Kelly Meigs is an educator, wife, mother, and concerned citizen. A life-long resident of the Lenexa/Shawnee area, Kelly was born in 1964 to William and Ruth Leaton and attended Shawnee Mission Schools, graduating from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in 1983. She graduated from Evangel University in Springfield, MO in 1987 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Elementary Education.

Kelly spent her first year of teaching along our country’s southern border in Brownsville, TX where she taught 6th grade. She then returned to the area and taught in the urban schools of Kansas City, Kansas until the birth of her first child. Kelly spent the next several years at home raising her children. More recently she has been working for school districts here in the Johnson County area and is currently employed by Blue Valley School District.

Kelly has been involved in both the Boys and Girls Scout programs with her children. She has served as treasurer of her home owner’s association and currently serves on two booster club boards at Northwest High School. Kelly is a member of Lenexa Baptist Church where she has been involved in various ministries including Vacation Bible School, Upward Basketball/Cheerleading and teaching Sunday School.

Kelly has been actively involved the past couple of years at the grassroots level attending various trainings, town halls as well as volunteering at the Kansas City Tax Day Tea Party.