Topeka ? A former legislator from Wichita has been named by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as chairwoman of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission.

Sabrina Standifer, an attorney who served in the Kansas House from 1993 to 1997, will replace Dan Sevart, of Wichita, who died Dec. 16 from cancer at age 61.

“Sabrina joins a commission with an important job to do, and I’m confident they’ll continue doing it well,” Sebelius said.

Standifer previously had served on the Ethics Commission from 2000 to last August, but resigned to serve on the Public Employee Relations Board. She now will leave that board and return to the Ethics Commission, which enforces campaign finance and public disclosure laws, and regulates lobbyists.

She is a 1999 graduate of Washburn University law school and received her undergraduate degree from Wichita State University in 1984. She will serve a two-year term.