Shelly Prichard

Shelly Prichard is the President & CEO of the Wichita Foundation, a position she has had since 2012. Shelly and the WF team work to fulfill their mission to invest in people and ideas to spark change. In 2024, the Foundation helped deploy more than $8 million in South Central Kansas.

Prior to her role at the community foundation, Shelly was the CEO of the Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, serving 80 counties in Kansas, and managing the business merger of seven Girl Scout councils.

Shelly grew up on a farm outside of Newton, Kansas, and earned a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from K-State. When she’s not working for a better Wichita, Shelly enjoys baking, reading, playing the cello, walking her dog, and going to K-State football games.