2012 Kansas World Trade Center Staff
Karyn Page
CEO/President
Phone: +1 (316) 264.5982
Fax: +1 (316) 264.5983
Email: page@kansaswtc.org
Karyn began her professional career with the Kansas World Trade Center as an international business advisor before advancing to the position of Director of Trade Services. Karyn was an Export and Marketing Manager for a local manufacturing company, and Assistant Vice President & International Marketing Director for INTRUST Bank N.A. before returning to the Center as President/CEO in 2004. She is a frequent guest speaker at industry and community forums and is an adjunct professor at Friends University. In 2006, she was appointed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to the Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Small & Minority Businesses (ITAC-11) serving as an advisor on matters of international trade to the US Department of Commerce and the US Trade Representative.
Tyler Walston
Membership & Business Development Administrator
Email: walston@kansaswtc.org
Tyler graduated from Friends University in 2010 with a BS in Business Administration, emphasis in International Business. He worked in sales for almost two years at New York Life Insurance Company, and came to the Kansas World Trade Center in April of 2011 to focus on Membership & Business Development. As the Membership & Business Development Administrator, he is responsible for implementing the established business plan, and cultivating relationships throughout the world that could be beneficial to our members and Kansas importers & exporters. Tyler works with companies of all sizes in many different industries such as; aviation, agri-business, & eco-business. He specializes in business development, market research, trade compliance (ITAR/EAR), and consulting.
Khadija Shirazy
Trade Services & Relations Administrator
Email: shirazy@kansaswtc.org
Khadija is originally from Kenya and moved to the United States in 2001. She attended boarding school outside Washington and started her college career at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania for a year and half prior to transferring to WSU. In 2010, Khadija graduated from WSU Barton’s School of Business, with a major in economics and a minor in spanish. Khadija was a student assistant at the World Trade Council of Wichita from 2009 to 2010. Khadija is responsible for Trade Services & Relations at the Kansas World Trade Center. She develops and manages trade-related company projects, including proposals, research, reports and budgets. She also promotes local markets and industries to foreign delegations, as well as building relationships with foreign embassies.
Phoebe Holeman
Operations Administrator and Seminar & Events Coordinator
Email: holeman@kansaswtc.org
Phoebe will graduate this semester from WSU with a degree in economics and minor in finance. Before coming to the Kansas World Trade Center, Phoebe worked for NetWork Kansas, a non profit organization that helps KS entrepreneurs and small businesses get the funding they need through local resources and NetKS loans. Phoebe is responsible for the planning and coordinating of Kansas World Trade Center Events & Seminars, and handles new hires, paperwork, and accounting obligations.
Ella Reusser
EcoPartnership Administrator & Marketing Manager
Email: reusser@kansaswtc.org
Ella graduated from Kansas State University in 2008 with a BS in Business Administration/ Marketing, and a minor in spanish. After moving to Wichita, she worked for the American Cancer Society and earned a Masters in Business Administration, emphasis in International Business, from Newman University in 2010. She has also worked as Marketing Coordinator for Howard + Helmer architecture. As the EcoPartnership Administrator, she is responsible for the overall planning, organizing, execution, and monitoring of the Wichita-Wuxi EcoPartnership in order to achieve specific goals. Ella is also responsible for the marketing of the Kansas World Trade Center.
