Cabinet Members & Staff

Cabinet Members

Five Voting Members Appointed by the Governor

Cabinet Chair, Don Hineman, MBA

Farmer/Rancher, Former Kansas State Representative and House Majority Leader

LeEtta Felter

Business owner and local school board member

Terri Rice

Senior Marketing Manager, Cox Business

Tyler K. Smith, M.D.

General Academic Pediatrician, Fellowship Program Director, Children’s Mercy Kansas City

DiAnne Owen Graham

President, Graham Advisors, LLC

Four Voting Members appointed by Legislative Leadership

Renee Erickson

Senator and Senate President appointee

Deliece Hofen

Speaker of the House
appointee

Monica Murnan

House Minority Leader appointee

John Wilson

Senate Minority Leader appointee

Ex-Officio Members

Janet Stanek

Secretary, Kansas Department of Health & Environment (Derik Flerlage, Designee)

Blake Flanders, Ph.D.

President & CEO, Kansas Board of Regents (Karla Wiscombe, Designee)

Keynen J. Wall, J.D.

Kansas Supreme Court Justice (Dena Russell-Marino, Designee)

Laura Howard, J.D.

Secretary, Department for Children and Families (Tanya Keys, Designee)

Randy Watson, Ed.D.

Commissioner of Education (Amanda Petersen, Designee)

Matthew Billinger

Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee Coordinator, Kansas Department of Corrections

Cabinet Staff

Melissa Rooker

Executive Director

Dyogga Adegbore

Program Consultant II

Megan Brohaugh

Administrative Specialist

Amy Meek

Early Childhood Director

Hannah White

Federal Program Coordinator

Christie Wyckoff

Early Childhood Coordinator