senior Vice President
US Bank

Maynard Oliverius
President & CEO
Stormont-Vail HealthCare

Matt Sabatini
Chairman of the Board
Capital City Bank

Michael Schrader
President & CEO
St. Francis Health Center

Bob Schuster, CPA
Member-in-Charge
Kennedy & Coe

Steve Tyler
Owner
Telian-Tyler Enterprises, LLC
(dba McDonald's Restaurants)

Kathleen R. Urbom
Attorney
QuVis, Inc.

Robert J. Washatka
Owner
Express Personnel Services

Mike Wilson
Architect, Principal
Architect One, PA

Dan Woodard
Vice President, AFL-CIO Community Liaison
United Way of Greater Topeka

Ex-Officio Appointments
Mayor Bill Bunten
City of Topeka

Norton Bonaparte
City Manager
City of Topeka

Councilman Jack Woelfel
Topeka City Council Member

Commissioner Vic Miller
Shawnee County Commission

Dr. Jerry Farley
President
Washburn University

James Parrish
(2007 Chamber Chairman)
President/Attorney at Law
Parrish Hotel Corporation

Susan Mahoney
Executive Director
Downtown Topeka, Inc.

Eric Johnson
Interim President
Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority