Mark Schreiber is an American politician serving as a 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 ...

from the 60th district. Elected in November 2016, he assumed office on January 9, 2017.

Education

Schreiber earned a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in biology from

Emporia State University Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Em ...

Career

As a graduate student, Schreiber worked as a biologist at the

Wolf Creek Generating Station Wolf Creek Generating Station, a nuclear power plant located near Burlington, Kansas, occupies 9,818 acres (40 km²) of the total controlled by the owner. Wolf Creek, dammed to create Coffey County Lake (formerly Wolf Creek Lake), p ...

. From 1979 to 2017, Schreiber worked for

Westar Energy Evergy, Inc. is an American investor-owned utility (IOU) with publicly traded stock that has its headquarters in Topeka, Kansas, and in Kansas City, Missouri. The company was formed from a merger of Westar Energy of Topeka and Great Plains En ...

, retiring as the company's vice president for government affairs. In his role, Schreiber was tasked with lobbying members of the

Kansas Legislature The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, with 125 state representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 state senators. ...

. Schreiber was elected to the

in November 2016 and assumed office on January 9, 2017. Since 2019, he has also served as vice chair of the House Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee.

References

Living people Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Emporia State University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Kansas-politician-stub