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The Authority acts through a board of five members, one of whom is elected chairman by the other members. Two members are appointed by the Governor of Kansas for four-year terms, two members serve by reason of their legislative positions - one is Chairman of the Kansas Senate Committee on Transportation and the other is a member of the House Transportation Committee, appointed by the Speaker of the House. The fifth member is the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation. The latter three serve as members of the Authority for the duration of their state terms.
Mary E. Turkington, chairman, has been appointed to serve a fourth four-year term on the Kansas Turnpike Authority Board by Governor Mark Parkinson. Turkington is the retired Executive Director of the Kansas Motor Carriers Association. She represented the highway transportation industry before the Kansas Legislature and worked with state and federal agencies on transportation issues during her tenure with KMCA. She serves on many civic and business boards and is active in various other organizations in highway safety and related industry fields. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas and is a trustee of the William Allen White Foundation.
Representative Gary K. Hayzlett serves as vice-chairman of the Authority. He was appointed Chairman of the House Transportation Committee following the retirement of Representative Kenneth King from the Legislature. He has served in the Legislature since 1990. He is a businessman in Lakin, and he and his wife, Helen, have three children and six grandchildren.
Former Lt. Governor Paul Dugan, Sr., was appointed to the Authority Board in May 2004. He was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Authority Board in 2009. Having served as the Turnpike’s General Counsel from 1993 to 1996, Dugan was familiar with Turnpike management and operations. He was Lt. Governor under Governor Carlin from 1979 to 1983 and has practiced law in Wichita since 1964. Dugan also served the state as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973, and is a former Chairman of the Board of Kansas Newman University, 1980 to 1985.
Senator Dwayne Umbarger joined the Board of the Kansas Turnpike Authority in January 2009. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation. He has been a member of the Kansas Senate since 1996. Umbarger and wife, Toni, are the owners of the Dwayne and Toni Umbarger Farm in Thayer. They have four children ans seven grandchildren.
Barbara Rankin was appointed interim Secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation by Governor Sam Brownback in December 2011. Prior to that, Rankin had been KDOT's Chief Counsel. She has more than 25 years of legal experience in the banking and financial services industry.
Kansas Turnpike Authority
55 Years
236 miles from Kansas City, Kansas, to the Oklahoma border south of Wichita
Six: near Lawrence, Topeka, Emporia, Matfield Green, Towanda and Belle Plaine
Started with 14 and currently have 22
33,659,449 vehicles
$84.5 million
December 31, 1954
October 25, 1956
40 miles
62 miles
