Leadership

Board Member List

Executive Committee

Joe Surmeier, Chair
PEC

Dr. Tiffanhy Masson, Vice Chair
KHSU-KansasCOM

Mark Schmelzle, Finance Chair
AGH

Natalie Gosch, Past Chair
Cargill Protein

Board Members

Alan Banta*
Trans Pacific Oil

Aaron Bastian
Fidelity Bank

Alex Breitenbach
JE Dunn Construction

Sam Chandler
INTRUST Bank

Cindy Claycomb
Downtown Resident

Brian Davidson
Meritrust Credit Union

Sharon Fearey
Downtown Resident

Arlen Hamilton
Adams Brown CPAs

Chad Hanson
Emprise Bank

Jessie Hartke
Hartke Presents (WAVE Venue)

Andrea Hattan
The Hive

Tracy Hoover
Groover Labs

Nicole Howerton
Howerton+White

Jeremy Hurt
Murfin, Inc.

Jeff Jamison
IMA Financial Group

Tom Johnson
NAI Martens

Chrissy Robben
Hexcode Designs

Tara Shaffer
High Touch Technologies

Don Sherman*
Evergy

Craig Thompson
McCownGordon Construction

Joe Tigert*
RT Financial

Larry Weber*
Garvey Center

Ex Officio Members

Troy Anderson
City of Wichita

Maggie Ballard
Wichita City Council, District VI

Ryan Baty
Sedgwick County Commission, Chair

Debra Fraser
KMUW and Old Town Association

Dalton Glasscock
Wichita City Council, District IV

Brandon Johnson
Wichita City Council, District I

Joe Johnson
Schaefer Architecture

Pete Najera
United Way of the Plains

Stacee Olden
Orpheum Theatre

Shelly Prichard
Wichita Foundation

John Rolfe
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce

Susan Santo
Visit Wichita

Scott Wadle
City of Wichita, Metropolitan Area Planning Department

* Denotes Past Downtown Wichita Chair

SSMID Advisory Board

Downtown Wichita contracts with the City of Wichita on an annual basis to provide downtown development services. The contract is funded through a Self Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID). Property owners within the SSMID pay an additional property tax mil levy. The SSMID boundaries are Washington Street, Central Avenue, Kellogg and the Arkansas River.

The Downtown Wichita Board of Directors employs a professional staff that can assist developers and property owners evaluate and plan a range of investment decisions. We can help to identify prospective business locations, provide market data, evaluate opportunities for new retail and service businesses, develop marketing and promotional strategies and assist with conceptualizing and implementing construction projects.

In 2010, the City of Wichita adopted Project Downtown: The Master Plan for Wichita. Downtown Wichita serves as the private-sector implementer of the master plan.

SSMID Advisory Board Members

A.J. Boleski
INTRUST Bank Arena

Debra Fraser
Old Town Association

Natalie Gosch
Cargill Protein

Chad Hanson
Emprise Bank

Joe Johnson
Schaefer Architecture

Joel Kelley
Cablecom, Inc.

Mark Schmelzle
AGH

Don Sherman
Evergy

Joe Surmeier
Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A.

Ex Officio Members

Troy Anderson
City of Wichita

Jeff Fluhr
Greater Wichita Partnership

IRS 990 Reports

Budget vs. Actual Income and Expenditures