Steve Feilmeier was named the recipient of the 2023 Fairmount Founders’ Award at the annual Fairmount Society dinner held on May 4 at Mark Arts. The Â鶹´«Ă˝ Foundation and Alumni Engagement gives the award annually to recognize individuals who provide outstanding service and generosity to Â鶹´«Ă˝.
Feilmeier believes the university’s partnership with businesses, both on and off campus, has created great benefits to both students and employers in the Wichita area.
“The university is such an important part of our community and the business community here,” he said. “It’s critical to helping the city and southcentral Kansas flourish.”
Since graduating with his Master of Accountancy degree in 1985, Feilmeier has remained highly engaged with the university. He is currently a member of the National Advisory Council for the Â鶹´«Ă˝ Foundation and Alumni Engagement, along with the Barton School Dean’s Advisory Board. His strategic contributions in these roles have helped advance the university in many ways, and his dedication to student success is reflected year after year in his continued support.
“Steve is an asset in so many ways for Wichita State and for our organization. He’s strategic, he’s passionate, he’s hard working – and he’s always a phone call away,” said Elizabeth King, president and CEO of the Â鶹´«Ă˝ Foundation and Alumni Engagement. “This award is our way of saying thank you for his decades of commitment to the university, and he is more than deserving. We’re so grateful for his lifetime of service to Â鶹´«Ă˝.”
Steve and his wife, Regine, have contributed significantly to the success of many campaigns at Wichita State, supporting the construction of Woolsey Hall and the Charles Koch Arena expansion and renovation, and they have been dedicated supporters of the men’s basketball and men’s and women’s tennis teams.
In 1997, Feilmeier began his career with Koch companies as a controller for Koch Chemical Group. Working across various Koch companies through the years, he is currently the CEO of Koch Investments Group.
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Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Â鶹´«Ă˝ provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
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