Board of Directors

Mike VanCampen

President

Mike has served on the board since Kansas Honor Flight formed in 2012. Besides serving as a flight leader, he and his wife, Connie, lead the planning and coordination of each flight. They reside in Turon, Kansas where they were owners/operators of an agribusiness for many years.

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Lowell Downey

Vice President

Lowell and his wife, Betty, reside in Hutchinson. Lowell is retired from a career in agribusiness. He also travels as a flight leader and makes many presentations to promote Kansas Honor Flight.

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Karen Drake

Treasurer

Karen and her husband Dan have a CPA business located in Hutchinson. They oversee the financial affairs of Kansas Honor Flight and both have served many times as flight leaders.

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Evon Schott

Secretary

Evon resides in Topeka and has been involved with Kansas Honor Flight since 2012. She is a registered nurse and frequently works with veterans within her community. Evon has traveled as a medical advisor on multiple flights and is currently serving as board secretary.

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Kenny White

Kenny is a Vietnam War veteran, Commander of Wichita’s American Legion Post #4 and is ready, willing, and able to help all veterans. He and his wife, Cindy, also have served as Flight Leaders and are very involved in fundraising activities.

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Rosemary Corbett

Rosemary, our western Kansas representative, was privileged to escort her WWII veteran father on his Honor Flight. He was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge. She has a dedicated support team in Garden City, especially her husband, Rick, who has helped put on a very successful January Chile Feed fundraiser since 2010. Rosemary has served on numerous flights as a flight leader.

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Jeff Bernett

Jeff has been involved with Kansas Honor Flight since 2014. After retiring from the United States Air Force, he moved to Wichita, KS, working full time in the aviation industry. Jeff and his wife, Liz, are both very involved in supporting Honor Flight functions, including tracking inventory and serving as flight leaders.

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Jean Caffrey

Jean and her husband, Pat, reside in Lillis, Kansas. Following graduation from K-State, she was a registered nurse for 35 years before becoming involved with Kansas Honor Flight. She assists on all flights as one of our flight coordinators plus she and Pat often travel as flight leaders.

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Lavonna Schlageck

Lavonna serves on the board of directors and as a flight leader. She is very instrumental in contacting veterans and guardians as we arrange our flights to Washington, D.C.

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Jenny Niblock

Jenny lives in Colby KS and her first Honor Flight was in 2011 to accompany her WWII veteran grandfather on his Honor Flight.  He served in the Battle of the Bulge and was the mechanic for General Dwight Eisenhower’s Jeep in Europe.

Jenny is a nurse practitioner and has been a Flight Leader and Medic on many flights.  Jenny, her husband Paul, and her family love Western Kansas and are committed to helping Western Kansas veterans get to their Honor Flight.