SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. – The Women’s Foundation today applauded the Sedgwick County Commission for adopting a new process for at-large board appointments to encourage diversity, ensure transparency for the appointment process, and raise community awareness. The new policy advances the goals of the Appointments Project®, created by the Women’s Foundation to increase the gender diversity of civic boards and commissions.

Women interested in serving on a board or commission in Sedgwick County can apply at: https://www.appointmentsproject.org/kansas/

KANSAS CITY -- The Women's Foundation today praised Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s appointment of Sherri Wattenbarger to the Kansas Board of Healing Arts through the Appointments Project®. 

The Kansas Board of Healing Arts regulates 16 different healthcare professions in the state and ensures that healthcare professionals meet and maintain certain qualifications in order to protect the public from incompetent practice, unprofessional conduct and other prescribed behavior by individuals who have been credentialed to practice in Kansas.

In 2018, the Women’s Foundation worked with AAUW to bring their Work Smart salary negotiation program to the heartland for the very first time. Von Dodderidge of Raymore, MO took the training and became a facilitator herself — and is sharing her expanded expertise with us!  

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Women’s Foundation today commended Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration and Acting Corrections Secretary Jeff Zmuda for their commitment to increasing gender diversity in leadership. With Secretary Zmuda’s recent appointment of two women to lead the Norton and Topeka corrections facilities, leadership at three of the state’s eight adult prisons will be held by women, the most in Kansas’ history.

We were so honored by the amazing turnout at this year’s 2019 We Work For Change Annual Event. This event was a call to action, and a reminder to us all that progress is possible when we support one another and work together.

Carol Comer is currently serving as the Director of Missouri Department of Natural Resources. She talked to us about her inspiring personal story and what she enjoys most about serving the public.

On this episode, Andrea Hendricks, Cerner’s global leader for diversity and inclusion strategy, talks to Wendy Doyle, president and CEO of the Women’s Foundation, an organization that promotes equity and opportunities for women of all ages.