Politics & Government

Gov. Nixon Appoints Hazelwood Woman to State Board

Hazelwood resident Kelly Floyd will serve on the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board.

Not everyone can say a state governor appointed them to a board or commission, but Kelly Floyd surely can.

Gov. Jay Nixon announced appointments to eight boards and commissions last week. Floyd was appointed to the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board.

Also appointed to the board are: Dean Aye, Beverly Dawn Caruso, Suzette Forbis, Melinda Nicholson, Eric Pilson, Janet E. Richardson, and Derek E. Williams.

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The board is establishes procedures to review Children’s Division policies. It also provide written opinions and recommendations to change the division; provides draft policy suggestions for improvements in foster care or adoption practices; and provides content for in-service training the Children’s Division provides to foster and adoptive parents.

Floyd became licensed as a foster-care and pre-adoptive home and has fostered seven children, and adopted two foster children. 

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She completed more than 60 hours of continuing education as part of her service as a foster and adoptive parent, and volunteers with the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition and St. Louis Crisis Nursery

She is an instructional designer with Edward Jones. Her term will end May 31, 2014. The baord is supposed to have 14 members, but still have some vacant seats.

Additional board appointees, along with their boards and hometowns, are:

  • Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board: Kerry Messer of Festus
  • Harris-Stowe State University Board of Regents: Reginald D. Dickson of Normandy
  • Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects:
    • Kelley Cramm of Kansas City
    • Melissa Joy Edwards of St. Joseph
  • Missouri Board of Examiners for Hearing Instrument Specialists: Brian D. Vesely of Ozark
  • Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners:
    • Margaret Freihaut of Robertsville
    • Charles Quigless of St. Louis
  • Missouri State Board of Nursing: Kelly J. Scott of Columbia
  • Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board:
    • Dean Aye of Mountain View
    • Beverly Dawn Caruso of Cape Girardeau
    • Kelly L. Floyd of Hazelwood
    • Suzette Forbis of Clark
    • Melinda Nicholson of Nixa
    • Eric Pilson of Blue Eye
    •  Janet E. Richardson of Independence
    • Derek E. Williams of Cameron
  • Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission: Gregory Mills of Kansas City

All appointments are subject to the Missouri Senate's confirmation.


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