Staff

Get to know the Powercat Financial staff and schedule an appointment to meet with a peer financial counselor today.

Schedule an appointment in Navigate

If you are a current enrolled student, you can now schedule your free appointment via Navigate. All counseling appointments must be made and/or cancelled 24 hours in advance for scheduling purposes. You may request an appointment in-person at one of our convenient locations shown on the map below or online via Zoom. Your Navigate appointment will give you instructions on how to find the location you select.

Map of appointment locations for PF

Leadership

Kate Mielitz, PhD, AFC®, CDP®

Executive Director

mielitz@k-state.edu

Glenda Eichman

Associate Director

geichman@k-state.edu

Shelley Griffin

Project Administrator

shegriff@ksu.edu

Peer Financial Counselors: Meritrust Credit Union Scholars

Student may schedule a free session via Navigate with any of our peer financial counselors.

Peer counselors are assigned as a liaison to an academic college to support the financial well-being of all students in that college by networking with faculty and staff to connect our services to their students, hosting resource tablings and providing peer-led financial education opportunities for student organizations in their liaison college.

Want to get involved? Apply to be a peer financial counselor.

College of Architecture, Planning & Design

Keaton Verdict

Junior, Finance; minors in Personal Financial Planning and Entrepreneurship | Shawnee, KS

Quin Vlach

Junior, Personal Financial Planning | Bonner Springs, KS

College of Arts & Sciences

Chipo Sekabanja

Sophomore, Economics and Computer Science | Kampala, Uganda

Liaison college: Arts and Sciences, social sciences

Jackson Rohn

Junior, Personal Financial Planning | Topeka, KS

Liaison college: Arts and Sciences, natural sciences

Kirsten Ouellette

Junior, Personal Financial Planning; minor in Graphic Design | Washington, KS

Liaison college: Arts and Sciences, arts and humanities

College of Education

James DeRouchey

Sophomore, Ag Business | Wamego, KS

College of Engineering

Brenton Wilden

Junior, Accounting and Finance | Gardner, KS

College of Health & Human Sciences

RJ Salmen (he/they)

Senior, Personal Financial Planning; minors in Leadership Studies and Queer Studies | Olathe, KS

Drew Cason

Junior, Personal Financial Planning | Kansas City, MO

College of Veterinary Medicine and Graduate School

Halle Schindler

Graduate Student, MBA | Paola, KS

Turner Andrews

Freshman, Management | Stilwell, KS

Graduate School

Nathan Haney

Sophomore, Personal Financial Planning | Shawnee, KS

Global Campus

Alonna Cross

Junior, Personal Financial Planning | Maryville, MO

Michael Pumphrey, AFC®

Graduate Student, Personal Financial Planning; certificate in Financial Therapy | Houston, TX

Meritrust Credit Union

The Meritrust Credit Union scholars program engages students in a premier service-learning opportunity as a peer financial counselor supporting their success as future financial professionals. Meritrust Credit Union Scholars participate in professional development and enrichment opportunities to prepare them as future leaders in financial services.

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Emeritus Staff

Jodi Kaus, JD, CTFA

Director Emeritus

Meet previous peer counselors