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Laurie Jones, President & Co-Owner
Laurie Jones serves as the President and majority owner of Office Plus of Kansas as well as our related companies American Fun Food Company and Scott Rice Office Interiors. With over 25 years of experience in the industry, Laurie’s vision and drive has helped expand Office Plus from simply an office products supplier to touch on every area of the workplace and become an all encompassing office essentials solutions company.
Laurie was born and raised in the farm community of Abilene, Kansas. She graduated from Emporia State University with a Bachelors in Accounting and soon after passed the CPA exam. She started her career working in public accounting for a local Wichita accounting firm and in 1990 started working for a local office products dealer. In 2003, she and co-founder Bryan Kristenson joined forces to start their own company.
Laurie remains active in her family and the community. She has two grown daughters. In 2003, she was honored as a 40 Under 40 by the Wichita Business Journal and spent many years as an active member in the AFWA as well as the local chapter of Rotary.
Bryan Kristenon, Vice-President & Co-Owner
Bryan Kristenson serves as the Vice-President and co-owner of Office Plus of Kansas as well as our related companies American Fun Food Company and Scott Rice Office Interiors. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Bryan has not only worked tirelessly to support the expansion of Office Plus to service every facet of the workspace in an effort to better support our customers but also has been very involved in the expansion of the national independent dealer network with his involvement with the Independent Suppliers Group.
Born and raised in Newton, Kansas, he graduated from Wichita State University with a Bachelors in Accounting and soon after passed the CPA exam. He started his career working in public accounting for a local Wichita accounting firm and in the mid-90s started working for a local office products dealer. In 2003, he and co-founder Laurie Jones joined forces to start their own company.
Bryan remains active in his family and the community. He has one grown son. In 2005, he was honored as a 40 Under 40 by the Wichita Business Journal. He served multiple years on the board of the Independent Suppliers Group including a two year stint as Chairman and remains very active in the group often serving on subcommittees.