ADAM MESSINGER

(he/they)
President

Adam moved to Wichita in 2012. Having worked remotely as a software developer for six years by then, he was eager to find new friends that could give him reasons to leave his apartment/office outside of work hours. A handful of years later, some of those friends went on to found Wichita Oasis — a community Adam’s been happy to get involved with from the start. Adam was exposed to a handful of religions growing up and dabbled with Wicca in college. These days, he identifies as agnostic. Adam enjoys video games, hiking, camping, good conversation, reading, and spending time with his wife Liz and their cat.

SETH WINDSOR

(he/him)
Vice President

LIZ SADLER

(she/her)
Secretary

Liz grew up on the Space Coast of Florida, attended a women’s college in North Carolina, then moved to Kansas to attend Wichita State University for graduate school in 2010. Since then, she adopted a kitty named Mila, met her husband Adam, and has volunteered and worked in women’s advocacy. Liz enjoys podcasts, reading, writing, bullet journaling, knitting and other crafty endeavours.

JESS HENNING

(she/they)
Treasurer

Jess was born and raised in the Wichita area and works in process improvement. Aside from very early memories of their mom teaching Sunday school class, Jess largely grew up religious-curious. After tiptoeing into Taoism and Wicca in high school, they married way too young and jumped head-first into Catholicism. After two kids, a divorce, and some critical thinking, they found their way back out of religion and realized the thing that they were missing was community. That led them to Wichita Oasis, where the community supports them and challenges them to be a better human. Outside of Wichita Oasis, Jess enjoys spending time with family, playing D&D and video games, and finding stories that surprise them–but not in a scary way.

DOUG KULP

(he/him)
Director of Operations

Doug was born in the small town of Delia, Kansas, a bedroom community that orbited Topeka, where he was raised Catholic. To some degree, he was always skeptical of the Bible, but his first crisis of crises happened in high school when he confronted the fact that the morality of the Bible did not agree with many of the moral lessons he was taking from comic book super heroes. He left the church entirely when it became evident that its idea of “social cohesion” and community became too hollow to ignore. Being in the church did not mean one wasn’t still isolated from the world. On leaving religion behind, Doug has this to say:   

JAMES KUPKE

(he/him)
A/V Coordinator

James is a recent resident of the Wichita area who discovered Wichita Oasis as a welcoming community to establish roots. He appreciates the relaxed social gatherings and actively participates in community events, including McKinny-Vento donations. In his leisure time, James finds pleasure in playing board games and video games, as well as indulging in retro music and movies.