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Trisha se incorpor\u00f3 a Commerce en 2021 como Directora de la Oficina de Prosperidad Rural. Anteriormente, Trisha desempe\u00f1\u00f3 funciones de liderazgo en el desarrollo econ\u00f3mico rural, tanto a nivel de ciudad como de condado, durante m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cada.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

Es licenciada en Bienestar Social, con especializaci\u00f3n en pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas, por la Universidad de Kansas (KU). Tambi\u00e9n obtuvo un m\u00e1ster en Administraci\u00f3n P\u00fablica por la KU, centr\u00e1ndose en la gesti\u00f3n de la administraci\u00f3n local como parte del programa de la Kansas University City Managers and Trainees Alumni Organization. Nacida en Kansas, creci\u00f3 en la peque\u00f1a ciudad de Kiowa.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":66768,"menu_order":2,"template":"","staff_category":[979,801,377],"class_list":["post-31615","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","staff_category-featured-category","staff_category-office-of-rural-prosperity","staff_category-leadership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrisha Purdon - Kansas Department of Commerce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascommerce.gov\/es\/staff\/trisha-purdon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trisha Purdon - Kansas Department of Commerce\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trisha joined Commerce in 2021 as the Director of the Office of Rural Prosperity. 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