By Teresa McComb, Board Chair, LeadingAge Kansas

Greetings LeadingAge Kansas members. I wanted to update you on what is happening with our CEO search. Since Debra’s retirement at the end of the year was announced a month ago, a Search Committee has been appointed to begin the process of finding her successor. The Committee consists of four LeadingAge Kansas Board members and two “at-large” members. They are Teresa McComb, Committee Chair, Karen Sturchio, Cheyenne Strunk, Shawn Sullivan, Bill Taylor, and Kevin Reimer. Nancy Hooks with LeadingAge National is serving as process advisor for the Committee. She has assisted several other LeadingAge State Partners in this manner. The Committee will start meeting soon and they will put together a CEO job description, a job posting, establish selection criteria, and then will begin the interview process. We hope to have a job posting ready to go out in the near future.

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Rachel Monger, JD, LACHA is President/CEO. Rachel joined LeadingAge Kansas in 2011 as the Director of Government Affairs and has been a powerful voice for our membership ever since. Rachel is a Kansas licensed attorney and adult care home administrator. She received her bachelor’s degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law. Over the years, Rachel has served in many volunteer roles in her community and in the state of Kansas to support senior needs, aging services education, and community mental health services. She is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund. As an award-winning trial lawyer, turned award-winning senior care advocate, she has spent nearly two decades passionately supporting quality of care and quality of life for Kansas seniors. When not at work, Rachel loves reading, crafting, volunteering with her church, and spending time with her partner Steven. You can reach Rachel directly at 785.670.8046.