Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee

Purpose

The Strategic Planning committee is responsible for identifying the demands faced by Kansas courts, ways to increase resilience and readiness for emergency situations, and ways to innovate and collaborate to support the everyday work of the Kansas Judicial Branch. Utimately the committee will craft and present the Supreme Court a written plan.
 

Roster

Kansas Supreme Court

• Chief Justice Marla Luckert, chair

• Meryl Carver-Allmond, general counsel to the Chief Justice

• ​​Marisa Bayless, special counsel to the Chief Justice.

• Sarah Reichart, Director of Supreme Court Appeals

​Kansas Court of Appeals

• Chief Judge Sara Warner

• Chelsey Langland, general counsel to the Chief Judge

District Courts
Chief Judges

• Judge Joan Lowdon, 1st Judicial Distrist

• Judge Keven Berens, 15th Judicial District

• Judge Jeff Goering, 18th Judicial District

District Court Judges

• Judge Cheryl Rios, 3rd Judicial District

• Judge Andrew Stein, 16th Judicial District

• Judge Kendra Lewison, 21st Judicial District

District Magistrate Judges

• Judge Rhonda Cole, 6th Judicial District

• Judge Regine Thompson, 12th Judicial District

• Judge Kent Gleason, 24th Judicial District

Chief Clerk Administrators/Chief Clerks

• Kelsee Burnett, 26th Judicial District

• Dina Morrison, 31st Judicial District

District Court Administrators

• Joni Wilson, 18th Judicial District

• Lundy Settle, 20th Judicial District

• Todd Heitschmidt, 28th Judicial District

• Anita Peterson, 29th Judicial District

Chief Court Services Officers

• Kevin Waring, 10th Judicial District

• Nancy Finley, 14th Judicial District

• Stephanie Springer, 27th Judicial District

Court Reporters

• Shaun Higgins, 11th Judicial District

District Court Technology

• George Fluke, 3rd Judicial District

Office of Judicial Administration

• Stephanie Smith, Judicial Administrator

• Laurel Klein Searles, Chief of Attorney Services and Compliance

• Evan Burt, Chief Information Security Officer

• Shawn Jurgensen, Chief of Court Development
   

Contact

admissions@kscourts.gov