Meet Our Team

About Amanda: Amanda joined the King's Daughters Human Resources team in 2008 and has served in various roles throughout her tenure. She is currently the primary technical and clerical support for the recruiting team and directs newly hired team members through pre-employment and orientation.

About Lauren: Lauren brings over 8 years of experience within recruitment, sales, and hospital administration to the King’s Daughters Recruitment team. Her background includes recruiting for hourly to executive positions in all industries and she shares a passion in strategic recruiting and guiding applicants in achieving successful career opportunities. She uses this extensive knowledge to contribute to the success and growth here at King’s Daughters.

About Rebecca: Rebecca brings over 22 years of experience in recruiting and benefits across many industries to the King's Daughters recruiting team. With this experience she is able to consider skills that cross over to the healthcare industry and find the right candidates for the many opportunities King's Daughters has to offer.

About Sidney: With more than four years of Human Resources experience in the electrical sales industry, Sidney uses her talents to seek out skilled team members for King's Daughters. Her natural curiosity and listening skills allow her to develop a rapport with applicants, helping steer them to the right position within the organization and achieve career success.

About Lisa: Lisa has been with King's Daughters for more than 6 years and brings over 20 years of Human Resources experience from various industries. She recruits for multiple professional positions throughout the organization and exhibits a great deal of knowledge with her interactions.

About Amanda: Amanda brings over 10 years of professional experience to the UK King’s Daughters Talent Acquisition Team. Her background in higher education includes both recruitment and advising. She uses this experience to not only recruit new talent to the UK King’s Daughters team, but to also provide guidance for nurses as they navigate their future career paths.

About Twyla: Twyla brings over 13 years of Human Resources experience to the King's Daughters recruiting team, including familiarity with long term care. This experience contributes to her high-volume recruiting strategies for positions such as patient care tech, professional trades, housekeeping and food service.

About Zach: Zach's experience as a manager in the home health sector, as well as medical insurance sales, provides him a great deal of knowledge and has made him a valuable member of the King's Daughters recruiting team since 2021. He serves as a resource for office professional and support service roles in the organization.

About Carolynn: Carolynn began her career as a Nurse Extern with King's Daughters over 20 years ago and continued to further her career in Emergency Care and then nursing leadership. She uses this extensive knowledge and experience to help new nurse graduates choose the career path that’s right for them.

About Kelly: Kelly graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Park and Leisure Services. She has been in the healthcare field for 26 years helping others improve their social, physical and emotional health as a Recreation Therapist. Kelly is joining the recruiting team with her many years of experience to support the Medical Practice Management outreach offices and team members.

About Sydney: Sydney Strait joined the King’s Daughters team in 2021 as a PFC Support Associate with Patient Services. Sydney earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Management from Marshall University. With her education and knowledge of the inner workings of the Medical Center under her belt, she moved to the HR Business Partner role in Spring 2023. Sydney enjoys helping our team members and leaders with any HR related questions.

About Becca: Before joining the Business Partner team, Becca studied at Marshall University where she received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Business Administration. She worked as a Regional Director in Workforce Solutions and Management prior to coming to King’s Daughters in 2023. She uses this expertise to successfully navigate the questions and needs of team members and leaders.

About Stephan: Stephan has nearly 20 years of experience in management, sales and marketing. He uses this expertise to make connections and build relationships with local high schools, universities/colleges, and community leaders to bring the best talent to King's Daughters.

About Tyler: With 5 years of experience as a Director and Manager in Human Resources, in both long-term care and home health industries, Tyler joined the King's Daughters Benefits Team in 2021. He brought with him the resources and expertise that allow him to successfully navigate the benefits process for team members.

About Alice: Prior to coming to work at King's Daughters, Alice studied at Morehead State University where she received her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. She began working at King's Daughters in 2020 in the nursing office and later transferred into the Benefits Representative role in HR. Alice's responsibilities include assisting team members with the all aspects of Kings Daughters benefits.

About Sarah: Sarah began her career with King's Daughters shortly after completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration with an emphasis in management from Marshall University. Sarah's previous experience in customer service, in combination with her education, lends to her ability to work closely with team members to clarify benefits, assist with leave of absence and workers compensation, and benefit enrollment.

About Patty: Patty came to King's Daughters in 1998, starting as a File Clerk in the HR dept. and working in several HR positions throughout the years. However, having worked for Anthem Bluecross Blueshield for 5 years, her experience in benefits lended best to her current role as a Beneftis Representative. Now Patty assists team members with all facets of benefits from enrollment, claim and coverage issues, to processing pension retirement plans. Patty acts as a liaison between King's Daughters medical carriers, team members and dept. managers to get the answers or resolutions our team needs.

About Debbie: Debbie worked for Ashland Oil Inc. for 30 years before venturing into healthcare at King's Daughters in 2007. She started as a clerk in HR later becoming a recruiting tech. After several years in this role, she became a benefits tech in 2010 and switched her focus to supporting the benefits team. Today, as a benefits representative, Debbie is responsible for facilitating team members with retirement questions and enrollment, directly assisting the benefits manager and serving team members and visitors who visit the department.

About Julie: Julie joined the King's Daughters Human Resources team in 2021 and brings with her over 8 years of human resource experience. She currently coordinates new team member data, entering all required information into the Human Resource Information System, collecting and verifying new hire licensure and certification, and ensuring compliance for all team member processing needs.

About Lisa: Before joining King's Daughters, Lisa worked in various roles, including director for a pregnancy care and mobile center, a peer counselor and payroll and benefits coordinator for a distribution center. All the while, Lisa remained active in her community and her church. However, this is not Lisa's first experience in healthcare. As a Certified Nursing Assistant and Medical office Assistant for 12 years, she uses her knowledge from these positions to bolster her current role as Clerk III in assisting our team members who visit and contact the HR Dept. every day.

About Bonnie: Bonnie began her career in Human Resources in 2004 as a clerk performing various duties and throughout the years has grown her experience through supporting the benefits team and the recruiting team in countless ways. Besides this work, Bonnie takes on the monumental responsibility of tracking and organizing the innumerable changes for team members such as position updates, transfers, pay changes, and any and all modifications in the HR information system.

About Britt: Britt joined KDMC in the fall of 2023 as KDMC’s Compensation Analyst. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Health Care Administration in 2016 at Shawnee State University. Although Britt comes from a vast range of industries, carrying more than 15 years’ experience in multiple administrative roles, her heart always finds its way back to the health care industry. Prior to joining the UKKD team she served more than 4 years in HR in the automotive industry, entering in at the ground level and constructing the compliance model of the dealership’s culture, while humbly serving her coworkers and community. Her eagerness to learn, adaptability to change and tenacity all pair together to foster a genuinely eager team member who is excited to help build and strengthen the structure of the Human Resource Team.

About Dorey: Dorey has been a part of the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) team since 2016. Prior to King's Daughters, she worked in customer service and management in the retail industry for more than 10 years. Dorey's expertise in compiling, analyzing and auditing data, as well as managing large volume compliance, makes her an invaluable member of the Human Resources team.

About Megan: Megan is a resource to our leaders for all things related to team member relations. She has a Master's Degree in Human Resource Management with an emphasis in team relations. She recruits for various positions in the organization, including King's Daughters Transport.

About Earnie: Earnie started as a security officer with King's Daughters over 10 years ago and has worked in various positions throughout the organization. Beginning his Human Resources career at King's Daughters Ohio, his current role is dedicated to supporting HR functions with King's Daughters Integrated Practices. Earnie most recently became a SHRM Certified Professional.

About Jennifer: Jennifer began her career with Kingsbrook Lifecare Center over 20 years ago. Her education in Business Management and experience in human resources facilitate her responsibilities of recruiting for various career opportunities at Kingsbrook and allows her to build trusted relationships with team members as she leads newly hired team members through their pre-employment process and beyond.

About Adam: While finishing his bachelor’s degree in computer systems and math, Adam worked in the retail industry for 10 years, managing remodel projects and leading operations at area Walmart stores. He joined King's Daughters Benefits Team in 2012. In the summer of 2015, Adam moved to the payroll department as manager and a year later took on oversight of the benefits system. He currently serves as director of payroll operations.

About Maggie: Maggie’s career in Human Resources started at Corbin Ltd., a factory specializing in men’s garments, where she spent 8 years as Assistant to the Vice President which included managing benefits for two of the manufacturing plant locations, as well as, an office in New York. She moved to a new career with King's Daughters in December 1995 as the Assistant to the Vice President of HR. Later, using her lengthy expertise in benefits, she became a Benefits Coordinator in 1998. Maggie worked in this role until Oct 2013 when she promoted to the Benefits Manager position, most recently taking the role of Director of Total Rewards.

About Amy: Amy started her career at King's Daughters as a nurse extern more than 25 years ago. She has worked in various positions throughout the organization, including direct nursing care, nurse manager, Care Management director, and Human Resources since 2010. She uses her vast experience to recruit nurses for positions throughout King's Daughters with hopes they will have the same great opportunities she’s had during her tenure.

About Mandy: Mandy Medinger joined the leadership team in May 2023. Prior to coming to work at King's Daughters, Mandy served as the HR leader for Community Hospice in Ashland for over 19 years. She is a graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications. With her vast knowledge and experience in HR and recruiting, she and her team will continue to identify top talent for King's Daughters.

About Larry: Larry began his career with King's Daughters in 2003 as a college intern while attending Ohio University earning a Bachelor degree in Healthcare Administration. He joined the Benefits team shortly after and managed practice acquisitions before moving to the HR Information Services (HRIS) dept. Larry earned his Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration in 2008 and teaches classes in this field at local colleges. He holds certifications as a Senior Certified Professional with SHRM (SHRM-SCP), Senior Professional in HR with HRCI (SPHR) and is Lean Practitioner certified as well. Larry’s extensive knowledge of information systems and human resources practices and policies is used every day to serve the dept. in his current role as Director of HRIS.

About Tammy: With 30 years of service, Tammy has dedicated her career to King's Daughters. She began her career as a registered nurse before moving into various Human Resources roles. Her wealth of knowledge about the organization and the healthcare industry in general make her an invaluable part of the King's Daughters family.

About Jamie: Jamie Parsons joined the senior leadership team in December 2022 and has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare human resources. Parsons earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a master of science in management, both with a specialization in healthcare, from Marshall University. He’s a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), and certified in Healthcare Human Resources (CHHR) by the American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration. He’s also a Senior Certified Professional in the Society for Human Resources Management.