Media Release Archive
2025
2024
- July 22, 2024 – Foundation names Kelli Mark, Carlie Houchen new program directors
- July 3, 2024 – Foundation names Elizabeth Burger senior vice president of programs and strategies
- June 11, 2024 – Jim Martin, Angie Strecker appointed to Sunflower Board of Trustees
- April 3, 2024 – Brandon Skidmore named president CEO of Sunflower Foundation
- March 28, 2024 – Foundation President and CEO Hall selected for leadership award
- March 12, 2024 – Foundation provides core operating funding for 65 nonprofits
- February 22, 2024 – New poll highlights economic benefits of Medicaid expansion
- January 23, 2024 – Aspen Institute bringing Food is Medicine Midwest Convening to Topeka
2023
- December 18, 2023 – KU Center for Public Partnerships & Research to lead statewide needs assessment of substance use disorder systems
- October 5, 2023 – Billie Hall, President/CEO of Sunflower Foundation, announces plans to retire
- August 23, 2023 – Kansas Tribal Health Summit set for Aug. 28 at Sunflower Nonprofit Center
- January 25, 2023 – American Trails Director Mike Passo to speak at Trail Appreciation Day on January 30
2022
- November 4, 2022 – Sunflower Foundation announces Shanna Zimmer as new CFO
- October 25, 2022 – MacKenzie Scott donates $4 million to foundation
- August 1, 2022 – Webinar will focus on how trails can fuel tourism
- May 23, 2022 – Hays’ Tim Werth appointed to Sunflower Board of Trustees
- May 12, 2022 – Sunflower Foundation hires Brett Riggs as Director of Communications
- May 6, 2022 – KGIH awards $25,000 in grants in memory of former KHF CEO Steve Coen
- April 22, 2022 – Sunflower Foundation hosting Powered by Trails event