Jill Docking

  • Earned bachelor’s degree in history from KU, 1978, and MBA from KU School of Business, 1983

  • KU School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, 2010

  • KU Alumni Association Fred Ellsworth Medallion recipient, 2016

  • Member of KU Endowment Board of Trustees

  • Former Kansas Board of Regents Chair

Jill Sadowsky Docking has been involved in investment brokerage for more than two decades, and she has used her knowledge to help her community, state and country. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in history from KU in 1978 and her Master of Business Administration from the KU School of Business in 1983.

In 1993, Docking became the first woman to receive gubernatorial appointment to Commanding General of the Kansas Calvary, a position she filled until 1995. From 1994 to 1995, Docking was co-chair of Kansas Inc., a public-private partnership charged with state strategic planning and economic development. In 1995, she was appointed by Secretary of Defense William Perry to the Defense Advisory Council on Women in the Military Services.

Docking was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 1996. In the summer of 1997, she was appointed by Chief Justice Kay McFarland to co-chair the Kansas Justice Commission with Gov. Robert Bennett. Serving with Sen. Dick Bond in 2003 as co-chair of the Kansas Children’s Campaign, she worked with a bipartisan committee to fund preschool education for Kansas children. In 1999, Docking founded the Financial Fitness Foundation and currently serves as the organization’s president. She was a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Kansas in 2014, sharing the ticket with then-state Rep. Paul Davis.

Docking has served as chair on the Kansas Board of Regents and on numerous boards at KU. In 2010, she was recognized with the KU School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award, and in 2016, she was presented with the KU Alumni Association’s Fred Ellsworth Medallion.