Barb Rankin is an American lawyer and government official serving as the assistant Kansas Insurance Commissioner since 2019.
She was the general counsel for the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) from 2011 to 2019 and served as its acting secretary from December 2011 to April 2012.
[1] Rankin joined Kansas Bankers Association (KBA) as part of the legal department and worked there for approximately two and a half years.
[2] She left in late 2005 or early 2006 to focus on family responsibilities, expressing an interest in returning to part-time work in banking at a later time.
[2] In June 2011, Rankin joined the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and was involved in the rollout of the T-WORKS transportation plan, a re-evaluation of the agency's cable-median barrier policy, and the expansion of its social media presence.