The Kansas Senate voted Wednesday to confirm all 33 of Governor Laura Kelly’s appointments heard and advanced by the Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee during the 2019 legislative interim.
Of the 33 confirmed appointments advanced by the Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee, three were Cabinet members, five were agency heads and the remaining 25 were board or commission members.
The three Cabinet-level appointments were DeAngela Burns-Wallace, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Administration; Herman Jones, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol; and Jeff Zmuda, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections.
“I commend the Senate for acting to approve all of my interim appointments,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “My administration has methodically and intentionally searched for the best candidates to hold these positions, and I’m confident they will all perform their duties with courage, poise and expertise.”
The full list of confirmed interim appointments is listed below.
Cabinet-level appointments:
- DeAngela Burns-Wallace, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Administration
- Herman Jones, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol
- Jeff Zmuda – Secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections
Executive branch agency directors:
- Steve Durrell, Director of the Kansas Lottery
- David Herndon – Kansas State Bank Commissioner
- Doug Jorgensen, Director of the Office of the Kansas State Fire Marshal
- Earl Lewis, Director of the Kansas Water Office
- Kala Loomis, Director of the Kansas State Gaming Agency
Board or commission members:
- Connie Owen, Chair, Kansas Water Authority
- Catherine Moyer, Kansas Lottery Commission
- Ed Trimmer, Kansas Lottery Commission
- Kala Spigarelli, Kansas Lottery Commission
- Mike Ryan, Public Employee Relations Board
- Jon Gilbert, Public Employee Relations Board
- Joni Franklin, Public Employee Relations Board
- Rick Wiley, Public Employee Relations Board
- Keely Schneider, Public Employee Relations Board
- Emily Hill, KPERS Board of Trustees
- Brad Stratton, KPERS Board of Trustees
- Shelly Kiblinger, Kansas Board of Regents
- Cheryl Harrison-Lee, Kansas Board of Regents
- Jon Rolph, Kansas Board of Regents
- Kelly Kultala, Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission
- Erica Andrade, Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
- Dr. Michael Birzer, Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
- Patricia Hudgins, Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
- Laurel Michel, Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
- Richard Ney, Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services
- Ruth Stevenson, Kansas Banking Board
- Patrick Walden, Kansas Banking Board
- Alan Deines, Kansas Development Finance Authority
- Sheryl Gilchrist, Kansas Civil Service Board
- Dr. Romano Delcore, Kansas University Hospital Authority
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