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TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced on Friday nine appointments to the following state boards, commissions, and council.

Employee First Oversight Commission
Purpose: To make annual recommendations to the Governor, Legislature, and state agencies on strategies to increase the rate of competitive integrated employment for Kansans with disabilities.

• Craig Knutson, Topeka
• Nikki Heiman, Baileyville (reappointment)

Board of Accountancy
Purpose: To carry out the laws and administrative regulations governing Certified Public Accountants.

• Trina Harmon, Wichita (reappointment)
• Lucky DeFries, Topeka (reappointment)

911 Coordinating Council
Purpose: To monitor the delivery of 911 services, develop strategies for future enhancements to the 911 system, and distribute available grant funds to PSAPS.

• Tim Mikrut, Girard

Board of Examiners in Optometry
Purpose: To administer and enforce the provisions of Kansas Optometry Law so that the highest quality of eye care is provided to Kansans.

• Sheena Nagaraja, Manhattan (reappointment)

Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Purpose: To advocate for and facilitate equal access to quality, coordinated, and comprehensive services that enhance the quality of life for Kansans who are deaf and hard of hearing.

• Katy Sosna, Olathe

Information Network of Kansas Board of Directors
Purpose: To provide Kansans with equal electronic access to state, county, local, and other public information.

• Kyle Niemann, Overland Park (reappointment)

State Library Board
Purpose: To advocate for statewide library services and resources, advise, and counsel the state librarian on policies and management, review/approve annual plans of regional systems of cooperating libraries, promote collaboration with the state Board of Regents to ensure the inclusion of libraries on the KAN-ED network, and recommend statewide priorities for interlibrary cooperation.

• Marcy Warren-Sandberg, Auburn

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