Overview
Stephanie Luetters graduated Summa Cum Laude from WSU in December of 1992 earning
a B.B.A. with a
Finance major and Accounting minor. She was awarded the Frank A. Neff Outstanding
Senior Award, was
named a KBA Scholar and received numerous academic scholarships which she is so grateful
for and credits, along with working a full-time job, with keeping her in school. While
at WSU, she served on the business school Dean’s Student Advisory Council as Chair,
held membership in Mortar Board, Betta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Kappa Psi and received recognition
by several national honor organizations.
In 1993, after graduating and having completed an internship with Koch, she started her career as a Financial Analyst and eventually became a Portfolio Manager handling short term funding and investments. She loved her job at Koch and the people she worked with but felt the calling to start a family and left Koch in 1996 when her first child was born. Stephanie says her greatest accomplishment has been raising 4 children, now ages 19-25.
While busy raising children, she continued to look for opportunities to share her
time with others which she had been doing from a very young age. Her first recollection
was in 2nd grade when she was asked by her teacher to help other classmates with their
handwriting skills and later would spend time helping
kindergarteners with reading. She has now spent 40+ years in very diverse volunteer
roles ranging from
serving as a board member, fundraising, building homes to a heartbreaking 2 ½ years
spent as a Court
Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in Georgia. Currently, she serves as a Board Member
for the Wichita
Children’s Home. Because of her husband’s successful career, Stephanie says she can
give back not only with her time but now she can contribute financially to her community
which gives her tremendous pride and satisfaction.