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Volume 01 • Issue 02 • June 02 - June 15 ,2011
Latina local encabezará comisión E
l gobernador de Kansas Sam Brownback ha nombrado a la alcaldesa de Roeland Park Adrienne Foster para encabezar la Comisión de Asuntos Latinoamericanos e Hispanos de Kansas (KHLAAC). Llamándola “un ajuste excepcional” para el panel, Brownback fue citado en el anuncio del 4 de mayo diciendo: “Ella se ha distinguido por su trabajo para mejorar las condiciones económicas y las calidad de vida de los ciudadanos de Roeland Park; y a través de su labor caritativa ha mostrado un verdadero talento para conectarse con la gente y las comunidades”. Brownback le ofreció el puesto a Foster en marzo. Ella asumió el cargo el 1 de mayo, sucediendo a Norma Hinton, quien había manejado las cuestiones administrativas desde el otoño del 2010 después de la partida de Shala Pérez, ex Directora Ejecutiva. Foster, quien tiene que viajar diariamente a Topeka para el puesto de tiempo completo, continuará sirviendo como Alcaldesa de Roeland Park. “Todos los residentes tienen mi número del teléfono celular y dirección de e-mail; y saben que me pueden llamar en cualquier m o m e n t o ” , i n d i c ó F o s t e r, señalando que el administrador de la ciudad maneja los asuntos diarios de la ciudad y el Concejo Citadino se reúne en las noches.
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Adrienne Foster in her Roeland Park office takes cares of her constituents.
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Local Latina to head commission
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ansas Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed Roeland Park Mayor Adrienne Foster to head the Kansas Hispanic and Latino-American Affairs Commission (KHLAAC). Calling Foster an “exceptional fit” for the panel, Brownback was quoted in the May 4 announcement as saying, “She has distinguished herself in working to improve economic conditions and (the) quality of life for the citizens of Roeland Park, and through her charitable work has shown a real talent for connecting with people and communities.” Brownback offered the post to Foster in March. She took office on May 1, succeeding Norma Hinton, who’d handled administrative matters since the fall of 2010 after the departure of Shala Perez, the former executive director. Foster, who has commuted daily to Topeka for the full-time paid position, will continue to serve as Roeland Park’s mayor. “All the residents have my cell phone number and e-mail address, and they know they’re welcome to call me anytime,” Foster said, pointed out that the city administrator runs the city’s daily affairs and the City Council meets in the evenings. After a four-year stint on the City Council, Foster successfully ran for mayor in 2009. Her term expires in April 2013. As executive director of the KHLAAC, Foster’s immediate priority is working with the governor and Kim Borchers, his appointments director, to replace four KHLAAC commissioners whose three-year terms expire on June 30. Foster also is proposing an ambitious platform, identifying three goals for commissioners to tackle immediately. Her three-part blueprint is trained on education, health and personal finances. She aims to increase the number of fourth-grade students reading at grade level and raise the state’s high school graduation rate. Foster’s health initiative fixes attention on encouraging kids to be more physically active. She envisions a public-private partnership with such entities as Cerner Corp., the Kansas Children’s Service League, El Centro Inc. and the Mid-America Regional Council. The member partners would coalesce around strategies to boost Kansans’ health and fitness. Another partnership comprising state and local financial institutions, consumer protection groups, and insurance companies
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