2024 Annual Meeting Presentations

SAKW 2024 Annual Meeting

2024 Board of Directors

This year our member districts selected the 2024 board of directors during the 2024 annual meeting in Topeka, which includes;

Jeremiah Hobbs, President

Barb Oltjen, Vice President

Jeremy Stover, Secretary

Terry Smith, Treasurer

Herb R. Graves, Director

Gary Henderson, Director

Don Hook, Director

Andy O’Brien, Director

Dennis Schwant, Director

Open position, Executive Director

Marisa M. Johnson, Executive Secretary

The 73rd Annual Meeting was held Tuesday and Wednesday, January 30-31, 2024, at the Hotel Topeka at City Center, 1717 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, Kansas

Be sure to mark your calendar for the 74th Annual Meeting, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 28-29, 2025 ,

at the Hotel Topeka at City Center, 1717 SW Topeka Blvd, Topeka, Kansas

From left to right, this picture includes — Hakim Saadi, Don Hook, Terry Smith, Marisa M. Johnson, Andy O’Brien, Barb Oltjen, Olivia Bergmeier, Jeremy Stover, Jeremiah Hobbs, & Herb Graves

2023 Annual Meeting Presentations

Legislative Activity

Throughout the 2023 Kansas Legislative Session, SAKW executive director Olivia Bergmeier will attend as a lobbyist for all member districts.

  • Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined the now 24-state lawsuit against the new W.O.T.U.S. rulings. Download here to view our letter of endorsement to his office.

  • Senator Roger Marshall has recently begun focusing on water conservation issues in Washington, D.C. Download here to view our letter of endorsement to his office.

Division of Conservation

SAKW works closely with the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation, here you can view their regular updates for the state of Kansas and its residents.