News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Celia Byers, cbyers@opchamber.org or (913) 766-7603.
Chamber Foundation announces 2026 Leadership Overland Park class
Overland Park, Kan., December 10, 2025 – The Overland Park Chamber Foundation has selected 34 business professionals to participate in its 2026 Leadership Overland Park (LOP) program.
Now in its 43rd year, LOP is designed to provide a source of motivated leaders informed about the community and its issues, and trained to accept future leadership roles in the community.
Class members attend ten full-day sessions beginning in January and graduate in June. They meet local leaders and study aspects of the community including city, county and state government, history, education, politics and current issues impacting the local community, region and state.
Individuals selected for the 2026 Leadership Overland Park class are:
- Spencer Adam, Superior Bowen Asphalt Company
- Michelle Anderson, OMNI Human Resource Solutions
- Kristin Babcock, Shawnee Mission School District
- Adam Barnard, VanTrust Real Estate, LLC
- Nathan Bartocci, Zurich North America Commercial
- Angie Biles, BRR Architecture
- Trent Boultinghouse, Gap Inc.
- Leslie Breon, Empower
- Jared Burton, Evergy
- Craig Cogan, HNTB Corporation
- Beth DeCuir, UMB Bank n.a.
- Lindsey Deters, AdventHealth South Overland Park
- Cody Dusthimer, Affinis Corp
- Sean Easterly, BCWM
- Megan Foreman, Johnson County Government
- Brady Franklin, Endeavor Private Wealth
- Steve Heinauer, Blue Valley Unified School District 229
- Meghann Hoffman, Black & Veatch
- Rob Holland, JE Dunn Construction Company
- Rachel Hoyer, Johnson County Community College
- Rosey Jones, Maxus Properties
- Kyle Livengood, Overland Park Police Department
- Sonya McLelland, The Arts and Recreation Foundation of Overland Park
- Jake Menard, DLR Group
- Angie Mutti, Downtown Overland Park Partnership, Inc.
- Kristin Phelps, CESO, Inc.
- J. Kevan Prinds, Jr., HDR Engineering, Inc.
- Ashley Reece, Johnson County District Attorney's Office
- Tony Rome, City of Overland Park
- Ivan Sanchez, Central Bank of the Midwest
- Suzanne Schmidt, Capitol Federal Savings Bank
- David Schneider, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
- Zach Sheffield, McCownGordon Construction
- Adam Wuerfele, SSC CPAs + Advisors
Established by the Chamber in 1983, Leadership Overland Park is now a program of the Overland Park Chamber Foundation. The program has graduated more than 1,150 alumni who provide leadership in Overland Park’s business community, as well as in private, public and non-profit organizations.
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