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Jamie Wise has been with TkFast, Inc. since Jan. 2006. She started in the technical/support side of the business and has become the Director of Sales and Marketing in recent years. She also owns a marketing company, JMA Innovative, where she got her start providing digital marketing services for several Oklahoma casinos.

TkFast is an information technology company providing the following services: computer sales + support, technology consulting, structured wiring, phone systems, custom web development, home + building automation, video surveillance, conference room technology, classroom technology and access control. She holds multiple technology related sales and technical certifications; such as Dell, Cisco, Sophos, Xerox, etc.

As the desire to work from home and enjoy the space you live in has become greater in recent years, smart homes have become a big part of her business. Jamie is certified in Crestron Design and Crestron Sales. She has designed, implemented, and maintained smart home systems for clients all over the country. This includes the homes of families and individuals on the top 25 Forbes World Billionaires List as well as a house featured in ABC’s “Extreme Home Makeover.”

Jamie is a native of Wichita and attended Friends University where she obtained bachelor degrees in both Business Administration and Marketing. She is married to her husband, Bret Wise, whom she met in Rotary. They have one son, Truman Wise, 4.

Jamie currently serves on the Executive Committee for the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Rotary Club of West Wichita.

In September 2021, former branch manager and customer service manager Jaime Prothro returned to Wichita to become the city's director of libraries. Prothro was most recently customer experience director for the library system in Pierce County, Wash. Before leaving for the Tacoma area, Prothro had worked for a decade in the Wichita Public Library system under former director Cynthia Berner, who retired a year ago. Prothro was the branch manager at the Evergreen library.

Prothro has a Master of Library Studies degree from Emporia State University. She was the 2011 recipient of the Kansas Library Association Presidential Award for Library Personnel, and five years before that was Kansas Library Association's new professional of the year.

Bob Neier was raised on a Kiowa County farm southwest of Mullinville KS. He worked with local leaders in the planning, fundraising and restoring the Fromme-Birney Round Barn in the 1990’s.  He is on the board of the Kansas Barn Alliance, a group that teaches and  promotes barn restoration throughout the state of Kansas. In the presentation we will explore methods of preserving rural buildings and view barns that you can add to your schedule when traveling around Kansas.

Dave Abbott is a Postal Nomad.  His first mentor asked him if he wanted to have 40 years of Postal Experience or one year Postal Experience 40 times over???   I chose the former. (1966-2005)

Distribution/Window Clerk: Wichita KS

Postal Inspection Service: St Louis Postal Data Center

Postal Finance/Human Resources:  St Joseph MO, Salina KS,  Kansas City MO

District Director Finance: Atlanta GA (covered States of Alabama and Georgia)

Faculties and Procurement: Wichita Division (state of Kansas and Eastern Colorado)

Postmaster: Shawnee Mission and Leavenworth

WARNING:  This path can be very hard on the family, but my wife stayed with me and we celebrate number 54 this year.  We have one son David J who lives in Connecticut.

Dave has been a Rotarian since 1990 in five different clubs [Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Leavenworth, West Sedgwick County Sunrise, and West Wichita].  He is Past President of the Leavenworth and Sunrise Club.   He is currently serving as Global Grant Chair for District 5680.

Military Service- Kansas National Guard, US Army Reserve (1970-1976)  US Marine Reserve (1983-1988)

Jonathan Clayton currently serves as the Director of Economic Recovery for the Kansas Department of Commerce. He oversees the administration and development of programs funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that are directed through the Kansas Department of Commerce. He joined the agency in 2020 as the In-State Business Development Regional Project Manager for Southwest Kansas, serving 18 counties. He aided Kansas businesses and helped new businesses invest over $1 billion in capital investment for 2021. He also served as the Certified Sites Program Manager for the state, providing guidance and direction for public and private landowners to certify land eligible for economic development projects. He obtained both his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and his Master of Professional Studies in Political Management from Fort Hays State University. Jonathan’s office is located within the Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation at the Depot Train Station in Dodge City.