SETH BATE
Community and Organizational Specialist
seth.bate@wichita.edu

Seth Bate joined the Self-Help Network in 2006. He is helping to design and facilitate a new phase of the Kansas Community Leadership Initiative and facilitating the Visioneering Wichita strategic alliance on early childhood issues.

A skilled facilitator, Seth has worked with nonprofit organizations around the state. His specialized training in community, organizational and leadership development includes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organizational Management, the Nebraska Community Foundation HomeTown Competitiveness course and the Kansas Master Facilitator project. Seth has become well known in conferences and workshops as the guy who always has a guitar with him, just in case a sing-along breaks out.

After winning the Kennedy Center’s national award for critical arts writing, Seth studied at the Kennedy Center and the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center National Critics Institute. His freelance writing has appeared in national magazines and on KMUW radio. He has also worked as a reporter and editor for two Kansas community newspapers.

Seth and his wife Jennifer are very active in the community of Winfield where they have managed the local farmers’ market for 10 years. They have both received the Cornerstone Citizen award for community service. Seth and Jenny have two young children.