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Mike Sharpe has resigned as the president and chief executive officer of the Greater Wichita Sports Commission, citing family reasons and the desire to move back to the Kansas City after less than a year at the Kansas-based sports commission. Sharpe was hired in December 2020 to replace the retiring Bob Hanson, who had headed […]
Continue ReadingThe Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission has named Mike Sharpe as the organization’s next president and chief executive officer beginning on January 4, 2021. Sharpe has spent the past seven years at Greater Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation as the director of business development. Sharpe has extensive connections with national governing body leadership including […]
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Bob Hanson will retire at the end of 2020 as president and chief executive officer of the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission, ending a 23-year affiliation with the Kansas-based sports tourism market. Hanson was named executive director of the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission in October 1997 and was promoted to president/CEO in May 2001. […]
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