Mike Kriwiel |Founder & CEO

Pyxis, inc. was founded in 1994 as a community-based organization, headquartered in Wichita, KS, with a mission to serve at-risk youth. Mike Kriwiel saw the need for services to assist the community’s youth and their families.

Mike is the founder and CEO of Pyxis. He started this social service company in El Dorado, Kansas. The mission is to serve youth by integrating them into the community, so they feel connected and valued. The original concept was to place positive role models in the lives of these youth and give them an opportunity to work while being paid for their efforts.

Several decades later, the company has evolved into a multi-service delivery provider for various social service agencies in two states. Currently, there are about 50 employees serving over 700 youth and adults each year.

Mike has a background in education with an emphasis in Special Education as well as experience coaching multiple sports. His passion for helping youth find their place in this world shines through in every aspect of Pyxis. He loves working here because of how encouraging and moving it is to see the positive impact both clients and staff experience when they engage in the Pyxis way of compassion and responsibility.