Speakers

M. Jean Krahn, MG

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M. Jean Krahn, MG, is the Executive Director of the Kansas Guardianship Program (KGP) in Manhattan, Kansas. She has been with the organization since 1984 serving first as Program Director/Recruiter-Facilitator before being named Executive Director in 1995.

Under her direction the program was awarded Kansas Bar Association’s Philip H. Lewis Medal of Distinction.

The KGP on a statewide basis recruits, trains and monitors volunteers who are appointed to serve as guardians and conservators for program eligible adults. This program serves more than 1400 wards or conservatees through the efforts of approximately 830 volunteers.

Prior to joining KGP, Ms. Krahn was Program Coordinator for Kansas Outreach for Community-Based Education, UFM, and spent five years as Personnel Director/Voluntary Service for the General Conference Mennonite Church in Kansas.

Ms. Krahn has been called on to share her expertise in presentations for the International Conference on Guardianship in Bergen, The Netherlands; the National Guardianship Association Annual Conferences in Orlando FL, Tucson AZ, and Colorado Springs, CO; and at state Guardianship Conferences in Wyoming and Louisiana, as well as with the Texas Senate Interim Committee on Health and Human Services; Kansas State University; the National Association of Protection and Advocacy, Washington; the Kansas Conference on Developmental Disabilities; and the Kansas Governor’s Conference on Aging.

She serves on the board of directors for a statewide long-term care citizen advocacy group and the Manhattan Homeless Shelter. She is also a member of the Guardianship and Conservatorship Advisory Committee of the Kansas Judicial Council.

Ms. Krahn attended Kansas State University and is certified as a Master Guardian by the Center for Guardianship Certification.