Karen Waddell
Karen Waddell is the President/CEO for The Lynn Institutes: the Lynn Institute for Healthcare Research, Inc., and for the Lynn Health Science Institute, Inc. She has more than 30 years of hospital administration and healthcare leadership as well as having served as President/CEO of Eckerd Youth Alternatives, a $ 110 million corporation helping at risk kids.
Waddell is an honored community leader in her home state of Oklahoma. She was appointed in 2013 by Governor Mary Fallin to chair the State Children’s Panel for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and in 2012 as a Commissioner to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Commission; chairs the collaborative she co-founded, “Count Me In 4 Kids”, a clearing house matching needs with providers and donors to help Oklahoma children; and was one of the major catalysts for bringing Safe Families to Oklahoma.
In 2017, she was named The Clapham Award recipient as a result of her tirelessly leveraging her influence and position to serve Oklahoma City through the building of collaborations for the Kingdom and the common good.
Waddell is an honored community leader in her home state of Oklahoma. She was appointed in 2013 by Governor Mary Fallin to chair the State Children’s Panel for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and in 2012 as a Commissioner to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Commission; chairs the collaborative she co-founded, “Count Me In 4 Kids”, a clearing house matching needs with providers and donors to help Oklahoma children; and was one of the major catalysts for bringing Safe Families to Oklahoma.
In 2017, she was named The Clapham Award recipient as a result of her tirelessly leveraging her influence and position to serve Oklahoma City through the building of collaborations for the Kingdom and the common good.