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Donna Shank was originally appointed to the Board of Regents by Governor Bill Graves in 2002. She was reappointed to a second term by Governor Kathleen Sebelius in 2007, will continue to serve Kansas as a Board Member through June 2010, and currently serves as the Board's Vice Chair. Shank previously served as the Board's Chair from 2005-2006 and as the Vice-Chair from 2004-2005, and has served as a member 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 on the Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Review Council, as a Wichita State University (WSU) Alumni Association member, on the Governor's Economic Policy Council, the Liberal High School Site Council, on the Board of the Kansas Business Hall of Fame, and as the Kansas Prosperity Summit Southwest Region Co-Chair.  Her past civic involvement includes the Kansas Children's Cabinet, Kansas Council for the Future of Post-Secondary Education, Leadership Liberal Board Chair, Liberal Chamber Ambassador, and Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board Member.

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

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