1993 PSC Annual Report - Missouri Public Service Commission

Commission Resources
Patricia Perkins, Commissioner
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Patricia Perkins
Commissioner
Attorney Patricia Perkins was appointed to
the Missouri Public Service Commission by
Governor John Ashcroft on March 19, 1991,
to fill an unexpired term.
Prior to her appointment to the Commission,
Ms. Perkins worked in the legal
department of the Missouri State Auditor's
Office and as an Assistant Attorney General
for the State of Missouri. Commissioner
Perkins was Assistant Legal Counsel for the
Missouri State Auditor from 1979 until 1981.
From 1981 until her appointment to the
Missouri Public Service Commission, Ms.
Perkins was an Assistant Attorney General
and represented various state agencies
during that period of time, including the
Missouri State Employees' Retirement
System, the State Medical Care Plan, the
Public School Retirement System, the
Missouri Division of Finance, which
regulates state banks. the Missouri Division
of Savings and Loan Supervision, the
Division ofEconomic Development within
the Department of Consumer Affairs,
Regulation and Licensing, and the State
Board of Accountancy. She also represented
the Missouri Department of Corrections,
defending the department against
inmate civil rights lawsuits.
Most recently she represented the Missouri
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education in all legal matters
other than the desegregation lawsuits.
Commissioner Perkins earned a Bachelor
of Music degree from Oklahoma Baptist
University. She also holds a Masters in
Education and JD degree from the University
of Missouri-Columbia.
While working on the Masters degree, she
was a graduate teaching assistant, and then
taught public school in Dallas, Texas, for
lWO years prior to attending law school.
Commissioner Perkins was appointed in
October 1991, to the Gas Committee of the
National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (NARUC).
Ms. Perkins has two daughters.
Commissioner Perkins' tenn expires on
April 15, 1995.