A Resolution congratulating and commending Sally Thompson.
WHEREAS, Sally Thompson, Treasurer of the State of Kansas, is resigning to accept
the position of Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She is
scheduled to be sworn into her new position in a ceremony on Monday, March 2, 1998, at
the Washington office of the Department of Agriculture; and
WHEREAS, Sally Thompson was elected to her present position in 1990 and was re-
elected in 1994. She supervises a staff of 48 employees and an annual budget of more than
$90 million. Her office oversees a $5 billion municipal bond portfolio and cash management
service of $11 billion annually; and
WHEREAS, As treasurer, Sally Thompson serves on the Pooled Money Investment
Board, the entity that directs the state's investment policies. She serves as a trustee on the
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Board and is a member of the Surety Bonds
and Insurance Committee. She developed the Municipal Investment Pool, an investment
alternative for local governmental entities that has earned participants more than $150
million combined in interest income since 1993. By updating the state's unclaimed property
laws she returned $13 million in unclaimed property to the rightful owners. She has served
as Secretary/Treasurer of the National Association of State Treasurers, past chair of the
National State Debt Management Network, Treasurer of the Midwest Association of State
Treasurers and member of the Executive Committee for the Council of State Governments;
and
WHEREAS, At age 35 she was graduated magna cum laude from the University of
Colorado with a bachelor's degree in business, accounting and finance. A certified public
accountant, she earlier served as Vice President of Business Planning and Development
for the United Banks of Denver and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of
Shawnee Federal Savings in Topeka. Her community service in Topeka includes service
with the Topeka YWCA, Everywoman's Resource Center, Downtown Topeka and the
Topeka Chamber of Commerce; and
WHEREAS, Sally Thompson has three children and three grandchildren and currently
resides in Lawrence: Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we congratulate and commend
her for her service to the state of Kansas and wish her well in her new position; and
Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to provide an
enrolled copy of this resolution to Sally Thompson, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, James L. Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20250.