Mark Treaster | |
State House: | Kansas |
District: | 101st |
Term Start: | January 10, 2005 |
Term End: | January 12, 2009 |
Preceded: | Mary Kauffman |
Succeeded: | Joe Seiwert |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1954 |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | Emporia State University |
Spouse: | Mary |
Children: | 2 |
Mark R. Treaster (May 17, 1954) is a Democratic Party former member of the Kansas House of Representatives and businessman. He served the Kansas 101st district from 2005-2009.[1] In 2012, he ran for the 34th district of the Kansas Senate, but lost in the general election to incumbent Terry Bruce.[2] While in the state house, he served on the House Transportation Committee.[3]
Before entering politics and business, Treaster was an educator in Pretty Prairie, Kansas and Concordia, Kansas. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in 1977 and a Master of Science in Learning Disabilities in 1991, both from Emporia State University.[4]
In 2010, he was named to the USDA Farm Service Agency state committee in Kansas[5] and still holds the position as of January 2016.[6]