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For more than 20 years, Peoples Insurance Group has been offering its clients quality products and services combined with personalized service. We specialize in providing a comprehensive review and evaluation of your unique business risks and will implement risk management strategies custom to your situation. And thanks to our new affiliation with World Insurance Associates, we can offer solutions across all your business and personal needs.

WE CAN HELP YOU WITH:

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• Workers’ compensation insurance

• Contractor performance bonds

• Surety and fidelity bonds

• Payroll & HR solutions

• Business perpetuation products

• Life and personal insurance

• Employee and executive benefits

Reach out today for a risk assessment.

MICHAEL LESSER

Principal, Midwest Sales Manager

Peoples Insurance Group

A World Company 1415 SW Topeka Blvd, Topeka, KS 66612 785-271-8097 x214 mlesser@peoplesinsure.com

Safety Consulting Inc. has been providing its clients with industry-leading safety consulting for more than 50 years. Our team develops and delivers personalized on-site programs that increase workplace safety, ensure state and federal regulatory compliance, improve employee health and awareness, and often help you save on your insurance premiums. We specialize in almost every aspect of safety in industries across private and public sectors.

WE CAN HELP YOU WITH:

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CRAIG STROMGREN

Principal Safety Consulting, Inc.

A World Company 4111 NW 16th St., Topeka, KS 66618 800-748-7887 css@safetyconsultinginc.com

World is a Top 100 insurance organization offering quality products and services from all major carriers, combined with attentive service from local advisors who are experts in their field and cater to many specialized industries. Never compromise again when it comes to managing and protecting your most important assets—your people and your business.

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Ashley Mayer Executive Producer Mammoth Creative Co

What is the most important part of your work?

It elevates a valuable yet overlooked perspective that often gets drowned out in all the noise.

What do you value most in your coworkers?

They find joy in the journey.

What does a day in your life look like?

A large game of Tetris and strategy.

How have you evolved and grown during your career?

I lean in, speak up, and only fear the unmentioned.

What is the biggest professional goal you have accomplished?

Becoming a member of the Producers Guild of

Who would play you in a movie?

Melissa McCarthy

Tiffany Liesmann

Chief Pharmacist

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

What do you love most about your work?

I spent many years working as a pharmacist, and what I enjoyed most in a traditional pharmacy setting was helping my patients understand their medicines, because that led to them feeling better and living a better life. While I no longer provide direct patient care, the work I do as a pharmacist at BCBSKS still connects our members with access to those medicines that provide peace of mind and improve their health.

We talk about affordability every day and actively pursue solutions to keep healthcare affordable for Kansans. I work with our team on efforts that result in thousands of prescriptions processing through our benefits every day without a hitch. When a member needs direct help, I get satisfaction in helping to resolve an issue that ultimately connects our member with their medicine. Providing members access to medicines that improve their quality of life aligns with my values as a pharmacist. It’s just one of the many things I love about the work I do at BCBSKS.

What is one word you would use to describe yourself?

Funny. I am by no means a class clown, but I enjoy making others smile and laugh in life. My sense of humor can be subtle, and I enjoy throwing out an obscure reference to see who cracks a smile. I find humor in the smallest things and love sharing laughs with others.

Eugene Jones Student Support Coordinator

Communities In Schools of Mid-America

What do you love most about your work?

Being able to provide students and families with resources and tools they can use to better meet their needs. Seeing students succeed drives me to work harder every day.

What led you to this career?

I’ve always enjoyed working with people. While I was in college, I started at a large non-profit in town working with elementary aged students. Now, I work with some of those students again at the high school level.

What have you learned from the pandemic?

One thing I’ve learned is to value my time. Spending time with my family and friends is something I’ve learned is very important to me. Doing more of the things I love has become a big part of my life.

What music artist do you never get tired of?

Mariah Carey! I have been a HUGE fan of hers since her first album. I have found strength and comfort in so many of her songs. If I had to, I could recite lyrics to 95% of her songs from every album.

What are you grateful for?

I’m grateful for the opportunity to have a job doing something I love. Making a positive impact in the community brings so much joy to my heart.

What is the most important part of your work?

I am a domestic attorney, so I handle family law issues like divorce, child custody and parenting disputes. Taking care of my client is the most important part of what I do. There is nothing easy about deciding to end a marriage or relationship. There is nothing easy about learning to co-parent or dealing with financial struggles following a breakup. Making sure that my client has the resources to succeed and navigate their new normal is of the utmost importance to me. On that same

Keegan McElroy Attorney

Alderson, Alderson, Conklin, Crow & Slinkard, L.L.C. note, domestic issues are emotional. I try to validate the feelings my clients have while also trying to keep matters even-keeled.

What is non-negotiable for you?

I will not let anyone take my peace. I want to invest my time in things that motivate, inspire and challenge me and I will not stay in places or environments that do not appreciate that. If a situation is not for me and my well-being, then it is not an option for me. At the end of the day, it is me, myself, and I, and I will not allow myself to be a part of something that does not one hundred percent reflect who I am as a person and what I want to inspire.

What characteristic do you most admire in others and why?

I love when others can laugh at themselves. It shows a confidence and self-awareness that is so refreshing. Life is too tough to be so serious all the time. Laugh at the silly mistakes and move on to bigger and better things.