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

KayLynn Gonzalez

Senior Accountant

Business Development

Tara Risewick

Director

Kristan Davis

Marketing Associate

eCommunity Partnership

Sarah LaRosh

Community Entrepreneurship Director

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

eGrowth Ventures

Thomas Papadatos

Senior Venture Investment Manager

Jamison Niewoehner

Venture Investment Manager

Sophia Drouhard

Venture Investment Coordinator

eProgramming

Amara Kniep

Director

Bailee Henry

Manager

Ciara Miller

Manager

Impact Investment Center

Tiffany Nixon

Director

Juan Cancino

Product Manager

Karishma Bhakta

Product Manager

Loan Services

Imagene Harris

Vice President

Marc Howell

Director

Julia Look

Manager

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

Ms. Sara Arnberger

President Great Bend Economic Development, Inc., Great Bend

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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