Meet the Governmental Relations Staff
Dr. Sue Peterson
Director of Governmental Relations
Office of the President/Governmental Relations
110 Anderson Hall
785-532-6227
skp@k-state.edu
Sue serves as Director of Governmental Relations, Assistant to the President of Kansas State University. She has served in this capacity since 1989 moving to her alma mater from the Office of Kansas Governor Mike Hayden. In her role at K-State, Sue has direct responsibility for all Kansas State University liaison activities with the Kansas Legislature, Kansas executive branch agencies and the Kansas Congressional delegation. Sue serves as the Chair of the University State Relations Committee and the University Federal Relations Committee. As K-State’s Director of Governmental Relations Sue works with the campus to establish K-State’s state and federal legislative requests and priorities in consultation with the President.
Sue is a founding member of the Kansas Board of Regents Council on Governmental Relations. She also helped found the Big XII Council of Governmental Relations Officers and hosted the first ever Big XII governmental relations retreat on the K-State campus in the fall of 2006. Sue serves as a member of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities Council on Governmental Affairs (CGA) and is serving her second term on the CGA Executive Committee.
Sue earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University, a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Kansas, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Kansas State University.
Sue is married to Charlie, Senior Associate Athletic Director for K-State. They reside in Manhattan.
Reagan Kays
Legislative Assistant
Office of the President/Governmental Relations
6 Anderson Hall
785-532-6227
rkays@ksu.edu
Reagan Kays serves as a Governmental Relations intern to Dr. Peterson in the Office of the President. Reagan is originally from Pittsburg, Kansas and attended St. Mary’s Colgan High School. He is sophomore at K-State studying Agribusiness with minors in Leadership Studies and Animal Sciences and Industry. Reagan’s involvement at K-State includes College of Agriculture Ambassadors, Quest Freshmen Honorary, Collegiate Farm Bureau, and Agriculture Economics/Agribusiness Club. Some of his leadership roles consist of Student Governing Association Senator, Student Foundation Board member, College of Agriculture Training Program Co-Coordinator, and New Class President for the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity.
Sarah Works
Legislative Graduate Assistant
Office of the President/Governmental Relations
6 Anderson Hall
785-532-6227
sworks@ksu.edu
Sarah Works is serving as a Legislative Graduate Assistant in the Office of Governmental Relations. Sarah graduated with a degree in General Human Ecology with a minor in Political Science in May 2012. She is currently working towards a Master's in Public Administration, with aspirations to work for a not-for-profit agency after graduation. Throughout her undergraduate years, she held leadership roles in Student Governing Association, Union Governing Board, and Chi Omega sorority. Sarah was born and raised in Humboldt, Kansas.