Chris Kelly: Biography

2000-2006

Associate Court Judge, 13th Judicial District - Boone County

1994-2000

Chairman, Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission

1983-1994

Missouri House of Representatives:

  • Budget Chair, 1991-1994
  • Budget Vice Chair 1985-1991
  • Committee Member: Legislative Research, Budget Control, Revenue and Economics, Elections, Insurance, Joint Committee on Desegregation (Chair), Joint Committee on the 1993 Flood (Chair)

Major Legislative Accomplishments:

  • Led the effort in the Missouri House to establish the Katy Trail
  • Brought MO Employers Mutual Insurance to Columbia
  • Sponsored Federal Reimbursement Allowance Legislation that brought billions of federal healthcare dollars to Missouri
  • Sponsored durable power of attorney for healthcare
  • Championed campaign finance reform

1977-1982

Boone County Clerk

1972-1977

Central Missouri Counties' Human Development Corporation

  • Associate Director (1975-1977)
  • Cole County Director (1972-1975)

Education

  • B.A. Marist College (1968)
  • J.D. University of Missouri (1988)

Personal

  • Married for 36 years, two children, one grandson
  • Member, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

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