Dear Parents and Friends, 

 

 

The Board of Trustees is a volunteer group of 16 persons.  They are nominated by members of the Board itself and are generally invited to serve for a three-year term.  The Board has ultimate responsibility for the school. It does so by raising funds, devising and controlling budgets, serving as the legally accountable body for Topeka Collegiate School, appointing a Head of School and setting general school policy.  No board member receives compensation for his/her participation.  Board members are called upon to make extensive time commitments.
 

Eva Brown is a lifelong Kansan. She says our school's mission statement drew her to explore Topeka Collegiate soon after her daughter Ella was born. Ella is now a sixth grader. Eva has volunteered in the lunchroom, in the classroom, and as a Girl Scout troop co-leader. She is please to be able to now serve the school as a member of the board.
 
Eva graduated from Fort Hays State University, and earned master's degrees in education, divinity and nursing from Kansas University. She works as a nurse practitioner in private practice, which she finds rewarding and challenging.
 
Eva and her family enjoy hiking, biking, pizza movie nights at home and traveling together.

 

 
With more than 25 years of communications experience, Michel' Philipp Cole serves as Security Benefit's Vice President of Corporate/Marketing Communications and Brand Strategy. Prior to joining Security Benefit, Michel' worked in leadership communications positions with Fleishman-Hillard, an international public relations consulting firm, Westar Energy and Goodyear.
         
Throughout her career, she has helped corporations manage their reputations and communicate key messages to various stakeholders. Her areas of specialty include brand development, internal communications, crisis management and risk mitigation, media relations and training and executive support. She also was named Most Valuable Alumnus of the Washburn University Mass Media Department in 2002.
 
Michel' and her family -- husband Jim and fifth and fourth grade sons Jacob and Adam -- enjoy traveling, working in their flower garden and sporting events. 
 
 
Mary Etzel grew up in the Barton County community of Claflin, then earned a degree in horticulture at Kansas State University. She has worked in the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) field, as coordinator for the Kansas Radon Program, and in entomology. Just ask her about bees!
 
Mary has lived in Topeka for seven years. She, husband Noel, and their two children, first grader Trey and three-year-old Lydia, enjoy spending time boating on Lake Perry.
 

 

Steve Malone has 14 years of marketing experience, with an emphasis in consumer packaged goods.  Steve is Associate Marketing Director for Prescription Diet and Science Diet brands at Hill's Pet Nutrition.  He holds a BA from UCLA and an MBA from the University of Iowa. 

 

Steve, wife Marsha, second-grader Jack and Kindergartener Maude live in Lawrence.  

 

 

To learn more about Topeka Collegiate's Board of Trustees, click on the Welcome tab on the school's website.

 

 

Warm Regards,  

 

 

 

 

  

 

David K. Hudspeth, Jr.

Head of School