Kelly Kultala has been named the Kansas Department of Transportation’s public affairs manager for the Kansas City metro area, in addition to her role as public affairs manager for District 1, by Kansas Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz.
Kultala joined KDOT in August 2019 is a licensed Realtor and owned her own public affairs business. Previously she was the first woman elected to the Kansas State Senate from Wyandotte County and was the ranking minority member of the Senate Transportation Committee where she was part of the leadership team that crafted the T-Works Transportation Plan. She served the 5th District.
“I have a lot of respect for the work that KDOT does and I have been extremely impressed with Secretary Lorenz and the leadership team,” Kultala said in a news release. “I’m very excited to be a part of such a great organization.”
Kultala has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Kansas.