Board

President

One-Year Term

Michelle Ruder
BETA Director
Associate Dean of Workforce
Development
Butler Community College
901 South Haverhill Rd.
El Dorado, KS 67042
Office: 316.218.6124
mruder1@butlercc.edu

Past President

One-Year Term

Norma Jean Dodge
Director of Business & Industry
Seward County Community College
1801 N. Kansas Ave., P.O. Box 1137
Liberal, KS 67905-1137
Office: 620-417-1171
normajean.dodge@sccc.edu

President-Elect

One-Year

Term

Dr. Jennifer Seymour
Vice President, General Education
& Applied Technologies
WSU Tech City Center
301 S. Grove
Wichita, KS 67211
jseymour2@wsutech.edu

Secretary

Two-Year Term

Kim Dhority
Dean of Academic Affairs
Flint Hills Technical College
3301 W. 18th Avenue
Emporia, KS 66801
Office: 620-341-1345
kdhority@fhtc.edu

Vice President Finance

Two-Year Term

Janice Akao
Department Chair /Business & Accounting
Butler Community College
901 South Haverhill Rd.
El Dorado, KS 67042
Office: 316-322-3186
jakao@butlercc.edu

Vice President Partnerships & Collaboration

Two-Year Term

Dave Mullins
Director of the Business and Industry
Institute
Hutchinson Community College
1300 N. Plum
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Office: 620-728-8123
mullinsd@hutchcc.edu

Vice President Membership & Marketing

Two-Year Term

Jennifer Brown
Dean of Instruction
North Central Kansas Technical College
P.O. Box 507
Beloit, KS 67420
Office: 785-738-9085
jbrown@ncktc.edu

Vice President, Legislation 

Two Year Term

Bryce McFarland
Vice President
Workforce Development and Outreach
Hutchinson Community College
1300 N. Plum
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Office: (620) 665-355
mcfarlandb@hutchcc.edu

Director (2021-2023)

Three-Year Term

Dr. Clayton Tatro
Vice President – Workforce Development
Dodge City Community College
2501 N. 14th Ave.
Dodge City, KS 67801
Office: 620.227.9269
ctatro@dc3.edu

Director (2022-2024)

Three-Year Term

Lucas Hunzinger
Director of Technical Education
Technical Center
Highland Community College
1501 West Riley
Atchison, KS 66002
Office: 785-442-6201
lhunziger@highlandcc.edu

Director (2024-2027)

Dr. Scott Lucas
Vice President of Aviation, Manufacturing
& Institutional Effectiveness
WSU Tech National Center for Aviation
Training
4004 N. Webb Road
Wichita, KS 67226
Office: 316.677.9535
SLucas@wsutech.edu

Director (2023-2026)

Rich Piper
Director of Technical
Programs
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Ave
Kansas City, KS 66112
Office: (913) 627-4126
rpiper@kckcc.edu

Director (2023-2026)

Kenda O’Mara
Business Technology Instructor
Flint Hills Technical College
3301 W. 18th Avenue
Emporia, KS 66801
Office: 620-343-4737
komara@fhtc.edu