KSURF Board of Directors

The Kansas State University Research Foundation (KSURF) is governed by a Board of Directors that has full power to manage, direct and conduct the affairs and business of the organization. The Board consists of eighteen (18) members.

R. W. Trewyn Chair
Ex Officio Director
K-State Vice President for Research
Bruce W. Ferguson Vice Chair
Elected External Director
Edenspace Systems Corporation
Manhattan, Kansas
James A. Guikema Secretary
Ex Officio Director
KSURF President
Cindy Bontrager Treasurer
Ex Officio Director (President's designee)
K-State Vice President for Administration and Finance (interim)
Peter Dorhout Elected Internal Director (Dean) K-State Dean of Arts and Sciences
Joe E. Farrar Elected External Director Farrar Corporation
Manhattan, Kansas
Bart A. Fisher Elected External Director Caterpillar, Inc.
Roanoke, Illinois
Ronald L. Iman Appointed Director
(KSU Alumni Association Representative)
Southwest Technology Consultants
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ryszard Jankowiak Elected Internal Director (Faculty Representative) K-State Professor of Chemistry
John Kuenzi Elected External Director C.J. Foods, Inc. 
Bern, Kansas
Dirk Maier Elected Internal Director (Department Head) K-State Professor, Head of Grain Science and Industry
April Mason Ex Officio Director K-State Provost and Senior Vice President
Ernie Minton Ex Officio Director Associate Director, K-State Agricultural Experiment Station
Robba Moran Appointed Director Kansas Board of Regents Representative
Bonnie R. Rush Elected Internal Director
(Faculty Representative)
K-State Professor, Head of Clinical Sciences
Noel Schulz Ex Officio Director Director, K-State Engineering Experiment Station
Michael D. Tokach Elected Internal Director
(Faculty Representative)
K-State Professor, of Animal Sciences and Industry
Lucy L. Williams Elected External Director The Trust Company of Manhattan
Manhattan, Kansas