Background
Mosier, Susan was born on July 10, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Jacob Eugene and Betty Jean (Willey) Mosier.
Mosier, Susan was born on July 10, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Jacob Eugene and Betty Jean (Willey) Mosier.
Bachelor, Kansas State University, 1980. Master of Business Administration, University Texas, Austin, 1983.
Born July 10, 1959) is the current Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, since December 2014. On November 13, 2014, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback named Doctor Mosier as the Interim Secretary, replacing Doctor Robert Moser, who stepped down at the end of November. Her term began in 2011 and she resigned her seat, effective February 1, 2012, to accept the position director of Medicaid in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Mosier is an ophthalmologist and former owner of Mosier Eye Care in Manhattan, Kansas.
She closed her practice when appointed Medicaid director for Kansas. She is board certified and has specialties in two areas: eye surgery and refractive surgical procedures.
Mosier sponsored four bills and eleven resolutions in the 2011 session. She sponsored two resolutions in the 2012 session before resigning.
Once Mosier assumed the office of Secretary of KDHE, her name was substituted for Doctor Moser"s in the Marie v.
Moser case. Mosier served on four legislative committees in 2011:
Insurance
Joint Committee on Heath Policy Oversight
Health and Human Services
Financial Institutions
In 2011, she was assigned to the Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance. Mosier"s 2010 campaign was 73% donor-funded and 27% self-funded.
Member of National Association of Female Executives, Philanthropic and Educational Organization, Graduate Business Women's Network (treasurer 1982-1983), Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.