Term 2018 - Present. Elected to position in 2005.
Mike Kane is the 5th District Commissioner of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.
Personal
- DOB: March 16th, 1957
- Marital Status: Married (Diane (Billaci) Kane)
- Children: Michael T. Kane, II; & Meghan Kane
Education
Bishop Ward High School (1975)
Employment
- Public Affairs Construction and General Laborers Local Union 1290 AFL-CIO.
- Retired from the UAW/GM after thirty-five years of service.
- Fairfax Assembly, Kansas City, KS.
- Initiated General Motors, Fairfax Assembly Ergonomics Program – November 1992.
- Former member of the Fairfax Assembly Plant Safety Review Board.
Civic Activities
- Piper High School, Head Coach Junior Varsity Soccer (1992–1996)
- Youth softball and soccer coach (1982–1992)
Union Membership
- United Autoworkers, Local 31
- Elected Alternate District Committeeperson (1984–1985)
- Elected District Committeeperson (1985–1992)
- Internationally Appointed Alternate Health & Safety Representative (1994)
- Internationally Appointed Health & Safety Representative (1996)
- Internationally Appointed Ergonomics Representative (1997)
- Designated as United Auto Workers lead on Design-In Safety on New Tools & Technology: (2000–present)
Awards & Recognitions
- Appointed to the Kansas Human Rights Commission by Governor Sam Brownback (2013).
- Re-Elected to the UG Board of Commissioners, District 5 (2009).
- Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force.
- Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to Education in Kansas (2013).
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