The Agricultural
Business Council of Kansas City is pleased to welcome U.S.
Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins as the featured speaker for its monthly
luncheon, February 23, 2012. She will give the council a Congressional
update, with focus on Agricultural issues.
Congresswoman
Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Holton and graduated from Kansas
State University in Manhattan, KS and Weber State College in Ogden, UT,
where she studied accounting and economics. Following graduation, she
became a Certified Public Accountant and practiced public accounting in
the private sector before entering public service in 1998. After
serving four years in the Kansas Legislature, Congresswoman Jenkins was
elected the 37th State Treasurer of Kansas in 2002 and served until
2009.
In
2008, Congresswoman Jenkins was elected to Congress, representing the
Second District of Kansas, which includes Topeka, Leavenworth,
Manhattan, Pittsburg, the western half of Lawrence, and the majority of
northeast and southeast Kansas.
She
currently serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, the chief
tax writing committee in the House of Representatives, and sits on the
Trade and Oversight Subcommittees.