Angela Kreps
President
Kansas Bioscience Organization

Following 19 years as a top-ranked private sector sales professional in the banking and software and IT industries, Ms. Kreps was selected from a nationwide search in late 2005 to become the first president of KansasBio, the state bioscience industry organization, doubling operating revenues and tripling membership within two years under her leadership.

Her industry accomplishments include publishing the Kansas Bioscience and Innovation Roadmap, establishing the industry's Kansas Bioscience magazine, and forming the Kansas Bioscience and Information Technology Caucus in the Kansas legislature. Annually, KansasBio brings together record setting Kansas delegations to participate in the international BIO convention including, numerous congressional and state legislators, public officials, the Kansas Bioscience Authority, as well as bioscience CEO’s, researchers and stakeholders from all across the state.

Appointed to the Kansas Bioscience Authority Board of Directors, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts Advisory Committee on Science, Technology and the Future, and the Biotechnology Industry Organization's Food and Agriculture Committee on plant made pharmaceuticals, Ms. Kreps has shown an innate ability to build consensus and generate momentum in a collaborative team environment.

Ms. Kreps' accomplishments were further acknowledged in March 2008, by being named one of Kansas City's 50 Most Influential Women based on business acumen, level of board involvement, community activity and previous recognition for influence. She regularly speaks at industry and community events throughout the region and nationally, as she engages broad support for industry-based initiatives while encouraging and supporting other organizations in the bioscience industry.

A life-long Kansan, Ms. Kreps is dedicated to building upon Kansas' rich heritage in agriculture, manufacturing and service to further the region's leadership in key areas of bioscience and successful creation of wealth, high-paying jobs, and a diversified economy.

She grew up in Hugoton, Kansas, and graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and mass communications. Ms. Kreps lives in Overland Park, Kansas with her husband, Jim, and three daughters.