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.

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.

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.

Yaeger Architecture, Inc. is an Overland Park, Kansas architectural firm founded in 1973, and has provided over 50 years of architectural excellence in design and construction administration services for new construction, as well as remodeling, renovation, and restoration.

Scanning America Inc is a consumer services company based out of 1440 N 3rd St, Lawrence, Kansas, United States.

Palmer Law is Kansas Injury Law. We are an award-winning team of Northeastern Kansas lawyers solely devoted to the practice of personal injury. Palmer Law has over 80 years of combined legal experience and we've been awarded over $100 million for our clients. We have offices in Topeka and Manhattan and we always offer free case consultations.

STI is an Internet retailing company based in Overland Park, Kansas. We specialize in buying and selling quality pre-owned and refurbished Dell servers and workstations. At STI, we are your personal shoppers. We work aggressively to find the best available values on business and enterprise hardware, so you can accomplish your IT projects effectively, efficiently and under budget. We deal strictly with reliable vendors and top quality products, and will make sure that you are getting what you expect, no surprises. We know the importance of building relationships, and are committed to providing you with the best combination of hardware value and service available anywhere, online or offline! At STI, we have our own staff of Certified Technicians, who manage complete diagnostic checks on all our products. Performance of products has the STI seal of approval and warranty. The keys to STI's success have been: - Sell quality pre-owned equipment at an extremely reasonable price - Maintaining a large, comprehensive inventory of enterprise servers and hardware - Serving our customers in a way that creates long business relationships Whether you're looking for one server or one hundred, STI will go above and beyond to take care of your needs. Custom configurations are available on all our systems, and expedited builds and shipping is not a problem. If you have any special requirements, comments or questions, feel free to call us toll-free at 1-877-851-2260 or Contact Us via email. At STI our commitment to quality shows in everything we do. That's why we are proud to be ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001 Certified.

Poole Fire Protection, Inc. is a Woman Owned Small Business located in Olathe, Kansas which has provided clients with integrated solutions to complex fire and life safety challenges since 1991. Our team consists of Licensed Fire Protection Engineers and National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) certified Engineering Technicians. They are specifically trained in risk analysis, hazard assessment and the design of fire suppression, fire stopping and fire detection systems. Our staff is actively involved in the codes and standards process. We have consulted on public and private projects involving office buildings, industrial complexes, manufacturing plants, aircraft hangar and support facilities, healthcare facilities, educational institutions and lodging facilities.

Our name is meant convey our goal to be of kindred minds to those we serve, sharing the worthy goals of our clients, our co-workers and our community.

Cobalt Iron delivers the industry's first and most cyber secure enterprise-class cloud backup SaaS offering. Cobalt Iron's platform, Compass®, scales from terabytes to exabytes and provides the simplicity not found in backup technologies and tools today. Cobalt Iron Compass is: • Delivered as a service and controlled via a web interface • A single, flexible deployment model scaling the range of private to hybrid to public • Leverages cloud investments in Amazon AWS, IBM SoftLayer, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud • Delivers industry-leading cyber security features, functions, and platform/application support • Requires zero backup application expertise Cobalt Iron delivers innovative data protection solutions, enabling customers to transform their complex, backup-centric IT infrastructure into a recovery-centric, simple, scalable, flexible service. Cobalt Iron eliminates the burden of constantly monitoring, maintaining and upgrading in-house data protection environments, while allowing customers to retain full operational control. Cobalt Iron Compass is redefining enterprise data protection from a box of tools and technologies into a simple, flexible service.