Kate White

Kate White joins CEK Insurance

CEK Insurance, Lawrence’s oldest inde-pendent insurance agency, is proud to announce that Kate White has joined the team.

Kate grew up in Topeka, KS, and received her bachelor degree from Baker University on a soc-cer scholarship. After graduating she attended graduate school in Montreux, Switzerland where she lived and worked for two years.

A former banker of 8 years, she has expertise in a broad range of insurance lines and how they fit in your overall financial plan. Kate is very active in the Lawrence community, serv-ing on the Lawrence Schools Foundation Board, Leadership Lawrence Advisory Board, and is the Treasurer for Lawrence Board of Realtors Community Foundation. Kate strongly be-lieves in the Rotary International motto, Service Above Self.

For fun Kate can be seen as a guest bartender at The Sand-bar or volunteering about town.

Glynn Sheridan

Eric Comeau

Sunflower Bank Announces Retirement of Lawrence Banker Glynn Sheridan

Sunflower Bank announces the retirement of longtime Lawrence banker Glynn Sheri-dan, regional bank director, after18 years with the bank. Sheridan will retire from the company on June 1, 2020 after assisting in the transition of his responsibilities. During his tenure, he held leadership roles in several markets, successfully growing the bank organically and through de novo operations. Sheridan has worked in the finance and the banking community for more than 30 years, beginning his career at The First National Bank of Lawrence (nka US Bank) in 1986. He joined Sunflower Bank in 2002 to establish its presence in Lawrence.

“We want to thank Glynn Sheridan for his countless contributions to the bank and our customers as he prepares for his upcoming retirement,” stated Mollie Carter, chairman of Sunflower Bank, N.A.

The bank has also announced that Eric Comeau, regional president for Metro Kansas, is now transitioning to lead the bank in Lawrence. “I look forward to working with the great personal and business banking teams we have in Lawrence and building relationships with our customers and the community,” said Comeau.

Comeau has nearly 30 years of commercial banking experience and joined the bank in 2015 becoming Metro Kansas regional president in January 2016. In this role, he is responsible for the strategy, management and growth of the bank the region. The Metro Kansas region has thrived under Eric’s leadership and now includes Lawrence, Leawood, Overland Park, KS, as well as Briarcliff (Kansas City) and Leeton, MO.

Good Energy

Just Food Receives Solar Donation to be installed by Good Energy Solutions

Good Energy Solutions is pleased to share the story of an anonymous gift that was donated to Just Food, a Douglas County non-prof-it. The anonymous donors, two Lawrence citizens who wanted to do something positive for the local community, liked the idea of reducing Just Food’s operating costs while decreasing the carbon footprint of the electrical energy that is supplied to their building.

“We received a phone call after the announcement of our Solar Giveaway winner, Sunrise Project, appeared in the Lawrence Journal World. The donors were inspired by the story and wanted to donate a system themselves, to an additional non-profit organization,” said Kevin Good, Owner of Good Energy Solutions. “The donors chose Just Food to receive the array to help reduce their utility costs and lower their fossil fuel demands, effectively reducing their impact to global warming.”

The 11.5kW Solar Array will help Just Food reduce their electrical consumption by more than 1,200 kilowatt hours per month on average; enough energy to supply about 20% of their energy needs.

“We are so grateful for these anonymous donors who are contributing such an incredibly generous gift to support Just Food’s environmental and financial sustainability through solar energy. Our operations require us to use a lot of energy to run our coolers and freezers and this makes a significant impact on our energy usage” said, Elizabeth Keever, Executive Director of Just Food.

“It was a great surprise that our original gift of the Solar Giveaway program would lead to the ripple effect of this generous donation,” said Shana Good. “Just Food is an amazing organization that has really stepped up during the Pan-demic, as always. We are honored to be able to support their efforts by reducing their energy costs and in awe of the generosity of the donors. This gift will keep on giving for decades into the future and enable Just Food to reduce their operating costs by many thousands of dollars and reduce the need to burn thousands of pounds of coal every year.”