Kan. Brooke Franchise Corp. Elects Officers

June 7, 2007

Kan.-based Brooke Franchise Corp., a subsidiary of Brooke Corp., recently announced the election of Kyle L. Garst as its chairman and chief executive officer, and Dane S. Devlin as its president and chief operating officer.

Kyle Garst, 37, was most recently national sales manager and senior vice president of Brooke Franchise Corp. with responsibility for managing its franchise sales activities. Garst joined Brooke as a sales representative in 1994 and was a sales representative and profit center leader for Koch Industries in Phoenix from 1997 to 1999. Garst returned to Brooke in 1999 and has since served in various management positions, including vice president, regional sales manager, investment sales manager, and investor relations manager before becoming national sales manager in 2001 and senior vice president in 2004. Garst has served as director of Brooke Franchise Corp. since 2005. He is also a member of Brooke Corp.’s controlling shareholder group and serves on its board of directors.

Dane Devlin, 43, was most recently national operations manager and senior vice president for Brooke Franchise Corp. Devlin joined Brooke in 1986 as its first employee. Devlin was an operations officer for Brooke from 1986 to 1996, then owned and operated a Brooke franchise from 1996 to 2000 before returning to Brooke in 2000. He served in various management positions including vice president, Missouri state manager and Kansas City regional manager before becoming national operations manager in 2001 and senior vice president in 2004. Devlin has served as director of Brooke Franchise Corp. since 2003.

Source: Brooke Franchise Corp.

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