TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly announced Monday thirteen appointments to the following state boards, task force, and council.

State Board of Technical Professions
Purpose: To provide maximum protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Kansas by assuring that the practice of engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, and geology in the state is carried out only by persons who are proven to be qualified as prescribed by the board’s statutes, rules, and regulations.

• Trudy Faulkner, Overland Park (reappointment)
• Mike Armour, Clearwater
• Heidi Thummel, Shawnee

Board of Nursing
Purpose: To protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Kansas through the licensure and regulation process of the nursing professions.

• Melissa Oropeza, Kansas City (reappointment)
• Belinda Katz, Bucklin
• Tosha Fields, Cimarron
• Steve Peterson, Topeka

Kansas State Fair Board
Purpose: To promote and showcase Kansas agriculture, industry, and culture, to create opportunities for commercial activity, and to provide an educational and entertaining experience that is the pride of all Kansans.

• Jason Probst, Hutchinson

Quindaro Ruins Task Force
Purpose: To convene stakeholders involved in the Quindaro ruins archaeological park for the purpose of collaboration and development of the Quindaro ruins archaeological park.

• Hon. Karen Arnold-Berger, Kansas City

Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council
Purpose: To advise the governor on adult, adolescent, and children’s services issues.

• Robbin Cole, Manhattan (reappointment)
• Wes Cole, Osawatomie (reappointment)
• Guy Steier, Clyde (reappointment)
• Chrissy Mayer, Eudora (reappointment)