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Kevin Yoder's Biography

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Full Name:

Kevin W. Yoder

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Brooke; 2 Children: Caroline, Eloise

Birth Date:

01/08/1976

Birth Place:

Yoder, KS

Home City:

Overland Park, KS

Religion:

Christian

JD, University of Kansas, 2002

Graduated, Political Science; English, University of Kansas, 1999

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2010-2019

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2018

Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 20, 2002-2010

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, United States House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, United States House of Representatives

Partner, Speer and Holliday, Limited Liability Partnership, 2005-present

Associate, Speer and Holliday, Limited Liability Partnership, 2003-2005

Special Assistant, Office of Counternarcotics, United States Department of Defense, 2001

Law Clerk, Payne and Jones, 2000-2001

Member, Church of the Resurrection, present

Member, American Council of Young Political Leaders

Member, Board of Trustees, Gallaudet University

Former Member, Honor Code Committee, University of Kansas

Board Member, Johnson County Bar Association

Member, Kansas Bar Association

Member, Kansas Sentencing Commission

Former Board President, Kansas Union Memorial Corporation

Member, Overland Park Rotary Club

Former President, Student Bar Association

Board Member, University of Kansas Alumni Association

Board Member, University of Kansas Athletics Corporation

Awards:

2015, PROMISE Award, National Head Start Association; 2012 Consensus Civility Award, United States House of Representatives; 2012 Head Start Kansas State Children's Champion Award; Guardian of Small Business, National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB); "Spirit of Enterprise" Award, United States Chamber of Commerce; Legislative Excellence Award, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM); Champion of Change Award, National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), Legislator of the Year Award, American Society of Transplantation (AST); Friend of Farm Bureau Award, Kansas Farm Bureau; Congressional Champion of Cancer Award; American Conservative Award, American Conservative Union; Friend of Wheat Award, National Association of Wheat Growers; AbilityOne Award, Cottonwood, Incorporated; Champion of Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare Leadership Council; Champion of the Merit Shop, Association of Builders and Contractors; Thomas Jefferson Award, International Foodservice Distributors Association; Freedom Fighter, Freedomworks

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