Jill S. Docking

Jill Docking received a B.A. in History in 1978 and a Masters in Business in 1984 from the University of Kansas.  Docking is currently the Vice President of Investments at A.G. Edwards and Sons.  In 1993 she became the first woman to receive gubernatorial appointment to Commanding General of the Kansas Calvary.  Docking was appointed in 1995, by Secretary of Defense Perry to the Defense Advisory Council on Women in the Military Services.  In 1995 she founded the Financial Fitness Foundation and serves as President.  She also serves on the Alumni Association Board at KU.  Docking is a member of the Leadership Committee for the Kansas Children’s Campaign and serves on the boards of American Red Cross, Larksfield, The Hall Center for the Humanities, and the Finance Advisory Council of the Sisters of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ.

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