The New Communities Initiative is fortunate to have a group of local and State leaders who have made a commitment to provide leadership in support of the goals and objectives of the Initiative.  Following are the names of the current (September'08) Policy Group. 

 

Carl Brewer, Wichita Mayor

Susan Addington, Community Relations Manager, Koch Industries

Rob Allison, President, Bank of America Kansas

James Barber, President, Via Christi Foundation

Donald Beggs, President, Wichita State University

Brian Black, Spirit AeroSystems

Roderick Bremby, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health & Environment

Martin Libhart, Interim Superintendent, Wichita Public Schools (USD 259)

Bill Buchanan, Sedgwick County Manager

Anne Corriston, Program Director, Knight Foundation

S. Edwards Dismuke, Dean, KU School of Medicine

Jim Garner, Secretary, Kansas Department of Labor

Kathy Greenlee, Secretary, Kansas Department of Aging

Kim Hamlin, Central Northeast Association of Neighborhoods

Kevass Harding, Wichita Board of Education

J. Russell Jennings, Commissioner, Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority

Don Jordan, Secretary, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services

David Kerr, Secretary, Kansas Department of Commerce

Keith Lawing, Executive Director, Workforce Alliance

John Moore, Retired Kansas Attorney General

L. Scott Moore, Wichita Interim City Manager

Kelly Parks, Sedgwick County Commission

Dennis Schoenebeck, Greater Wichita YMCA Association

Larry Schumacher, President and CEO, Via Christi Wichita

Hugh Tappan, Chief Executive Officer, Wesley Medical Center

Steve Weatherford, Kansas Development Finance Authority

Lyndon Wells, Executive Vice-President, INTRUST Bank

Gwen Welshimer, Sedgwick County Commission

Roger Werholtz, Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections

Lavonta Williams, Wichita City Council