Scott Sproul

Scott Sproul serves as president and CEO of Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center. Sproul’s work is about addressing the interconnected challenges of entrepreneurship, childcare, housing, and workforce development. His accomplishments in this role are numerous. 

The Innovation Center’s Kansas Small Development Center staff ranked first in equity capital funding, bringing $3.5 million into the state to regional founders—that’s nearly half of the entire state’s equity total. The Innovation Center’s work on childcare has helped bring awareness to this important issue and has helped providers secure nearly $7 million in grants. With funding from the Kansas Department of Commercse and the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, the Innovation Center developed the Kansas Housing Cooeprative program, which will invest over $8 million in 26 counties. To date, over 70 homes have been built through this program in Northwest Kansas, which has generated over $25 millionin assets for these counties. And through hiring incentives for jobs that are difficult to fill or essential to business retention, the Innovation Center has helped invest over $1 million to fill nearly 200 positions with a total annual payroll over $10 million. 

Sproul seeks to create innovative, sustainable solutions that strengthen communities and improve opportunities for residents. He loves the hardworking, dedicated people of Kansas and the tight-knit community in Northwestern Kansas.