Past Board Members
The Board of Directors has had a plethora of members across the years. Starting from 1956, there has been a total of 174 different and unique people to help provide growth for the community of Hays.
1950s
Cele Miller — 1956
Ozie Meckel — 1956-1957
Bill Duitsman — 1957-1958 | 1968
Ralph Hunter — 1957-1958
HD Woods — 1957
Wendelin Basgall — 1958-1959
Austin Evans — 1958-1960
VE Gagelman — 1958-1959
Van Hartman — 1958
CB Isbell — 1958
Rex Kay — 1958-1960 | 1964
MW Kraimer — 1958-1960
Cal Markberg — 1958-1960
Vernon Meckel — 1958-1959
Alan Rupp — 1958-1959 | 1965
Bob Schmidt — 1958 | 1966
Kenneth Simons — 1958-1959
Bill Aubel — 1959-1961 | 1970-1972 | 1988-1990
Gene Baird — 1959-1961 | 1967 | 1969-1970
Clearence Cook — 1959-1961
Joe Kirkpatrick — 1959-1961
1960s
John O'Loughlin — 1960-1962
Harold Dr. Popp — 1960-1962
Dick Staff — 1960-1962
DelLos Stephens — 1960-1962
DJ Cross — 1961-1963
Walter Keeting — 1961-1963
Bob McFarlin — 1961-1963
Ozie Rutledge — 1961-1963
FA Wasinger — 1961
Ralph Engel — 1962-1964
Jim Gustin — 1962-1964
Dan Pfeifer — 1962
L.W. M.D. Reynolds — 1962-1964
Dale Shade — 1962 | 1964-1966
Ross Beach — 1963-1965
Ben F Jr. Dreiling — 1963
George Frost — 1963-1965
Kenneth Lamb — 1963
Henry Schwaller — 1963-1965
Willis Diehl — 1964
Delmas Haney — 1964
Harold Stones — 1964-1966
Richard Unrein — 1964
Louis Bieker — 1965-1966
Louis Drennan — 1965
Victor MD Eddy — 1965-1967
Gene Mall — 1965-1967
Ralph Butler — 1966-1969 | 1970
Art Dreiling — 1966
Bob Ebersole — 1966-1968
Gordon Simmons — 1966-1969
Don Volker — 1966-1969
Ken Boomhower — 1967-1969
Don Dreiling — 1967-1970
Ken Ragland — 1967
Ralph Huffman — 1968-1970
Nick Wasinger — 1968
Harry MD Watts — 1968-1970
Tom Wiesner — 1968-1969
Vic Wasinger — 1969-1972
1970s
Orin Fehrinbacher — 1970
Frank Lowman — 1970-1973
Wayne Stewart — 1970-1972
Steve Purdy — 1971-1974
Jim Bartels — 1972-1975
Guy Bemis — 1972-1973
Earl MD Carlson — 1972-1973
Ann Dragoo — 1972-1973
Wilbert Pfeifer — 1972-1975
Harold Bittel — 1973-1976 | 1983-1985
Louis Martin — 1973-1976
Lou Massaglia — 1973-1976
Ron Pflughoft — 1973-1976
Paul Puddington — 1973-1976
Dick Compton — 1974-1977
Ken Herman — 1974-1975 | 1986-1988
Ida Lundy — 1974-1975 | 1976
Clayton Meyers — 1974-1977
Celly Schumacher — 1974-1977 | 1990-1993
Dave Lyle — 1975-1978
Steve Pratt — 1975-1978
Dave VanDoren — 1975-1978
Ron Butts — 1976-1979
Ed Dr. Janzen — 1976-1977
Ted Markwell — 1976-1979
Jo Riedel — 1976-1978
Him Schimmelbein — 1976-1979 | 1983-1986
Bob Schumacher — 1976-1977
Doris Cook — 1977-1978
Bill Phillips — 1977-1980
Bob Templeton — 1977-1980
Howard MD Wilcox — 1977-1978
Roger Batson — 1978-1981
Jim Hawthorne — 1978-1979
Gerace Murphy — 1978-1979
Harlan Murphy — 1978-1981
Rod Strohl — 1978-1979
Standlee DDS Dalton — 1979-1980
Stan Dreiling — 1979-1982 | 1988-1991
Everett Hess — 1979-1980
Lloyd Lundy — 1979-1982
Ron Nespeca — 1979-1980
Judy Rohr — 1979-1982
1980s
Frank Flax — 1980-1981
Gene Herberger — 1980-1984
Bill Kuhn — 1980-1981
Don Stewart — 1980-1981
Roger Torgerson — 1980-1981
Glenn Simmons — 1981-1982
Armella Wasinger — 1981-1982
Oren Windholz — 1981-1982
Dick Malmbarg — 1982-1984
Alan Meier — 1982-1984
Lary Wilson — 1982-1984
Don Jr. Bickle — 1983-1985 | 1990-1994
Lois Lee Myerly — 1983-1985
Clark Stoneback — 1983-1985
Steve Wood — 1983-1985
Ron Bork — 1984-1986
Carol Collins — 1984-1986
Rick Kuehl — 1984-1986
Jim Venters — 1984-1986
Ray Brungardt — 1985-1987
Bob Dinges — 1985-1987
Marion Dreher — 1985-1987
Charlei Reese — 1985-1987 | 1994-1997
Ken Beran — 1986-1988
Larry Bieker — 1986-1988
Ken Havner — 1986-1988
Paul MacDonald — 1986-1988
Dave Carpenter — 1987-1989
Ken Folsom — 1987-1989
Ken Johnson — 1987-1989 | 1993-1996
Jerry Moran — 1987-1989
Gary Wentling — 1987-1989
Pat Coyne — 1988-1990
Dan Schippers — 1988-1991
Fred Kaufman — 1989-1992
Rich Kraemer — 1989-1992
Jack Dr. McCullick — 1989-1992
Nick Niernberger — 1989-1993
Juanita Stecklein — 1989-1991
1990s
Mike Haas — 1990
Wayne Rouse — 1990-1993
George Vitztum — 1990-1993
Wayne Brungardt — 1991-1994
Rick Ostmeyer — 1991-1993
Karen Towns — 1991-1993
David Dr. Berry — 1992-1994
Marion McMillan — 1992-1995
Randy Reynolds — 1992-1995
Karen Dreiling — 1993-1995 | 2007-2012
Jerry Ruder — 1993-1996
Kate Schmidtberger — 1993-1995
Rex Ball — 1994-1996
Deanna Ellner — 1994-1996
Ed Dr. Hammond — 1994-1996
Mark Kaseforth — 1994-1998
Randy Clinkscales — 1995-1999
Jack Cutright — 1995-1997
Jim Keller — 1995-1997
T.R. May — 1995-1997
Kathy Klitzke — 1996-1997
Tom Thomas — 1996-1998
Dick Werth — 1996-2000
Eddie Picking — 1997-1980
Marvin Rack — 1997
Lana Whitney — 1997-1999
Linda Donlay — 1998-2002
Sharon Dreher — 1998-2003
Joe Engel — 1998-2000
Him Hitch — 1998-1999
Alan Hoffman — 1998-1999
Sandy Jacobs — 1998-2003
Verlin Pfannenstiel — 1998-2000
Pete Rohleder — 1998-2001
Mike Michaelis — 1999-1901
Bob Wertenberger — 1999-2001
2000s
Jerry Haley — 2000-2004
Mike Konz — 2000-2005
Drew Riedel — 2000-2002
Mike Vitztum — 2000-2002
Jim Aubel — 2001-2003
Susan Bittel — 2001-2003
Kevin Schukman — 2001-2003
Russ Pfannenstiel — 2002-2004
Sari Ray — 2002
Jean Ross — 2002-2006 | 2009-2011
Kent Steward — 2002-2007
Dave Gallentine — 2003-2004
John Montgomery — 2003-2005
Andrew Rupp — 2003-2008 | 2023-2026 (Current Member)
Wayne Woofter — 2003-2007
Deanna Doerfler — 2004-2009 | 2014
Clare Gustin — 2004-2006
Karl Klein — 2004-2006
Mark Vitztum — 2004-2009 | 2011-2013
Scott Downing — 2005-2010
Bill Jeter — 2005-2010
Dorothy Stieben — 2005-2008
Eric Schibi — 2006-2011
Deron O'Connor — 2007-2012
Darren Schumacher — 2007-2012 | 2014
Mary Hammond — 2008-2010
Patrick Lowry — 2008-2013
Jason Rule — 2008 | 2009-2011
Treva Benoit — 2009-2014
2010s - Present
Travis Kohlrus (Eagle Communications) — 2010-2015
Eric Norris (Hays Public Library) — 2010-2015
Lance Bickle (Sicoir Computer Technologies) — 2011-2016
Brad Haynes (FHSU Athletic Department) — 2011-2017
Tom Meis (Midwest Energy) — 2012-2017
Brian Weimer (IPI Financial Services) — 2012-2017
Connie Bollig (Emprise Bank) — 2013-2018
Tammy McClellan (FHSU Foundation/Kansas Wheat Commission) — 2013-2015 | 2015-2018
Todd Powell (Glassman Bird Brown & Powell, LLP) — 2013-2015
Mark St. Peter (Nex-Tech) — 2014-2017
Shae Veach (HaysMed) — 2014-2016 | 2016-2019
Karen Gutierrez (Gutierrex & Trio Tap Haus) — 2015-2020
Leland Olive (Couture for Men & Women) — 2015-2020
Elizabeth Jaeger (Eagle Communications) — 2016-2021
Tami Norris (Advance Real Estate) — 2016-2021
Brian Ruder (American Family Insurance) — 2016-2021
Aaron Gillespie (Nex-Tech Wireless) — 2017-2020 | 2021-2024 (Current Member)
Ross Harms (Lewis Automotive Group) — 2017-2019
Shane Smith (Commerce Bank) — 2017-2022 (Current Member)
Jody Hipp (Aflac) — 2018-2020 | 2021-2024 (Current Member)
Lisa Karlin (FHSU-University Relations & Marketing) — 2018-2025 (Current Member)
Mike Morley — 2018-2024 (Current Member)
Melissa Romme (Adams, Brown, Baeran & Ball) — 2018-2020 | 2020-2023 (Current Member)
John Thissen (USD 489 Hays Schools) — 2018-2019
Bryan Brady — 2019-2022 (Current Member)
Sarah Cearley (Simply Charmed) — 2019-2025 (Current Member)
Amanda Rohleder (Nex-Tech) — 2019-2022 (Current Member)
Shanna Dinkel (USD 489 Hays Schools) — 2020-2023 (Current Member)
