Jim Willard Kreider

Background

Kreider, Jim Willard was born on December 15, 1949 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Gerald Richard and Elinor Mary (Krehbiel) Kreider.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1972; Master of Social Work, Kansas U., 1983.

Career

Psychosocial rehabilitation director, Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Elkhart, Indiana, 1973-1979; vocational counselor, Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Elkhart, Indiana, 1974-1979; behavioral medicine technical, Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Elkhart, Indiana, 1975-1979; Extensible Authentication Protocol coordinator/therapist, Family Learning Center, South Bend, Indiana, 1979-1980; instructor, Indiana U., South Bend, 1980; family therapist, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Lawrence, Kansas, since 1982; consultant, trainer, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Lawrence, Kansas, since 1987; instructor, Kansas U., Lawrence, since 1991. Owner Kreider Cons., Kansas City, since 1986.

Achievements

• Jim Willard Kreider has been listed as a noteworthy Clinical social worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Lawrence Mennonite fellowship, since 1983. Member National Association of Social Workers, Kansas Association of Social Workers, Society of Neurolinguistic Programming, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Kansas U. Alumni Association.

Interests

• Avocations: back packing, travel, auto restoration, gardening, woodworking.

Connections

Married Michelle V. Hostetler, May 28, 1978 (divorced January 1988). 1 child, Kelsey.

Father:

Gerald Richard Kreider

Mother:

Elinor Mary (Krehbiel) Kreider

Spouse:

Michelle V. Hostetler

child:

Kelsey Kreider