The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) named Kim Christiansento the post of Executive Director today.

Chairman Mark Sievers says Christiansen will work with KCC’s three-member commission to oversee the agency’s operations, including the headquarters in Topeka, Conservation Division in Wichita, and four Conservation district offices across the state. The KCC employs 206 professionals.

Christiansen leaves her position of Assistant Secretary and Chief Counsel for the Kansas Department of Agriculture to join the KCC.

Prior to the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Christiansen served as General Counsel for the Kansas Water Office.

Christiansen has served as the Director of Human Resources for the Dodge City Public Schools; General Counsel and Executive Assistant to the President of Fort Hays State University; Instructor at the College of Business and Leadership at Fort Hays University where she taught courses in employment law; and, an attorney in private practice.  She also holds an FHSU Bachelors degree.

The KCC regulates five cornerstone industries in the Kansas economy and has the responsibility of ensuring that natural gas, electricity, telephone, and transportation vendors provide safe, adequate, and reliable service at reasonable rates. The KCC also has the mandate of assuring oil and gas producers protect correlative rights and environmental resources.