Our Team

Serving entrepreneurs and partners throughout Kansas

Executive Leadership

Steve Radley

Chief Executive Officer

Erik Pedersen

President & Chief Operating Officer

Trish Brasted

Chief Financial Officer & President, eGrowth Ventures

Administration & Finance

Jennifer Hurley

Director of Finance

Tabitha May

Accountant—Accounts Receivable

Katrina Cannon

Senior Accountant

Business Development

Tara Risewick

Director of Business Development

Kristan Davis

Communications & Marketing Manager

Paris Cunningham

Marketing Associate

eCommunity Partnership

Sarah LaRosh

Director of Community & Program Engagement

Christy Preston

Community Entrepreneurship Manager, Northwest Region

Lea Ann Seiler

Community Entrepreneurship Manager, Southwest Region

Janet Miller

Community Entrepreneurship Manager, Southeast Region

Robert Wilson

Community Entrepreneurship Advisor, Northeast Region

Rebecca Sweaney

Community Entrepreneurship Advisor, South Central Region

Dyelan Reed

Community Entrepreneurship Advisor, North Central Region

eProgramming

Bailee Henry

Manager, eProgramming

Ciara Miller

Manager, eProgramming

Amara Kniep

Director, eCommunity Partnership

eGrowth Ventures

Thomas Papadatos

Senior Venture Investment Manager

Jamison Niewoehner

Venture Investment Manager

Sophia Drouhard

Venture Investment Coordinator

Impact Investment Center

Tiffany Nixon

Director, Impact Investment Center

Juan Cancino

Senior Product Manager, Impact Investment Center

Karishma Bhakta

Product Manager, Impact Investment Center

Loan Services

Imagene Harris

Vice President, Impact Investment Services

Marc Howell

Director, Impact Investment Services

Julia Look

Manager, Impact Investment Services

Board of Directors

Network Kansas

Mr. Wally Kearns

Founding Partner Former State Director, Small Business Development Centers, Salina

Mr. Corey Mohn

Executive Director of the Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), Shawnee

Ms. Clare Gustin

VP of Member Services & External Affairs, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, Hays

Dr. Robert Weems, Jr.

The Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History, Wichita State University, Wichita

Ms. Michele Weigand

CEO, Focused Perspective, Lawrence

Mr. David O'Dell

Former Professor of Accounting, Department of Business, Chair, McPherson College Vice Chair McPherson, Kansas

Mr. Anthony Dellasega

Chief Risk Officer, Community National Bank Chair, Frontenac, Kansas

We look forward to connecting with you.

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