Columbia Office
Polly Reynolds, CPA, CTFA
Vice President and Trust Officer, Columbia office
Direct Line: 573-876-7000Polly established The Trust Company’s Columbia office in 2012, serving as manager and priding herself on extremely close relationships with her clients. “The needs of our clients are my highest priority. We try to exceed expectations every day and contribute to our clients’ lives in ways that...
Tennille Lester
Associate Trust Officer & Financial Planner, Columbia office
Direct Line: 573-876-7000An only child from a no-stoplight town, Tennille learned the importance of connecting with people during her many years of playing travel softball. She brings her spirit of teamwork and can-do attitude to her work as Associate Trust Officer in The Trust Company’s Columbia, MO branch, where she...
Jenny Hayes
Account Administrator, Columbia office
Direct Line: 573-876-7000The Trust Company of Columbia welcomed Jenny to the team in late 2017. As Account Administrator, her primary responsibility is client care. That means she’s responsible for client account maintenance and setup, in addition to being the first point of contact for the office. “The client...
Mark Knackendoffel, J.D.
President and CEO, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4205Mark founded The Trust Company in 1992. He began his career in trust and investment management in 1983 after earning his juris doctor and MBA from the University of Kansas. He is also a graduate of Emporia State University with a bachelor’s in Public Administration and Economics. He formerly...
Investment Management
Toby Marks
Vice President, Chief Systems Officer & Portfolio Manager, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4294Toby joined The Trust Company’s Investment Management team in 2018, after long and successful associations with American Century Investments and online advisory firm Financial Engines.
Eli Sallman, MBA, CFP®, CIMA®
Vice President & Investment Officer - Portfolio Manager, Lawrence office
Direct Line: 785-320-4214As Portfolio Manager and a member of the Investment Committee, Eli has direct responsibility for asset allocation and fixed income strategies. His role in client service is to guide clients through the investment process and ensure that their long-term goals and risk tolerance remain in alignment...
Grant Kohlmeier
Associate Trading Analyst
Direct Line: 785-320-4248As Associate Trading Analyst, Grant is the liaison between Investment Management, Operations and Account Administration. He is responsible for ensuring accuracy of trades and transfers and performing routine reviews to ensure client accounts remain properly allocated to their investment targets. In...
Financial Planning
Katie Seay, CFP®, CTFA
Vice President & Trust Officer - Director of Financial Planning, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4217Katie Seay (pronounced “See”) joined The Trust Company in 2012 as Director of Financial Planning and has earned the additional title of Vice President & Trust Officer. In her college days as a University of Georgia Bulldog, she “stumbled upon” the financial planning profession while searching...
Mackenzie Blakeslee, MS, CFP®
Associate Director of Financial Planning & Associate Trust Officer, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4231The first of her family to earn a bachelor’s degree, Mackenzie holds a Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and Human Services and a Master of Science in Family Financial Planning, both from Kansas State University. Mackenzie joined The Trust Company in 2019 and earned her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL...
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Tennille Lester
Associate Trust Officer & Financial Planner, Columbia office
Direct Line: 573-876-7000An only child from a no-stoplight town, Tennille learned the importance of connecting with people during her many years of playing travel softball. She brings her spirit of teamwork and can-do attitude to her work as Associate Trust Officer in The Trust Company’s Columbia, MO branch, where she...
Garrett Jackson
Financial Planner, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4211Financial Planner Garrett Jackson is a graduate of Kansas State University with a Personal Financial Planning degree and minors in Business and Agricultural Economics. He spent two years interning with The Trust Company’s Financial Planning department before joining us full time upon graduation.
Samantha Varacalli
Account Administrator, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4229As Account Administrator on Katie Seay’s team, Samantha has responsibility for both administering client accounts and supporting The Trust Company’s financial planning division. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. She already has a solid...
Retirement Plans
Todd Chyba
Vice President, Trust & Compliance Officer - Retirement Plan Specialist, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4221A friend in Manhattan told Scott City product Todd Chyba (“HIB-uh”) that The Trust Company was looking for someone just like him, which led him to join the company in 2011 as the compliance officer and retirement plan specialist. Of course, as a former K-Stater, and as the husband of a Manhattan...
Jason Yoxall
Direct Line: 785-320-4237As a Trust Officer & Wealth Advisor based in our Manhattan office, Jason is focused on our growing retirement plan and employee benefits services. Prior to joining The Trust Company in March 2021, Jason spent 15 years with DPI Benefits in Manhattan. There he developed expertise in individual...
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Samantha Varacalli
Account Administrator, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4229As Account Administrator on Katie Seay’s team, Samantha has responsibility for both administering client accounts and supporting The Trust Company’s financial planning division. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. She already has a solid...
Operations
Anne Lewis-Smith
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4210Wichita native Anne Lewis-Smith has been with the Manhattan office of The Trust Company since 1998, and is in charge of all internal operations, providing the advisors, investment managers and support staff with the capacity to fully serve client needs. She earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting...
Alison Champlin
Corporate Administrator, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4227A former Classy Cat, cosmetologist and third-grade entrepreneur, Alison joined the Manhattan office of The Trust Company in 2013 as a receptionist and moved to Anne Lewis-Smith’s operations team in 2014. Her duties include back-end client support such setting up client accounts, tax reporting and...
Michelle Duggan
Trust Operations Officer, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4202Michelle joined the Manhattan office of The Trust Company in 1992 and is the longest-serving employee, having worked with CEO Mark Knackendoffel since 1989 in a previous job. As part of the Operations Team, some of her responsibilities include transfers, daily account balancing and IT functions....
Tammy Wainwright
Operations Administrator, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4209A behind-the-scenes person on Anne Lewis-Smith’s team, Tammy relishes the role of providing support for front-line staff who work directly with clients. “Trust work is very personal and we have a lot of responsibility to our clients. My job is to make everything run as smoothly as possible for...
Lauren Goralczyk
Operations Administrator, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4233Our Operations department in Manhattan welcomed Lauren as its fifth member in April 2020. Her duties include back-end client support such as client bill payment, setting up client accounts, and other administrative responsibilities. Lauren possesses a natural talent for math—a “numbers brain,” as...
Marketing
Laura Hovind
Director of Marketing, Manhattan office
Direct Line: 785-320-4228A 2014 addition to The Trust Company, Laura considers herself a creative strategist. She is responsible for developing and executing marketing plans for all of our offices. “Working with such a wonderful, knowledgeable group of people makes it easy for me to spread the word about what makes The...
