Robert S. MAxwell

Robert Maxwell of Topeka, Kansas, U.S., is the 2024-25 chair of the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. He was elected after serving previously in one-year terms as chair-elect and treasurer, and after serving as trustee for one three-year term and for an additional term of one year. 

In the Kansas District, Maxwell has served as governor, lieutenant governor and district treasurer. He also served two three-year terms as a Division 11 representative to the Kansas Kiwanis Foundation. 

Maxwell is a three-time Hixson Fellow and a three-time Walter Zeller Fellow and a member of the Kiwanis Children’s Fund Founder’s Circle.  

Outside of Kiwanis, Maxwell served as the executive vice president and trust officer for Kaw Valley Bank prior to retirement and continues to serve as a member of the bank’s board of directors, loan committee and trust committee. He enjoys volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters, is currently a director and past president of the Jayhawk Area Council of the Boy Scouts and serves as a trustee for the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library, Valeo Behavioral Health Foundation and the Brewster Place Foundation.