Downtown Topeka, Inc.

Downtown Topeka, Inc. Board of Directors

DTI Executive Committee

President
H.R. Cook, Kansas Expocentre/Marion Lane Candles
Secretary
John Wall, Copy Center of Topeka
VP Arts & Culture
Barbara Wiggins, Topeka Performing Arts Center
VP Business Improvement District
Ed Carmona, ILC of TOPEKA and LAWRENCE, L.L.C.
VP Business Recruitment & Retention
Mike Faler, CoreFirst Bank & Trust
MP Community Resources
Charlie Lord, YMCA of Topeka
VP District Affairs
Stephen Tyler, Telian-Tyler Enterprises, L.L.C.
VP Infrastructure
Pat Tryon, Westar Energy
VP Legal Affairs
James W. Parrish, Parrish Hotel Corporation
VP Membership
Ann Adams, Premier Real Estate
VP Retail & Dining Council
H.R. Cook, Kansas Expocentre/Marion Lane Candles
VP Special Events
Mark Kossler, Fidelity State Bank & Trust Company
Treasurer
Gary Yager, Vision Bank

DTI Board of Directors

Directors serving until January, 2009:

  • Ann Adams, Premier Real Estate
  • Mark Burenheide, Capital City Bank
  • Ed Carmona, ILC of TOPEKA & LAWRENCE, L.L.C.
  • Mike Faler, CoreFirst Bank & Trust
  • Mike Fox, MF Real Estate
  • Randy Gregg, Gregg Tire
  • John Hayworth, Barn Guys North
  • Mark Kossler, The Fidelity Banks
  • Tom Moses, NIA nVision
  • Dick Pratt, Pratt Enterprises
  • Stephen Tyler, Telian-Tyler Enterprises, L.L.C.
  • Barbara Wiggins, Topeka Performing Arts Center
  • Chris Urban, Columbian Bank & Trust
  • Carol Wheeler, Stormont-Vail Health Care

Directors serving until January, 2010:

  • Larry Brubaker, Capitol Federal Savings
  • H.R. Cook, Kansas Expocentre
  • Connie Cook, Marion Lane Candles
  • Jim Daniel, St. Francis Health Center
  • Chris Lear, US Bank
  • Charlie Lord, YMCA of Topeka
  • Larry Montgomery, Montgomery Ventures, Inc.
  • Mike Morse, KS Commercial Real Estate
  • Jim Ogle, WIBW TV
  • James W. Parrish, Parrish Hotel Corporation
  • Greg Schwerdt, Schwerdt Design Group
  • Pat Tryon, Westar Energy
  • John Wall, Copy Center of Topeka
  • Wendy Wells, US Bank
  • Gary Yager, Vision Bank

2008 Ex-officio Board Members

  • Doug Kinsinger, Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce
  • Richard Forester, Topeka Convention & Visitor's Bureau
Downtown Topeka Collage