Kathy Sudeikis manages company relations for Acendas Travel with a variety of constituents including media, vendors, travel industry representatives and organizations and civic organizations primarily in Kansas City. A long-time travel advisor herself of 50-plus years, Kathy joined Acendas Travel in 1993. She served as president of the American Society of Travel Advisors from 2004-06. She has won numerous industry awards including multiple selections as one of the World’s Top Agents by Travel + Leisure.

Sudeikis is heavily involved in the Kansas City Community, including her volunteering for Gilda’s Club, a Cancer Support Group. Sudeikis herself is a cancer survivor. Of course, she might best be known for her work in helping to organize “The Big Slick,” a charity event that features actors and comedians with Kansas City roots that helps to fund programs at Children’s Mercy Hospital. One of those stars is Sudeikis’s son Jason.