Description

WIBA Coffee & Conversation Breakfast

Start Your Morning with Connection, Conversation, and Community

WIBA’s Coffee & Conversation Breakfast brings together business owners, professionals, and community leaders for a morning of networking, coffee, breakfast, and conversation.

This core event is a space for members and guests to connect with one another, build relationships, and stay engaged with Wichita’s business community in a more casual, conversational setting.

Featured Speaker

Mike Redondo
Major Gifts Director | Scouting America, Quivira Council  

WIBA member Mike Redondo serves as Major Gifts Director for Scouting America Quivira Council, the region's premier youth development organization. Based in Wichita, he leads fundraising efforts across 49 counties, cultivating transformational philanthropy that expands Scouting’s impact for families throughout Southern Kansas. Under his leadership, Quivira Council has emerged as one of the most respected councils among Scouting America’s 240 councils nationwide.

Originally from Southern California, Mike discovered Kansas while attending Sterling College and quickly made it home. After five years as a traveling stage manager with theater and opera companies across the Midwest, he and his wife, Heather, settled permanently in Wichita in 2018. They welcomed their son, Declan, into their family in 2022.

In recent years, Mike’s life - both personally and professionally - has been shaped by profound change: a career transition, a global pandemic, national organizational upheaval, and more recently, Heather’s diagnosis with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). These experiences have reinforced one defining principle that anchors his leadership and outlook: remembering your “why” amidst adversity. When plans unravel and uncertainty takes hold, Mike believes success is less about panic and pivoting and more about staying rooted, reflecting on the journey, and leaning on the people who walk it with you.

What to Expect

• Listen to real experiences, lessons, and leadership perspectives from local professionals
• Coffee, breakfast, and networking
• Connection with fellow WIBA members and guests
• Conversation focused on business, leadership, and community
• Opportunities to meet new people and strengthen existing relationships

Event Details

• Date: May 28th
• Time: 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
• Location: Ninth Floor Club + Venue
  100 N Broadway St. Ste 900, Wichita, KS, 67202

Registration & Pricing

• Members: $20
• Non-Members: $25
• Advance registration encouraged

Guests may attend up to two core WIBA events at no cost.

Who Should Attend

• Business owners
• Executives and managers
• Entrepreneurs
• Corporate professionals
• Nonprofit leaders
• Community partners

Why Attend

Coffee & Conversation is a great way to start your morning while staying connected to the Wichita business community. Attendees benefit from:

• Meeting new business connections
• Strengthening relationships with fellow members
• Engaging in business-focused conversations
• Learning from local professionals and community leaders
• Starting the day with coffee, breakfast, and connection

We look forward to welcoming you to Coffee & Conversation and continuing to build strong connections within Wichita’s business community.