The Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) is a trade association representing 5,600 members on legislative and regulatory issues. KLA was formed in 1894 when a group of more than 100 Flint Hills ranchers met in Emporia to discuss cattle theft problems and unreasonable railroad freight rates. Today, KLA represents the state’s multi-billion dollar cattle industry at both the state and federal levels. KLA members are involved in all segments of the livestock industry including cow-calf, feedlot, swine, dairy and sheep. Dues paid by the membership fund legislative, educational and communications activities.

Kompass Kapital Management, LLC is an investment banking company based out of Overland Park, Kansas, United States.

Latimer, Sommers & Associates, P.A. is a consulting engineering firm with over 65 years of experience in the design of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, telecommunications, and environmental systems. The focus of the firm has always been putting the client relationship first and being creative with design solutions. The firm’s approach includes involving individuals responsible for developing the functional criteria for a given project as well as those individuals responsible for maintaining the facility. The high level of expertise and commitment to the client makes Latimer, Sommers & Associates the best choice for a project. Our Team is looking forward to the opportunity to provide qualifications and thanks you for your consideration.

PKMR is a consulting engineering firm offering mechanical and electrical design services for the building and construction industry since 2002. Experience of the firm consists of designing projects for various building industries that include commercial, tenant finish, health care, mission critical, industrial and educational, corporate and governmental facilities. Mechanical design services include HVAC, building automation, temperature control, hydronics, plumbing, indoor air quality control and humidification control, central energy plant design and energy performance design. Electrical design services include lighting, power distribution, communications, emergency and standby power systems, grounding, exterior and site lighting and fire/life safety systems. Staff members are made up of principals, senior managers, project managers, senior engineers, engineers, certified lighting designers, engineering designers, CAD technicians and administrative personnel.

DeMarche is an independent investment consulting firm providing a wide range of Advisory and Discretionary services to institutional investors. We utilize cutting-edge research and a deep knowledge of markets and managers backed by the highest ethical standards. Our team of consultants and analysts work closely with our clients to achieve their long-term investment goals. Our clients include major corporations, public pension funds, non-profit faith-based and academic institutions, healthcare systems, associations, endowments, foundations and Taft-Hartley clients. Founded in 1974 by Robert F. Marchesi, DeMarche has established a national reputation as a leading institutional investment consulting firm.

Imagine the industry’s best design distributor of mechanical components, taking your calls, getting your order right the first time and solving big challenges and minor irks. Hardware is hardware. Until you need an expert who can suggest the perfect mechanical component, confirm a size or mechanism, or answer your question with 100% certainty. Some say, “It’s just a gas spring… a latch… a hinge… a drawer slide.” But those people who purchase from Clancey know better. Other companies might sell mechanical components, but none of them make it as easy as Clancey does. Here when you need us, Your Clancey Sales Team

For us, it's all about people. Behind the desk and beyond the resume, we all want to make a human connection to something bigger—an opportunity for something purposeful and professional, real and rewarding. Since 1986, Morgan Hunter has served Kansas City-area employers to help them meet a range of hiring needs, from temporary staffing to direct-hire placements. We’re more than just a recruiting firm—we’re a partner and a performer, leveraging our relationships and expertise to match companies with sought-after talent. Thoughtful and thorough in our approach, we're also responsive and efficient, creating a tailored hiring experience for both employer and job seeker—because everyone deserves to find the right fit. Across industries and positions, we're focused on relationships. We look past the transaction to see the person behind the job. It can be an impersonal business, but at the end of the day, our job comes down to people—which means it's all personal to us.

Coffman Associates is a full-service airport planning firm specializing in the preparation of Airport Master Plans and Layout Plans, Noise and Land Use Compatibility Studies, Environmental Studies and Geographic Information System Services. We work only for airports and specialize exclusively in airport planning services.

EMB is a contract research organization providing data management and statistical analysis of clinical research data. Our team of veteran computer and statistical scientists take pride in delivering outstanding service. The high experience level of those working on projects is truly extraordinary, and this makes us successful, reliable, fast, and accurate. EMB is located at Corporate Woods in the progressive suburb of Overland Park, Kansas, and is approx. 20 minutes from downtown Kansas City and 40 minutes from Kansas City International airport.

FPS&S is one of the most well-established and respected defense firms in northeast Kansas. For more than 100 years, FPS&S attorneys have provided clients wise counsel and aggressive representation in many areas of the law. FPS&S attorneys are best known for their depth of knowledge and experience in substantive as well as procedural matters, with decades of trial experience in state and federal courts. With offices in Topeka and Overland Park, Kansas, FPS&S has gained the loyalty and trust of clients throughout Kansas and Missouri . FPS&S attorneys are recognized leaders in the areas of civil rights, civil defense litigation, government liability, employment law, insurance law, professional liability, medical malpractice, construction litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, products liability, appellate advocacy and administrative law.

ABOUT HTK: HTK Architects has successfully provided its clients with comprehensive architectural services since the firm was founded in 1958. Now into our sixth decade with offices in Topeka and Overland Park, HTK has continued to evolve, adding key associates and keeping an eye to the future-completing new design, addition and renovation projects throughout the region. HTK’s success is founded on providing creative vision, innovative designs, and timeless satisfaction. We do not believe in shortcuts, understanding there is no substitution for hard work and outstanding service. We want to ensure our basic tenants are met: discipline, professionalism, consistency, timeless design, and earning the trust of those we work for. PHILOSOPHY: We are dedicated to providing comprehensive design services of the highest knowledge and quality. Good design is the result of effective communication, creative reasoning that is sensitive to individual client needs and a responsible control of the building process. We successfully address our client needs by designing buildings that meet budgets, time and performance criteria. The simple fact that many clients retain HTK for additional work stands testament to our innovative solutions that meet client needs. COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE: A key to HTK’s continued success is the dedication of our professional staff and principals. We measure the worth of our firm by the quality of our architects. One principal is routinely assigned to each project and remains directly responsible to the owner from project inception to completion. HTK’s principals and staff work together as a team, applying their combined professional experience throughout the design, construction document and construction administration phases.

At Wendling Noe Nelson & Johnson LLC our clients depend on us every day of the year, not just at tax time. That’s because our mission is to fully understand our clients’ business as completely as possible and to provide them the timeliest, quality professional accounting services available.