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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BA, Finance, Fort Hays State University, 1976-1980

Professional Experience

  • BA, Finance, Fort Hays State University, 1976-1980
  • Vice President, Board of Directors, Discover Vision Centers, present
  • Former Chief Executive Officer, Dallas Eye Institute
  • Former Chief Financial Officer, Dallas Eye Institute
  • Financial Analyst, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
  • Financial Analyst, First International Bancshares
  • Chief Executive Officer, Discover Vision Centers, 1993-2011

Political Experience

  • BA, Finance, Fort Hays State University, 1976-1980
  • Vice President, Board of Directors, Discover Vision Centers, present
  • Former Chief Executive Officer, Dallas Eye Institute
  • Former Chief Financial Officer, Dallas Eye Institute
  • Financial Analyst, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
  • Financial Analyst, First International Bancshares
  • Chief Executive Officer, Discover Vision Centers, 1993-2011
  • Majority Leader, Kansas State Senate, 2017-present
  • Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 8, 2013-present
  • Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 19, 2010-2012

Former Committees/Caucuses

Chair, 2016 Special Committee on Larned and Osawatomie State Hospitals, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Assessment and Taxation Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Public Health and Welfare Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Select Committee on Education Finance, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Select Committee on Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS), Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government and Legislative and Elected Officials, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government and Legislative and Elected Officials, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Social Services, Kansas State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Confirmation Oversight

Member, Ethics, Elections and Local Government

Vice Chair, Interstate Cooperation

Member, Legislative and Elected Officials Subcommittee

Member, Legislative Coordinating Council

Member, Organization, Calendar and Rules

Vice Chair, Select Committee on Education Finance

Member, Subcommittee on Health

Chair, Subcommittee on Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS)

Member, Subcommittee on Social Services

Member, Ways and Means

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, Finance, Fort Hays State University, 1976-1980
  • Vice President, Board of Directors, Discover Vision Centers, present
  • Former Chief Executive Officer, Dallas Eye Institute
  • Former Chief Financial Officer, Dallas Eye Institute
  • Financial Analyst, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
  • Financial Analyst, First International Bancshares
  • Chief Executive Officer, Discover Vision Centers, 1993-2011
  • Majority Leader, Kansas State Senate, 2017-present
  • Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 8, 2013-present
  • Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 19, 2010-2012
  • Member, Commerce Bank Advisory Board
  • Member, Independence Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Metropolitan Medical Society Legislative Committee
  • Member, State Ambulatory Surgery Society Association

Other Info

— Awards:

  • "Outstanding Public Official of the Year for 2013", Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas

  • Paul Denning

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Business Development, Grandchildren and Family, Plymouth Roadrunners, Grilling.

  • Albertine Denning

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