The KOHP 2025 Annual Meeting was held November 8 at the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library. During the business meeting the Board elected a new President, Sue Peterson of Manhattan, and Vice-president, Kathleen Holt, of Cimmaron. Both served on the Board previously. In addition, two new members were elected to fill unexpired terms on the Board, Don Hineman who farms near Dighton, KS and Michael Smith, a Political Science professor at Emporia State University.
The outgoing President, Ramon Powers, is one of the founding members of KOHP and was first elected President in 2020. Powers was re-elected as a member of the Board of Directors at this Annual Meeting. Other Directors re-elected to three-year terms were, Mary Galligan, Jim McLean, and Matt Veatch.
At the Annual Meeting, the Board presented a compilation of clips from the recently completed collection Leaders in Kansas Education. The keynote presentation at the meeting was by Mark Tallman who conducted those interviews. The video of those portions of the meeting is here.
