Advisory Committee
Kansas 4M Advisory Committee members provide strategic guidance, share expertise, and foster partnerships to advance the goals of the Kansas 4M Geriatrics Workforce Education Program. They contribute to program development, evaluation, improvement, coordination, collaboration, and implementation, ensuring efforts are aligned with the 4Ms framework-What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility-and are responsive to the needs of older adults and their care partners across Kansas.
Name |
Agency |
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Mary Beth Warren (Chair) |
Retired (former Executive Director of KU Medical Center Area Health Education Center and Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development) |
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Alice Weingartner, Chief Strategy Officer |
Community Care Network of Kansas |
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Leslie A. Anderson, Executive Director |
Kansas Association of Area Agencies on Aging & Disabilities |
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Polly Berkley, Vice President of Operations and Education |
Kansas Health Care Association/Kansas Center for Assisted Living |
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Karen Braman, Senior Vice President, Clinical and Strategic Initiatives |
Kansas Hospital Association |
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Rachel Monger, President, Chief Executive Officer |
LeadingAge Kansas |
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Jodi Schmidt, Executive Director, Care Collaborative |
Community Care Network of Kansas |
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Bruce Troen, Director |
Landon Center on Aging |
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Kristi Williams, E. Jean Hill Professorship |
KU School of Nursing |
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Linda Redford |
Retired (formerly Director, Central Plains Geriatric Education Center, KU Medical Center) |
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Emma Uridge, Analyst, Facilitator, Age-Friendly Public Health Systems |
Kansas Health Institute |
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Joyce Grayson, Director |
KU Medical Center Rural Health Education and Services |
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Kimberly Reynolds, Commissioner of Aging Services |
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services |
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Glenda DuBoise, State Director |
AARP Kansas |
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Lainey Faulkner, Director, Bureau of Health Promotion, Public Health Medicaid Liaison |
Kansas Department of Health and Environment |