Dennis "Boog" Highberger

Dennis "Boog" Highberger DEMDemocrat

State Representative, District 46

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Dennis "Boog" HighbergerDEMDemocrat State Representative, District 46
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Dennis "Boog" Highberger (born September 26, 1959) is an American politician. He served as a City Council member in Lawrence, Kansas from 2003 through 2009 and was the city's mayor from 2005 through 2006. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1992. He was an attorney with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) from 1992 to 2011. He has been a Democratic member for the 46th district in the Kansas House of Representatives since 2015.

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Education3 - 3 of 1
University of Kansas School of Law
JD
1989 - 1992
Past Positions1 - 7 of 7
Representative
Kansas State House of Representatives
2014 - Current
Member
Lawrence City Commission
2003 - 2009
Mayor
Lawrence, Kansas
2005 - 2006
Attorney
Highberger & Ananda Limited Liability Company
2012 - Current
Attorney
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1992 - 2011
Employee
GEM Farm Center, Incorporated
Member, Board of Directors
Kansas University Legal Services for Students
Other Experience1 - 23 of 23
Board Member
East Lawrence Neighborhood Association
Board Member
Let's Talk
Member
Public Incentives Review Committee
Member
Unified School District 497 Elementary School Facility Vision Task Force
Member
Ozark Cooperative Warehouse, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Member
Sustainability Advisory Board
Member
Douglas County Food Policy Council
Member
Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund Advisory Board
Member
Free State Credit Union
Member
Elementary School Facility Vision Task Force
Member, Lawrence Advisory Board
Housing and Credit Counseling, Incorporated
Member, Board of Directors
Community Mercantile Education Foundation
Member, Board of Directors
Independence, Incorporated
Member, Board of Directors
East Lawrence Neighborhood Association
Member, Board of Directors
Lawrence/Douglas County Bioscience Authority
Trustee
Bert Nash Endowment Foundation
Volunteer Counselor
Headquarters
Former Member
Energy and Environment Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Former Member
2016 Special Committee on Patient Protections for Step Therapy, Kansas State House of Representatives
Member
House Judiciary Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Member
House Federal and State Affairs Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Ranking Minority Member
Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Vice-Chair
Rules and Journal Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
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