Faculty Profiles

Kim has modeled contemporary competence in professional practice through her leadership and management in a number of executive leadership positions over her 34 years in the healthcare industry.

Kim has served for 20 years in executive and senior leadership roles:

-From 2003 to 2013, first as President of Mind, Body, Spirit Rehab directing 300 therapists and support staff in 25 sites in Texas (2003-2008) and then as President of the Harden Leadership Institute in a national role (2008-2013), in which she created the Institute and directed leadership and corporate development for 400 leaders in 6 different operating companies in 16 states across the United States.
-From 1994 to 2013 in a number of subsidiaries and on the interprofessional, corporate team of Mariner Healthcare (a national company) in such senior management roles as Texas and then National Director of Clinical Training followed by National Director of Rehabilitation Development, among others.

Known for aligning key business objectives with leadership & business culture development, Kim delivers measurable business results from leadership programs across organizations. She has not just coached but has personally built and retained high performance teams by creating, delivering, and measuring the impact of leadership, management, and cultural training.

Kim founded and led the Leadership Development Institute within Harden Healthcare, serving as President. Kim created a culture of leadership within a family of health care companies and set expectations for over 400 company leaders through evidence-based leadership tools and practices she created. Kim developed systems to permeate the culture with the mission, values, and standards of behavior; developed and measured the direct business impact of leadership training programs, led strategic planning sessions, delivered company-wide online learning systems, and coached various leaders throughout the organization. Most importantly, Kim demonstrated a $5.5 M EBITDAM impact from just one of her leadership development programs using data from a 2-year period study.

As a result of her work and influence at Harden Healthcare, Kim was selected as one of the top 20 finalists for “Profiles of Power:Central Texas Women of Influence” by the Austin Business Journal, August 2013 and featured in “20 Women Who Have Changed the Face of Medicine” in Austin MD Magazine in May 2014.

Prior to her role as President of the Leadership Development Institute, Kim had full P&L responsibility as founder & President of MBS Rehab, offering physical, occupational, and speech-language pathology services in over 25 sites in Texas with responsibility for 300 therapy team members.

Kim has served in various clinical leadership roles since the inception of her career in roles such as National Director of Clinical Training and National Director of Rehabilitation Development for Mariner Healthcare, Corporate Clinical Training Manager with Prism Rehabilitation, and Clinical Services Director for Therapy Management Innovations.

Kim leads the independent leadership development practice, Treeline Leadership, in which she has consulted with and presented to clients across the country, offering to industry her unique metrics-driven approach to:
-Developing positive & cohesive company cultures
-Aligning leadership & cultural goals with business objectives
-Developing and deliver customized, evidence-based leadership programs
-Delivering solid ROI results on your leadership initiatives

Kim has performed quantitative and qualitative research in the area of team leadership and organizational culture using organizational data and metrics. As an operational business leader, Kim uses the results of that research to deliver real results with real value to organizations, leaders, and managers.

Kim has a doctoral degree (PhD) in Organizational Leadership from the University of Incarnate Word, a graduate degree in Healthcare Administration and Allied Health Education (MSHP/MHA) from Texas State University, and bachelor degrees in Physical Therapy (BSPT), and Biology (BA), from Texas State University and Texas Lutheran University, respectively.

Kim also has earned the recognition as Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

Kim holds certifications in the Myers-Briggs and True Colors instruments, Leading with the Speed of Trust through Franklin-Covey, and Change Essentials through Red Tree Leadership.