Speakers

As President and CEO of HumanKind; the largest provider of permanent supportive housing in Sedgwick County, Kansas; Adam leads efforts to create stability, opportunity, and belonging for individuals and families experiencing housing insecurity. He previously co-founded and served as Executive Director of The Neighboring Movement, an organization dedicated to fostering meaningful connections and improving quality of life within neighborhoods. Across his career, Adam has championed a simple but powerful idea: thriving communities are built through connection, compassion, and collective action.

Star Lumber has had to change as well as reinvent themselves several times over the last 9 decades and Patrick Goebel will highlight some of the key pivotal points as well as share some of the unique ways Star Lumber has governed itself to maintain a happy and healthy family-owned business. 

Patrick grew up in Wichita graduating high school from Bishop Carroll, ran XC for Kansas State University where he earned an accounting degree. Out of college he worked for AGH CPAs for several years before returning to Star Lumber where he worked his way through nearly every part of the company. In 2006, he earned his EMBA from Wichita State Barton School of Business where he later served on the Dean's Advisory Board.   Since 2010, he has served as Star Lumber President, and last year gained the CEO title with Chris Goebel's retirement.  Patrick has been happily married to Paulette for 32 years!  They have 5 children and 3 grandchildren.  Patrick has served on a number of Wichita civic boards in the Catholic Diocese, Habitat for Humanity, Guadeloupe Clinic and most recently served two terms as board chair of Exploration Place.  He also serves as President of Pathway Captive Insurance Company as well as serving on the KC Federal Reserve Economic Advisory Council.  Patrick was named to the Wichita Business Journal 40 under 40 Hall of Fame, was  named an Industry Top Gun and last year Star Lumber was awarded the 2024 large independent dealer of the year by LBM Journal. 

Star Lumber is a 5th generation 87 year old family business serving professional builders throughout Kansas and Oklahoma with locations in Wichita, Manhattan, Oklahoma City & Tulsa as well as a variety of sales offices.  Star has multiple manufacturing plants including two truss plants, three door shops, a customer millwork shop and a countertop fabrication plant. 

For fun Patrick loves to travel and hang out in the back yard lake with the family, smoke meat on the Yoder and has been known to do some crazy endurance events like running up Pikes Peak Ascent 5 times, biked the Dirty Kanza and 119 mile Hondo as well as running couple marathons.  

Megan Kice serves as the Executive Director of Simply Hygiene, a nonprofit based in Park City that is transforming lives through access to essential hygiene products. She is passionate about ensuring every child, family, and individual have the hygiene essentials that promote health, dignity, confidence, and hope. Megan is continually inspired by the generosity of the Greater Wichita community and the thousands of volunteers, donors, and partners who have helped make Simply Hygiene's mission possible.

Since its first distribution in 2019, Simply Hygiene has grown into the nonprofit hygiene hub for South Central Kansas. The organization provides essential items including soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toilet paper, diapers, and feminine hygiene products that are critical to health and wellbeing but are not covered by government assistance.

Today, Simply Hygiene partners with more than 250 schools and 120 nonprofit organizations across a seven county region, providing access to hygiene essentials for more than 105,000 people each month. Through these partnerships, Simply Hygiene is helping create healthier communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive with dignity.

Outside of work, Megan enjoys spending time with her husband, Drew, and their three boys, Caleb, Nate, and Ryan. She also enjoys traveling, reading, and hiking whenever she has the opportunity.