Joe
Ontjes
President / CEO
Joe serves and supports the region’s leading team of sign professionals at Lumineo. He joined the company in 2015.
He has 29 years of marketing, advertising and executive experience including his prior role as vice president of marketing for WSU Tech at its National Center for Aviation Training campus, in Wichita. Previously, he owned/operated an independent marketing communications firm, and served as Director of Communications at Resurrection, a United Methodist Church, in Leawood.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in communications with an advertising emphasis from Wheaton College (Illinois). He holds a master’s degree in journalism with an advertising emphasis from the University of Kansas.
In 2024, Joe participated in the CEO Academy of Kansas City at UMKC’s Bloch School of Management, which convened regional business leaders to learn from nine of Kansas City’s most-respected current and former CEOs.
Other community involvement includes: Past Chair, Board of Directors, Hutchinson and Reno County Chamber of Commerce; Manufacturers Roundtable of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce; Past Chair, Board of Directors, Cosmosphere International SciEd Center & Space Museum; Past President, Rotary Club of Hutchinson; Past Chair, Board of Directors, Hutchinson Public Library; Former Elder, First Presbyterian Church; and Honorary Commander, McConnell Air Force Base.