Betty Ann Cottingham

Background

Cottingham, Betty Ann was born on October 27, 1956 in Cold Spring, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Ralph Louis and Marie Henrietta (Scharold) Kroger.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, 1956.

Career

Psychiatric staff nurse, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, 1956-1958; bookkeeper, Cottingham Hardware, Alexandria, Kentucky, 1959-1989; pediatric nurse, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood, Kentucky, 1981-1987; director department human services, Campbell County Fiscal Court, Newport, Kentucky, since 1987. Advisory board Campbell County (Kentucky) Health Board, since 1988. Advisory and policy committees Tri-State White House Conference on Aging, Cincinnati, 1994-1996.

Advisory board Gr. Cincinnati Council Geriatric Care, since 1994. Institutional review board St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 1987-1996.

Achievements

• Betty Ann Cottingham has been listed as a noteworthy Human services administrator, nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair Microbiology and Botany-Magnetic Resonance Tax Committee, Campbell County, 1980-1981. Member board Northern Kentucky Children's Psychological Hospital, Kenton County, 1985-1995. Chair, member board Alexandria (Kentucky) Community Organization, since 1987.

Secretary, vice president 1978-1986. Member Council of Aging (chair 1993-1996), Association for Older Kentuckians (member board, secretary, vice-chair 1994-1996), Northern Kentucky Area Development District (committee chair 1993-1996), Northern Kentucky Regional Human Service Council (member board, planning committee 1995-1996), Family Preservation Commission (member board 1995-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, bridge, gardening, golf, reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Thomas Henry Cottingham, October 27, 1956. Children: Christopher, Laura, Thomas, Michael, Elizabeth, Matthew, Joseph.

Father:

Ralph Louis Kroger

Mother:

Marie Henrietta (Scharold) Kroger

Spouse:

Thomas Henry Cottingham

child:

Christopher Cottingham

child:

Laura Cottingham

child:

Joseph Cottingham

child:

Thomas Cottingham

child:

Elizabeth Cottingham

child:

Michael Cottingham

child:

Matthew Cottingham