BUSINESS REVIEW LITTLE APPLE
January 2019, Volume 15, Issue 1, www.manhattan.org
Congratulations Leadership Manhattan Class of 2019
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and the Leadership Manhattan Board is honored to announce the 2019 Class of Leadership Manhattan. Stephen Bridenstine, Flint Hills Discovery Center; Melissa Brinkman, Rockhill Realty; Jennifer Clements-Olsen, Creche;‘ Jeremy Crist, Riley County Attorney Office; Sara Crouch, Kansas State University; Edie Doane, Kansas Farm Bureau; Sarah Duggan, Meadowlark; Gwyn Fuqua, Frontier Management; Melissa Gamino, KS StateBank; Gerit Garman, Orazem & Scalora Engineering; Diane Hinrichs, Pawnee Mental Health; Jared Loomis, Olsson; Brett Louk, SMH Consultants; Matthew Parra, Sunflower Bank; Heather Peterson, Architect One; DJ Rezac,Vet and Biomedical Research Center, Inc.; Kate Ryan, Kansas State University Foundation; Levi Schneider, BHS Construction; Michael Solida, Evergy and Katie Stone, Bourbon & Baker.
A total of six sessions culminate in the class graduation luncheon scheduled for April 24, 2019 at The Bluemont Hotel.
The mission of Leadership Manhattan is to ensure the vitality of our community by providing a continuous source of motivated leaders who are educated about the region, its challenges and opportunities, as well as trained and inspired to assume leadership roles in the Manhattan area at all levels.
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New CEO transition tops Sloan’s agenda as 2019 Board Chair
Chair Elect Wayne Sloan has set a positive agenda to advance the Manhattan business environment, and it’s topped by easing the transition for the next Chamber president. Sloan envisions a seamless conversion after 18-plus years of Lyle Butler’s steady leadership. Building toward a framework for the new CEO’s vision could be seen as second nature for Sloan with construction in his bloodlines. Sloan is Chairman/CEO of BHS Construction which has impacted the region with projects to include Saint Thomas More church sanctuary and Columbian Theatre renovations in Wamego. Beyond the February leadership transition, Sloan is enthusiastic about creating inertia for young leaders to emerge among Manhattan’s business landscape. “We want to look at how to get our young professionals more involved and organized toward strong leadership for Manhattan,” Sloan said. “It’s not about age, it’s about being actively young and thinking from a new mindset for our professionals.” Another 2019 priority includes ascension of the Region Reimagined program as a guiding influence around the three-county region. Sloan has high expectations that many independent groupings can conjoin ideas and create efficiencies for multiple community development sectors to flourish. Sloan has been with BHS for 35 years and served on boards with Saint Mary Hospital and chair for Boys and Girls Clubs (Kansas Alliance). His recent, active roles include Greater Manhattan Economic Partnership, Pawnee Mental Health Foundation and Landmark National Bank in addition to the Chamber board.