Benilde Hall : About Us : Board & Staff

Executive Director:

Kenneth A. Vick

CRADC, MARS, CPS, TTS
BA in Psychology from Thomas Edison State University.
Certified drug and alcohol counselor and a certified peer specialist.
Board member for the Missouri Credentialing board for the north west region.
Executive committee member for the Kansas City Recovery Coalition.
Smart Recovery facilitator and tobacco treatment specialist.
Teach medication awareness recovery specialist (MARS) classes, Ethics and certified peer specialist (CPS) for the Missouri Credentialing Board.
Previously the Program manager for Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Recovery KC program. Director of Treatment Services with Dismas House of Kansas City.
A person in long term recovery. 19 years in recovery from a 20-year substance use disorder.

Our Staff

•
Erin Lackner - Benilde Hall Clinical Director
• Tonya Gundersen - Director of Operations
• Sylvia Hoover - Office Manager
•Derek Clark - Benilde Services Supervisor
• Danny Hill - Senior Counselor
• Mariah Wright - Counselor
• Larry Elliott - Counselor
• David Harris - Monitor
• Ryan Donovan - Monitor
•Crystal Donovan - Admin Assistant

•
Safe Haven Staff

•
Kulea Evans - Safe Haven Clinical Director
• Kathey Williams Jewell - RN
• Nicole Dykes - Case Manager
• Jacqueline Simpson - Monitor
• Nicole Koch - Monitor
• Megan Kohn - Monitor
• Shawana Knox- Monitor
• Aaron Aranda - Monitor
• Brooke Huff - Monitor
• Chasity Jones - Monitor

Founders:

Dolores E. Kobets 1918-1990
Godfrey S. Kobets 1918-1996

Board of Directors:

Board Chairman

Joan Dickey
Treasurer

Bob Koester
Board Members

Bob Johnson
Gary Bachman
Jeff Zande
Kenneth Pegue
Karl Oakman
Stacey Johnson-Cosby
Recording Secretary

Kenneth Grasing

Advisory Board Members:

Thomas Kobets
Hank Miller
Roger Dusing
Jason Cooley, KCPD
Tobi Michaels
Mark Porter
Brian Morales

In Memory of:

Linus P. Benoit

1944-2006
Sister Mary Frances Kobets

1943-2018

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