Topeka ? Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has named the members of his Kansas leadership team ahead of the state’s upcoming GOP caucuses.

The former U.S. House speaker from Georgia announced Monday that Beverly Gossage and Mike Pirner will head his campaign efforts in Kansas.

Kansas Republicans are holding caucuses on Saturday to determine who wins the state’s delegates to the party’s national convention this summer.

Gossage will serve as statewide chairwoman for Gingrich. She is the owner of HSA Benefits Consulting and serves on the Kansas GOP executive committee.

Gingrich named Pirner as the state director of the campaign, assisted by Travis Couture-Lovelady and Rhandi Pendergrass.

Gingrich also named coordinators in each of the state’s four congressional districts, as well as a 12-member legislative leadership team.