The slate of officers for the WSU Foundation Board of Directors is Craig Barton 鈥�83, chair, managing general partner of Olympia Partners LLC; Bill Moore 鈥�74, chair-elect, president and CEO of Westar Energy Inc. in Topeka; John Morse 鈥�72, immediate past chair, general counsel and secretary of LodgeWorks LP in Sanibel, Fla.; Dale Maltbie 鈥�69, 鈥�72, secretary, retired president and CEO of Professional Engineering Consultants PA; and Marilyn Pauly 鈥�72, treasurer, vice chairman of Commerce Bank.
New board members are Julie-Ellen Acosta 鈥�80, 鈥�84, senior vice president of human resources for Boeing Commercial in Puget Sound, Wash.; Tim Buckley 鈥�71, vice president of Polyplastics, Division of Buckley Ind. Inc. in Austin, Texas; Kelly Callen, co-owner of Edminston Oil Co. Inc.; Curt Gridley 鈥�80, consultant; Maltbie and Moore.
Returning board members are Paul Allen 鈥�70, CEO of Allen Gibbs & Houlik LC; Bill Ard 鈥�64, owner of Security Holdings LLC; Barton; Mike Burrus 鈥�77, president of Kapaun-Mt. Carmel High School; Justus Fugate 鈥�60, 鈥�62, chairman of the board of Kansas Venture Capital Inc.; Debbie Haynes 鈥�76, physician with Preferred Medical Associates; Brian Heinrichs 鈥�96, executive vice president for finance for Bickford Senior Living in Lenexa; Ed Pack 鈥�02, vice president of support services for Cessna Aircraft Co.; Barry Schwan, president of House of Schwan; Morse and Pauly.
Ex-officio members of the board are Ted D. Ayres, vice president and general counsel for WSU; Donald L. Beggs, president of WSU; Elizabeth H. King, president and CEO of the WSU Foundation; and Steve Cohlmia '74, board president of the WSU Alumni Association.