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WHAT: Business leaders call on the Legislature to acknowledge higher education's role in state's future. State business leaders join current and former Kansas Board of Regents members and higher education leaders in a press conference to call on the Legislature to hold higher education harmless and include revenue enhancements in the 2003 state budget.
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 11. Event will conclude at noon. One-on-one interviews available noon-12:15 p.m.
WHERE: Exploration Place, 300 North McLean Blvd., Wichita Presentation Theater (Island Building). Parking is available and clearly visible, just west of Exploration Place, off McLean Boulevard. Phone: (316) 266-4282.
Business Leaders
• John T. Stewart, chairman, Stewart Companies, Wellington
• Frank Meyer, chairman and CEO, Custom Metal Fabricators, Herington, and board chairman, Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Jim Edwards, senior vice president, Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Topeka
• Steven J. Martens, president, Martens Companies, Wichita
• Michael C. Germann, director of communications and public affairs, Wichita Commercial Airplane Group -- The Boeing Company
• F. Tim Witsman, president, Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
• Sandy Rupp, executive assistant, Kansas Health Foundation, Wichita
• Howard Sherwood, owner, Sherwood Construction, Wichita
• Paul Stephenson, executive director, Rudd Foundation, Wichita
• Randy Rathbun, attorney, Depew & Gillen, Wichita
• Jeff Peier, managing law partner, Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman and Zuercher, Wichita
• Shane Goldsmith, financial planner, Kierl Financial Group, Wichita
• Randy Steinert, vice president, Emprise Bank, Wichita
• Tim Sinclair, vice president, Key Construction, Wichita
• Joe Levens, vice president, Martin Eby Construction, Wichita
Former Regents
• Jordan Haines
• Tom Hammond
• Don Slawson
• Dick Reinhardt
• Frank Becker
• Linwood Sexton
• Robert Talkington
Current Regents
• Steve Clark
• Bill Docking
• Fred Kerr
Higher Education Leaders
• Robert Hemenway, chancellor, University of Kansas
• Jon Wefald, president, Kansas State University
• Donald Beggs, president, Wichita State University
• Kay Schallenkamp, president, Emporia State University
• Tom Bryant, president, Pittsburg State University
• Edward Hammond, president, Fort Hays State University
• Jackie Vietti, president, Butler County Community College
• Ed Berger, president, Hutchinson Community College
• Charles Carlsen, president, Johnson County Community College/AVTS
• Camille Kluge, president, Wichita Area Technical College
CONTACTS
• Sheila Frahm, (785) 357-5156, Community College Association
• Bruce Erickson, (316) 978-3051, or Joe Kleinsasser, (316) 978-3013, Wichita State University
• John Fairman, (785) 532-6269, or Cheryl May, (785) 532-6415, Kansas State University
• Lynn Bretz, (785) 864-8866, or Kevin Boatright, (785) 864-7105, University of Kansas
• Janet Miller, (316) 266-4272, Exploration Place
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