‘Work to support our innovators is never done’: NXTUS leadership transition follows massive impact expansion
By: Startland News Staff
February 28, 2023
NXTUS, a nonprofit working to connect startup founders with community resources, capital and customers, on Tuesday announced a top-level leadership change while celebrating milestones in the rollout of its work to help innovators and entrepreneurs grow “companies of significance” in Kansas.
Mary Beth Jarvis, who joined Wichita-based NXTUS as executive director in August 2019, becomes president and CEO in March. She succeeds Josh Oeding, who remains on the NXTUS board of directors.
Since Oeding took the helm in July 2018, the organization has expanded the number of entrepreneurs served annually from 30 to nearly 400, helped mobilize more than $6 million in growth capital for startups in the region, and secured funding support from the private sector, leading regional foundations, and the U.S. Economic Development Administration.