{"id":18589,"date":"2010-01-27T15:03:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T22:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=18589"},"modified":"2014-02-10T13:48:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T20:48:31","slug":"former-house-speaker-appointed-to-board-of-regents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/former-house-speaker-appointed-to-board-of-regents\/","title":{"rendered":"Former House speaker appointed to Board of Regents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mark W. Killian<\/strong>, former speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, has been appointed as the newest member of the Arizona Board of Regents.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jan Brewer announced Killian\u2019s appointment last week during a regents meeting at ASU-West. Pending approval by the Arizona Senate, Killian will replace outgoing member\u00a0<strong>Robert Bulla<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark is a well-known and highly regarded public leader who understands the critical role that education serves in my priorities of job growth and business recruitment,\u201d Brewer said in her announcement. \u201cMark brings to the board years of leadership experience in both the private and public sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Killian is a long-time Mesa resident who works in a family-owned real estate development and management business and is managing partner in family ranching and farming operations in Arizona and New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>He is former director of the Arizona Department of Revenue and served in the Arizona House of Representatives for 14 years. His leadership positions in the House included majority leader, speaker of the House and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and Public Institutions Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m flattered and humbled by this appointment,\u201d Killian said. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought highly of the people who served on the board, and I am grateful to the governor for showing confidence in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the difficult economic climate means the board must rely on the universities\u2019 brain power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen tough times before, and I\u2019m no stranger to making tough decisions,\u201d Killian said. \u201cI don\u2019t see this as a challenge so much as an opportunity to use the collective wisdom of the universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABOR President\u00a0<strong>Ernest Calder\u00f3n<\/strong>\u00a0praised the governor\u2019s appointee. \u201cGovernor Brewer has made another excellent appointment to the board,\u201d he said. \u201cMark is an astute businessman and knows the ins and outs of the legislative process. His combined private and public sector experience will be a great value to the board and the citizens of Arizona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=18440&amp;preview=true&amp;preview_id=18440&amp;preview_nonce=46db05e6e8\">Brewer appointed\u00a0<strong>R<strong>ick Myers<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><strong><strong><\/strong><\/strong>, a Tucson businessman, to the board to will replace\u00a0<strong>Fred Boice<\/strong>. Both Myers and Killian were appointed to serve eight-year terms.<\/p>\n<p>Boice and Bulla were honored for their service at a luncheon Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/former-house-speaker-appointed-to-board-of-regents\/\">Mark W. Killian, former speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, has been appointed as the newest member of the Arizona Board of Regents. Gov. Jan Brewer announced Killian\u2019s appointment last week during a regents meeting at ASU-West. Pending approval by the Arizona Senate, Killian will replace outgoing member\u00a0Robert Bulla. \u201cMark is a well-known and&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}