 Charles Q. Chandler IV
Director since 1999
Chairman since 2002
Term Expires 2012
Charles Q. Chandler IV is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of INTRUST Bank, N.A. in Wichita, Kan., a role he has held since 1996. Since 1990, he has served as president and director of INTRUST Financial Corporation. He serves on numerous boards, including Salvation Army, Wesley Medical Center, Kansas Society for Crippled Children, Kansas State University Foundation, New Horizons Foundation, Navigators, Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce and First National Bank in Pratt. He graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor of business administration degree in 1975 and obtained his MBA in finance from Northwestern University in 1976.
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 Mollie Hale Carter
Director since 2003
Term Expires 2011
Mollie Hale Carter is president, chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of Sunflower Bank. Since 1996, she has been a director of Archer Daniels Midland. Since 1997, she has been vice president of Star A, Inc. She was a senior investment officer between 1987 and 1997 at John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. She served as assistant to the president/assistant consultant for Agribusiness Associates from 1984 to 1986. She is a 1984 graduate of Dartmouth College, receiving her bachelor of arts degree in economics. She obtained her MBA in 1988 from Harvard Business School. She is on the board of directors for the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and the Learning Quest 529 Advosory Committee.
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 R.A. Edwards
Director since 2001
Term Expires 2012
R.A. Edwards is president, chief executive officer and director of the First National Bank of Hutchinson. Before joining the Hutchinson bank, he served Douglas County Bank for six years as president and two years as vice president. Edwards is director and chairman of the board of Douglas County Bank and a director of Data Center Inc., First National Bank of Hutchinson, Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Foundation and Mitchellhill Seed Co. He is a trustee of the Davis Foundation and the University of Kansas Endowment. He is a member of the Kansas Natural Gas Advisory Board. He is a 1968 graduate of the University of Kansas and received his MBA from KU in 1973.
 Jerry B. Farley
Director since 2004
Term Expires 2011
Jerry Farley has been the president of Washburn University since 1997. Between 1989 and 1997 and from 1972 to 1986, he held various administrative leadership positions, including vice president and professor of education, at the University of Oklahoma. Between 1986 and 1989 he was vice president for business and finance and professor of education at Oklahoma State University. He received a bachelor of science degree in 1968, an MBA in 1972 and a PhD in 1986 — all from the University of Oklahoma. He is on the boards of directors of various civic, corporate and philanthropic groups, including Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Boy Scouts, United Way and local and state chambers of commerce. |
 Anthony Isaac
Director since 2003
Term Expires 2010
Anthony "Tony" Isaac is president of LodgeWorks, a Wichita, Kan.-based hotel management and development company. He assumed his position at LodgeWorks in 2000. Before helping found LodgeWorks, Isaac served as president of the All-Suites Division of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts from 1998 to 2000. He was also president of Summerfield Hotel Corp. from May 1988 until Summerfield’s 1998 merger with Patriot American Hospitality/Wyndham International. He is the chairman of the board and chair of the strategic planning committee, Via Christi Wichita Health Network, serves on the board of Wichita Collegiate School and is a member of the finance committee for the Via Christi Health Board. Isaac has a degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard University.
 Arthur Krause
Director since 2003
Term Expires 2011
Arthur Krause was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Sprint Corporation from 1988 to 2002. From 1980 to 1986, he was senior vice president of United Telephone System. He was president of United Telephone - Eastern Group from 1986 to 1988. He also held various management positions at General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) from 1966 to 1971. He is on the board of directors of Inergy and Clockwork Home Services. He received a bachelor of science in accounting from Marquette University in 1966.
 Sandra A.J. Lawrence
Director since 2004
Term Expires 2012
Sandra A. J. Lawrence is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Children's Mercy Hospital. From 2004 to 2005, she was the chief financial officer of Midwest Research Institute. From 2003 to 2004, she was interim chief executive officer for Frontier Medical Research, and she was the president and CEO of Global Packaging Solutions between 2000 and 2002. She held various management positions at Gateway, Inc. in San Diego and Kansas City from 1997 to 2000. Before becoming CFO of Midwest Research Institute, she served as director of its Center for Regional Development (1995-1997). She was president of Stern Brothers & Co. from 1992 to 1995. She is a 1978 graduate of Vassar College, receiving her bachelor of arts in psychology. She also received a master of arts in architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1985. She is on the board of directors for the Hall Family Foundation, the Nelson-Atkins Museum Finance Committee and is the audit chair for the Kansas Bioscience Authority Board.
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 William B. Moore
Director since 2007
Bill Moore rejoined Westar Energy in 2002 as executive vice preseident and chief operating officer following a brief tenure as senior managing director and senior adviser for Saber Partners, LLC. His previous years with Westar Energy began in 1978 as a finance assistant. He held numerous financial positions with the company, becoming vice president, finance in 1985, executive vice president and chief financial officer in 1998 and executive vice president and chief operating officer in 2002. In 2006 he became president and chief operating officer. He also was chairman of the board for KGE and vice president of the electric division. He received his bachelor of business administration degree from Wichita State University in 1974. He is involved on several boards of directors, including GO Topeka, Goodwill Industries of Kansas, Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Wichita State University Foundation. He also is co-chair of Heartland Visioning.
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 Michael Morrissey
Director since 2003
Term Expires 2011
Michael Morrissey was a managing partner of Ernst & Young LLP from 1985 to 1999. He also held various positions at Navistar and Deloitte & Touche between 1964 and 1975. He is active in numerous organizations, serving on the board or finance committee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, J.E. Dunn Construction Group, Inc., Ferrellgas Partners L.P., Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Midwest Research Institute, and the Starlight Theatre Association. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor of business administration in accounting in 1964. He received his MBA in finance in 1970 from Temple University.
 John C. Nettels, Jr.
Director since 2000
Term Expires 2010
John C. Nettels, Jr. is a partner of the Overland Park law office of Stinson Morrison Hecker, L.L.P. He was an associate with Morrison & Hecker L.L.P. from 1985 to 1994 and a partner from 1994 to 2002. He is active in the Johnson County Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, The University of Kansas Chancellor's Club and the National Association of Corporate Directors. He received his bachelor of arts degree in 1979 from The University of Kansas and his juris doctorate from the KU School of Law in 1985. |
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