Tracee Adams was appointed by Governor Laura Kelly to the Wichita State University Board of Trustees. Tracee serves as president, founder and chief strategist at Hawthorn Capital LLC, an investment and wealth management firm located in Wichita. Ms. Adams has several years of experience in the financial services industry, including as a financial advisor for four years at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. She also worked at New York Life Insurance Co. for two years as a producer, while simultaneously working as a financial advisor for NYLIFE Securities – a subsidiary of this organization – for a year. Ms. Adams is actively involved in her community. She currently serves on several nonprofit trustee and governance boards, and public boards of trustees, including for the Urban League of Kansas, Junior League of Wichita and pubic fiduciary of the Wichita Police & Fire Pension Fund and Joint Investment Committee, and A Director of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in pre-law/sociology from the University of Maryland.