This organization was driven by stakeholder groups, which include six Founding Members listed below. These Founding Members each have a representative on the Alliance’s board of directors.

The Kansas Wheat Alliance is an alliance of the following founding members.

• Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
• Kansas Crop Improvement Association
• Kansas Seed Industry Association
• Kansas Wheat Commission
• K-State Research & Extension
• Kansas State University Research Foundation

• Chairman of the Board

        Forrest Chumley, Member at Large
• Vice Chairman

        Herb Mattson, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
• Secretary-Treasurer

        Jim Sipes, Kansas Seed Industry Association
• Board Members
• Fred Cholick, Dean of KSU’s College of Agriculture and Director of K-State Research and Extension
• Marcia Molina, Kansas State University Research Foundation
• Maurice Miller, Kansas Crop Improvement Association
• Mike Brown, Kansas Wheat Commission

• Daryl Strouts, Executive Director