Gail Finney (August 16, 1959 – August 20, 2022) was an American businesswoman and politician who was a
Democratic member of the
Kansas House of Representatives
The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...
, who represented the 84th house district from 2009 until her death in 2022.
Background
Finney was born in
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397, ...
. She was a graduate of
Southeast High School, had a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from
Wichita State University
Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...
and an MBA from
Friends University
Friends University is a Private university, private Nondenominational Christianity, nondenominational Christian university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was founded in 1898. The main building was originally built in 1886 for Garfield Uni ...
.
[ Retrieved June 29, 2009.] She was a business owner.
Political career
Finney served on the Wichita Chamber of Commerce's Visioneering Racial, Diversity, Opportunities, and Harmony Board; the District 1 Advisory Board, Precinct Committee Woman, and the
Governor's Kansas African American Advisory Commission.
Death
After a series of health problems, Finney died on August 20, 2022, aged 63. She had undergone a kidney transplant earlier in the year.
[ She was posthumously given the key to the city of Wichita.]
References
External links
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Kansas Legislature – Gail Finney
Project Vote Smart profile
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1959 births
2022 deaths
20th-century American businesswomen
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century African-American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
African-American women in business
African-American state legislators in Kansas
21st-century African-American women politicians
Businesspeople from Kansas
Friends University alumni
Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Place of death missing
Politicians from Wichita, Kansas
Wichita Southeast High School alumni
Wichita State University alumni
Women state legislators in Kansas
21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature