Kirk Hansen, Chairman

Kirk Hansen has been immersed in business his entire life. His strong leadership skills and long term vision have been a key part of the Kyäni success story. He and his brother Jim have played a key role in expanding their family petroleum business from humble beginnings to one of the largest privately owned petroleum distributorships in the Western United States. In addition, he has been instrumental in expanding the family business to include significant commercial real estate holdings.

Kirk’s hands on approach, his energy, vision and determination have constantly pushed the company forward. He values the business opportunity given to him by his parents, and his vision for Kyäni is to provide the same type of opportunity to our distributors.

Jim Hansen

Jim has been involved with the family business his entire life. His ability to identify and analyze the key elements and issues of complex business transactions has been an invaluable asset to the growth of his family’s petroleum distributorship. Jim has overseen the day to day operations of the company for the last fifteen years. Working closely with his father and brother, he has been a driving force as additional distributorships have been purchased, several more convenience stores have been built or replaced, and a large wholesale storage facility constructed.

Jim’s ability to quickly and correctly identify the core issues of very complicated business transactions is a great asset to Kyäni, and his vision and determination are a key part of the Kyäni success story.

Carl Taylor

Carl is a native to Eastern Idaho, and grew up with his brothers on a family farm. Their father, Howard Taylor, begin his own farming operation nearly a century ago with one horse and three acres of land. By the time Carl and his brothers purchased the farm from their father, it had grown to 1,600 acres. Through hard work, dedication, careful management and long term vision, Carl and his brothers continued to expand their operation to become one of the largest farming and ranching operations in Idaho.

Carl is excited about Kyäni's great products and the business opportunity, and he wants people to know that the company is here to stay.

"My brother and I know how to plant and harvest, and we hope that we have created an environment where our distributors can have their own harvest, where greatness can be accomplished," Carl says. "We feel very confident that we can make people's lives better, and we as Board members and founders can instill that confidence and trust in others."

Kent Taylor

Kent has been a key part of the growth and success of the Taylor farming operation. As a young man he spent countless hours in the fields operating equipment and taking care of whatever else needed to be done. Over time as the operation continued to grow Kent became more involved on the inventory and marketing side of the farm. He oversees all inventory management and product marketing for the farm, including their new fresh pack potato shipping facility.

Kent is an exceptional businessman who brings the same skill, dedication and vision he has for their farming operation to Kyäni.

Dick Powell

Dick’s skills in marketing are unmatched. Starting with an idea, many years ago he and his wife created and built a thriving national franchise chain. Mastering the principle of duplication, he developed a system for others to own and operate their own business. As the owner and CEO of this multi-million dollar corporation, which encompassed much of the United States, Dick managed accounting, marketing and operations. With this extensive track record of leadership and business victories, Dick has used his skills to navigate a hidden natural treasure and turn them into Kyani’s core products.

Dick’s passion for nature and his integrity driven desire to establish free enterprise opportunities for others is the pure hearted vision used to take the "Miracle of Alaska" to the world.