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Donna Shank was originally appointed to the Kansas Board of Regents by former Governor Bill Graves in 2002. She was reappointed to a second term by former Governor Kathleen Sebelius in 2007 and will continue to serve Kansas as a Board Member through June 2010. She has served two terms as the Board’s Chair. She has previously served as the Chair of the CEO Assessment Committee, as the Board’s Vice Chair, and as a member and Chair of the Board’s Academic Affairs Committee. She is the Vice-President and Co-Owner of Al Shank Insurance, Inc. in Liberal, is an Accredited Advisor in Insurance, and has been a licensed insurance agent since 1984.

Shank currently serves as a Wichita State University (WSU) Alumni Association member, on the Liberal High School Site Council, and on the board of the Kansas Business Hall of Fame. Her past civic involvement includes the Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Review Council, the Governor’s Economic Policy Council, the Kansas Children’s Cabinet, Kansas Council for the Future of Postsecondary Education, Leadership Liberal Board Chair, Liberal Chamber Ambassador, and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry board.

Shank earned an associate’s degree from Seward County Community College and a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University. She is also a graduate of the Leadership Liberal and Leadership Kansas programs. Shank and her husband, Al, have three grown children.

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