Ms. Arnold serves as the Interim Director of KYLA and the Assistant Director of the Center for Civic Leadership (CCL). Throughout her tenure with FHSU she has served as the office manager for the Department of Leadership Studies/Center for Civic Leadership, and facilitated numerous times at KYLA programs. Chantelle has also served on the Kansas Women’s Leadership Conference planning committee, coordinated the Ben Franklin Papers Project, served as the pilot project coordinator for the newly developed Kansas Corps initiative, and assisted with the successful completion of many other programs of the CCL.

Ms. Arnold has a BBA in accounting and is currently completing an MLS in Organizational Leadership, both from Fort Hays State University. She and her family reside in Hays, Kansas where she is actively involved with her children’s activities, Sigma Phi Gamma social and service sorority, and the Roosevelt Home and School Association.

	Jillian Tatum Kansas Youth Leadership Academy Student Assistant
Ms. Tatum develops and coordinates KYLA activities. She is an active volunteer for Tigers in Service, the Vice President of Fort Hays Honor Society, a member of Up ‘Til Dawn, an Anderson VIP Ambassador, and a member of Delta Zeta. Jillian is currently a junior at Fort Hays State University working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Secondary Education with an emphasis in Ceramics.

Dr. Brungardt serves as the Director of the Center for Civic Leadership, which houses KYLA. Dr. Brungardt started the Department of Leadership Studies at Fort Hays State University in 1993, and later went on to create the Center for Civic Leadership in 2001. He has taught in the field of leadership studies for the past 13 years and was recently awarded the Omer G. Voss Distinguished Professorship under the Regent’s Faculty of Distinction Program. Over the past 12 years, he has presented and facilitated over 100 workshops throughout America. In addition, Dr. Brungardt has authored and co-authored three books and a dozen articles in the field of leadership studies. He received his B.A. in Political Studies and his M.S. in Political Science/International Relations from Fort Hays State University, and his Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction and Policy Studies from Kansas State University.