Kari L. French became vice president of administration for Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONEOK, Inc., in 2007. French was director of administrations for Kansas Gas Marketing when ONEOK acquired that operation from Western Resources in 1997. She held various marketing positions in ONEOK Energy Marketing before joining Kansas Gas Service in 2005 as manager, human resources.

French earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from William Jewell College in 2001 and a master of science degree in counseling psychology from Avila University in 2005.