Leadership Hays

11/19/2025

Don’t forget to sign up for this year’s class and enhance your leadership today!

Are you ready to grow as a leader and make a real impact in Ellis County? 🌟

Leadership Hays is now accepting applications for the class of 2026 through December 1.

This signature program, powered by The Chamber in Hays, Kansas and affiliated with the Kansas Leadership Center, identifies, inspires, and equips emerging leaders with the skills to strengthen the community we proudly call home. Participants will also have the opportunity to work on a meaningful project for local-area children.

Don't miss your chance to lead, learn, and give back. Apply today!
https://form.jotform.com/242906425668061

09/23/2025

The Leadership Hays Fund is participating in Give Fest!🥨💰

Facilitated by The Chamber in Hays, Leadership Hays' mission is to improve and strengthen individuals and the Hays community by identifying, inspiring and involving those persons who have displayed a capacity for leadership. The Chamber started a fund for this program to help offset the registration expenses for individuals to participate as well as assist covering fees for materials, curriculum, and travel costs associated with class members when traveling to the Kansas Leadership Center in Wichita, Kansas. Each year, up to 20 individuals across Ellis County participate in the class. They put their leadership knowledge to the test at the end of their program with a class project, which is focused on positively benefitting the youth of Ellis County. Funds donated to this effort will support this program's continuation for year's to come!

All donations made during 💰Give Fest🌾 on October 10 will go to build their endowed fund and support the organization into the future.
Any donations made to these funds will be matched up to 100% out of a $150,000 match pool! Online donations begin on October 1, and in-person events will take place in Ellis, Rooks and Trego counties on October 10!
Donor dollars will go to build the organization's endowed fund and our match dollars can be used for immediate needs!🥨🧡

Visit www.heartlandgivefest.org to donate or learn more!

08/13/2025

Are you looking into your professional development opportunities for next year? If so, keep Leadership Hays in mind! If accepted into the 2026 cohort, save these dates on your calendar.

Applications open in the autumn, so stay posted. For any questions, please contact The Chamber in Hays, Kansas at (785) 628-8201 or [email protected].

06/24/2025

Congratulations to this year's Leadership Hays class of 2025! 🥳

We're so proud of you!

Midwest Energy, Inc.
Sunflower Bank
Grow Hays
Fort Hays State University
Commerce Bank
Bank of Hays
Astra Bank
Emprise Bank
Nex-Tech
Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas, Inc.
Vyve Broadband
Fort Hays State University Foundation
Hays Medical Center
Nex-Tech Wireless

06/24/2025

Join us in congratulating Sara Schulte from the HaysMed Foundation and Jana Zeller, Manager of Professional Development, on graduating from the 2025 Leadership Hays program! They are joined by Jeff Brull, Executive Director of the HaysMed Foundation, and Joben Rieth, Chief Nursing Officer.

Leadership Hays, powered by the The Chamber in Hays, Kansas, is all about building strong, engaged leaders who make a difference in Hays and Ellis County. And these two are doing just that! Way to go, Sara and Jana!

06/24/2025

06/13/2025

11/21/2024

🚨‼️Applications are now OPEN for the class of 2025 🚨‼️

If you are interested, please fill out the application here: https://form.jotform.com/242906425668061

Please see the graphic for class dates, and for any questions, please contact The Chamber in Hays, Kansas at 785.628.8201 or [email protected].

06/10/2024

Congratulations to the class of 2024! We are so proud of you.

Back Row (left to right):
Tim Greenwood – Hays Police Department
Graham Dixon – Fort Hays State University
Johnathan Chavira – Astra Bank
Ryan Ruder - Insurance Planning
Leanna Swart – Hays Medical

Middle Row:
Ashley Scheibler – Sunflower Bank
Isaiah Schindler - The Chamber in Hays, Kansas
Ashley Sheely - Vyve Broadband
Leah Reed - Platinum Group
Jacob Callaway - Golden Belt Bank
Madeline Hutchins - Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas, Inc.

Front Row:
Alicia Tripler - Nex-Tech Wireless
Nancy Vasquez - Nex-Tech
Kayla Hardwick - Commerce Bank
Katie Parson - Heartland Dermatology
Brenda Martinez - Cloud Storage Corp
Jennifer Dechant – Fort Hays State University Foundation

Not Pictured:
Jamie Gittinger – Bank of Hays
April Green - High Plains Mental Health Center

08/09/2023

Don't forget tonight is the night! Join the Igniting Leadership group for a discussion at the Defiance Brewing Co.'s Downtown Location at 5:15 p.m.!

08/07/2023

To become a person of success, you must become a person of value. When you understand your purpose and use your gifts to make a positive difference in this world, you will become a person of value.

Check out more here: https://lnkd.in/ewvwKhu