Deb Miller is the incumbent Kansas Secretary of Transportation, who was appointed by former Governor of Kansas

Governor of Kansas

The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...

 and current United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet...

, Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...

. Miller is the first woman to lead the Kansas Department of Transportation

Kansas Department of Transportation

The Kansas Department of Transportation is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Kansas.-Organization:*Secretary of Transportation...

 (KDOT) and its more than 3,200 employees. From 1986 to 1997, she was the Director of the Division of Planning and Development. Miller is a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Kansas State University

Kansas State University

Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...

 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. Governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback

Sam Brownback

Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...

 has retained Miller as Secretary of Transportation in his administration

Kansas State Cabinet

The Kansas State Cabinet is part of the executive branch of the Government of the U.S. state of Kansas, consisting of the appointed heads of the Kansas state executive departments.-Current cabinet departments:...

. As of January 18, 2011, Miller is the longest-serving Secretary of Transportation for the State of Kansas.

External links

• Kansas Department of Transportation Official Website