Kent Townsend

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and natural gas in Kansas. The firm provides electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina, and Hutchinson. The company was founded on December 11, 1909 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Center Cut Hospitality, Inc. owns and operates steak house restaurants. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Southlake, TX.

The Coleman Co., Inc. manufactures camping and outdoor recreation products. The firm's products include tents and shelters, stoves and grills, coolers and water jugs, lanterns and lights, furniture and games, sleeping bags and beds, accessories and ATV, and replacement parts.. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. engages retirement savings and income products. It provides merit-based distribution strategy that helps advisors meet their client’s retirement needs. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fleishman Hillard, Inc. is a strategic communications company. It provides public relations, public affairs and marketing communications services. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. provides health insurance products and services. The firm offers behavioral health, case, disease, wellness management, preventative health guide and member only services. It also offers health and wellness resources from WebMD and Blue365. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Kansas University Endowment Association operates fundraising foundation for the University of Kansas, KU Endowment partners with donors in providing philanthropic support to build a greater KU. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Lawrence, KS.

Security Benefit Corp. develops customized retirement solutions for employers and individual investors. It serves to the retirement savings market. The firm products for individuals include fixed annuities, mutual fund custodial and variable annuities. It offers 401(k) and 403(b) plan solutions, plan comparison and various administrative services for the insurance and financial services industry. The company also provides business processing and broker/dealer solutions tailored to the financial services marketplace. Security Benefit was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

The Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that represents over 1,000 members at the local, state, and federal levels of government. The company's goal is to advocate for public policies that promote economic success and create a vibrant, innovative, fun, diverse, and healthy community in Topeka and Shawnee County. The company is based in Topeka, KS. The Chamber's president is a registered lobbyist who engages with members of the legislative delegation.

Western Resources Corp. engages in the exploration and mining for natural resources. The company is headquartered in Casper, WY.

National Academy of Public Administration provides evaluation, analysis and recommendation for public management, governance, policy and operational situations. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Capital City Bank is a state chartered commercial bank. The company is headquartered in Tallahassee, FL.

The Security Benefit Group of Cos. provides financial and investment advisory services. It also provides a range of variable & fixed annuities, security funds and retirement products. The company is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Kansas Medical Society operates as non-profit organization that provides medical services. It offers physician wellness and professional health program. The company was founded on 1859 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Koch Financial Services Pty Ltd. provides financial planning services. Its services include guidance on budgeting, savings and wealth creation strategies, diversified and tax effective investment planning, salary packaging, life insurance and risk assessment, and retirement planning. The company was founded by Rodney Koch in 1994 and is headquartered in Woree, Australia.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons provides musculoskeletal education and practice management services to orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals. The firm also serves as an advocate for patient care and informs the public about the science of orthopaedics. Its continuing medical education activities includes; Annual Meeting, Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses, and medical and scientific publication and electronic media materials. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.

Coulter Enterprises LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

Part of Swiss Re AG, First Specialty Insurance Corp. is a property and casualty insurance company. The private company is based in Boston, MA.