WASI was founded as a Not-For-Profit Kansas Corporation in October 2012 by Andrea L. Knighton, LMSW. Knighton obtained a Masters in Social Work from Wichita State University in May 2012. Her area of study in graduate school was psychological trauma. Upon graduation her decision was to work in the area of trauma prevention. With trauma prevention in mind and after much post-graduation reading and research, the WASI vision emerged. The vision is based on premise that people CAN work together to make survival level resources available to create an environment of resiliency for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and their community.

BOARD MEMBERS

Elizabeth A. Carson
Attorney-At-Law

Becky Elder
WASI - President
Founder, Elderslie Farm
School Head, Northfield School of the Liberal Arts

Andrea L. Knighton, LMSW
WASI - Secretary/Treasurer, Founder

Dr. Holger Meyer
Director and Associate Professor of Physics
Wichita State University

David Trombold
Science Department Chair
Chemistry, Environmental Science
Wichita Collegiate School

Elizabeth S. Wilson, M.Ed, M.A.
Owner, Precision Planning


FORMER BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU!

Rebecca Armstrong
Master Naturalist

John F. Carter
President, Netwerx Computer, Inc.

Sue Eddy
Master Gardener

Trent Frantz, LMSW

Leah Dannar-Garcia
Owner/Operator, Firefly Farm

Brandon Jacobs, M.S, LMFT
Owner/Director, Real Life Counseling

Taunya R. Rutenbeck, LMSW
Owner, Center for Social Work Innovation LLC

John Willoughby
Account Executive