September 1, 2017
Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program Announces Class of 2017-18
The Board of Directors of the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program has named the members of the next class of participants for the 2017-18 program year according to Jack Lindquist, Executive Director of the organization. The announcement was made public at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the non-profit educational program at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. The event was underwritten by CivicPlus, Bruce McMillan A/A Architects PA and Commerce Bank. The regions premier leadership training program is designed to train and more-fully engage leaders in the area that includes Fort Riley, Geary, Riley and Pottawatomie counties.
Class members to complete the seven session course over the next six months include:
Ryan Almes
RL County Manhattan
Deputy Fire Chief,
Manhattan Fire Department
Hillary Badger
RL County Manhattan
City of Manhattan – Accounting
Will Baldwin
GE County Milford
Project Director, K-State Plant Diagnostic Information System
William Biles
RL County Manhattan
Risk Management & IT Director, Rock Springs State 4-H Center
LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin
GE County Milford
Director for the K-State Multicultural Engineering Program
Curt Blanke
DK County Abilene
Regional Network Enterprise Center – Ft Riley
Sara Blankley
PT County Westmoreland
K-State Associate Director – Undergraduate Admissions
Crystal Bryant-Kearns
RL County Manhattan
Site Manager, USO Transition Services – Fort Riley
Leza Chryssovergis
RL County Manhattan
Directorate of Human Resources, CIV USARMY USAG
Rob Couch
GE County Junction City
Corvias, Senior Community Manager
Theresa de la Garza
GE County Milford
Historic Architect and Cultural Resources Manager, Fort Riley
Anthony (Tony) Ewers
GE County Junction City
USAG Riley, Resource Management Officer
Judy Fielder
DK County Chapman
Management Analyst, Department of the Army, Directorate of Contracting
Phyllis Fitzgerald
GE County Junction City
Ft Riley Department of Veterans Affairs /
Mayor of Junction City
James Johnson
RL County Manhattan
CivicPlus
Talent Acquisition Manager
Allison Karnowski
PT County Wamego
Manufacturing Engineer
Caterpillar Work Tools
Matt Kenney
PT County Manhattan
Software Engineer
CivicPlus
Melissa Kirkwood
RL County Manhattan
Community Relations Officer,
Manhattan Parks and Rec
Brett Louk
RL County Manhattan
Project Manager, SMH Consultants
Sharla Meisenheimer
RL County Manhattan
Director of Membership, Manhattan Area Chamber
Scott Olesky
PT County Manhattan
Eagle Communications
General Manager
Delizangel Pittre-Flores
GE County Junction City
Colyer Forsyth Community Manager, Corvias
Christopher Redmond
PT County Manhattan
Assistant Scientist – Weather Data Library, K-State
Lucas Shivers
RL County Manhattan
Manhattan-Ogden USD 383, Dir. of Elementary Education
Heather Stewart
DK County Abilene
USAG Plans, Analysis, and Integration Office – Action Officer
Mica Stites
GE County Junction City
Certified Message Therapist, Body First
Danielle Tegtmeier
RL County Manhattan
Venue Operations, Liquid Art Winery and Estate
Matt Walters
RL County Manhattan
Commercial Product Specialist, Commerce Bank
Elizabeth Wert
GE County Milford
Corvias, Senior Community Manager
Curtis Wood
GE County Junction City
US Army Garrison, Department of Plans, Training, Mobilization & Security
Alumni dues-donations have exceeded $2,500 for this years’ scholarship fund drive. The Ailleen Cray Memorial Scholarships will be given to Will Baldwin, LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin, Sara Blankley, Crystal Bryant-Kearns, Lucas Shivers and Mica Stites.
Lindquist said, “The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program is based in the fastest growing region of our state. We have never had more opportunity or greater need for well informed, collaborative, decisive leadership. That is possible through 21st Century proactive servant leadership development.”
“Participants to-date have one thing in common, the desire to better life and livelihood in the northern Flint Hills”, Lindquist added. “Although all of our classes have been phenomenal since the program was formed in 1992, this will be a special class for the program as it will be the 25th anniversary offering. We also will be getting closer to the 500 participants to-date plateau…an amazing milestone that has and will continue to greatly benefit the region. In addition, our partner – Fort Riley, is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Big Red 1 this year, adding much more fanfare to the training year before us.” Lt. General Retired Perry Wiggins closed the 25th Anniversary and Class Announcement with an inspirational “charge to leadership”.
You can view the photos from the celebration on my Flickr account at:
Thank you to Class of 2016-17 alum Anthony Dokes for serving as our photographer and a big round of applause to the event management team, Susan Adams, Chair!
Sessions get underway with Orientation at Rock Springs State 4-H Center and Junction City mid-September.
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Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program
Contact Jack Lindquist, Executive Director for more information through the Contact menu option of this website.
