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Amber Shultz

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Amber Shultz
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Kansas Secretary of Labor
Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

4

Predecessor
Prior offices
Acting Kansas Secretary of Labor
Successor: Amber Shultz

Compensation

Base salary

$135,000

Elections and appointments
Appointed

January 29, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

The University of Kansas

Graduate

The University of Kansas

Personal
Profession
Manager

Amber Shultz is the Kansas Secretary of Labor. She assumed office on March 31, 2021. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Gov. Laura Kelly (D) appointed Shultz to the position on January 29, 2021, to replace Acting Secretary Brett Flachsbarth. She served in an acting capacity until the Kansas State Senate confirmed her appointment on March 31, 2021.[1][2]

Biography

Amber Shultz earned a bachelor's degree and M.B.A. from the University of Kansas.[1] Shultz's career experience includes working as the general manager of the Municipal Services & Operations Department for the City of Lawrence, as the deputy director of public works and a technical support division manager for the City of Topeka, Kansas, and as an assistant IT director and a GIS developer with Jackson County, Missouri.[3]

Political career

Kansas Secretary of Labor (2021-Present)

Gov. Laura Kelly (D) appointed Shultz to the position on January 29, 2021, to replace Acting Secretary Brett Flachsbarth.[1]

See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kansas Office of the Governor, "Governor Laura Kelly Announces Amber Shultz as Secretary for the Kansas Department of Labor," January 29, 2021
  2. [https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kansas-senate-confirms-appointment-for-secretary-of-labor#:
    text=Amber%20Shultz%20was%20confirmed%20as,Wednesday%2C%20March%2031%2C%202021.&text=KANSAS%20CITY%2C%20Mo.,Kelly's%20appointment%20of%20Amber%20Shultz. KSHB Kansas City, "Kansas Senate confirms appointment for Secretary of Labor," March 31, 2021]
  3. LinkedIn, "Amber Shultz," accessed February 3, 2021

Political offices
Preceded by
Amber Shultz
Kansas Secretary of Labor
2021-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Kansas Secretary of Labor
2021-2021
Succeeded by
Amber Shultz