About Lead Wichita

Our Mission

Lead Wichita exists to equip, inspire, and connect leaders for greater community impact.

Our History

Lead Wichita was officially founded in 2019. But it actually began many years before when a local church in west Wichita, Pathway Church, began hosting the annual leadership development conference, the Global Leadership Summit, simulcasted live from Chicago.

In 2016, local businessman Ben Hutton had the vision to bring the Global Leadership Summit to our community. So Hutton, along with Pathway Church and a team of volunteers, worked to move the annual event to downtown Wichita where it has been hosted at Century II and Intrust Bank Arena. Now, in 2024, the event will be moving to Wichita State University and hosted at Charles Koch Arena.

In addition to hosting the Global Leadership Summit each year, Lead Wichita works to equip, inspire, and connect leaders in our community year-round through events, providing resources and connections to encourage personal growth, and ongoing leadership development.