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
Dr. LeEtta Felter
Business owner and local school board member
Terri Rice
Senior Marketing Manager, Cox Business
Dr. Tara Wallace
Licensed clinician and trauma therapist, adjunct professor and executive director of Lighthouse TCO Foundation
DiAnne Owen Graham
President, Graham Advisors, LLC
Four Voting Members appointed by Legislative Leadership
Renee Erickson
Senator and Senate President appointee
Kristey Williams
Representative and 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 & Amy Dean Campmire, Designees)
Blake Flanders, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Kansas Board of Regents (Brandi Wells, Designee)
Melissa Standridge, 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
Christie Wyckoff
Early Childhood Coordinator