Background
Woods, Karen Marguerite was born on September 17, 1945 in Columbus, Georgia, United States. Daughter of O. Norman and Nan Catherine (Land) Shands.
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Karen Marguerite Woods
Edit ProfileInstitute executive psychologist
Education
Student, Mercer U., 1963; Bachelor, William Jewell College, 1975; Master of Arts, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1976.
Career
Counselor, juvenile officer, Platte County Juvenile Court, Platte City, Missoury, 1976-1978;
school psychologist, North Kansas City School District, Missouri, 1978-1980;
counselor, Platte Medical Clinic, Platte City, 1981-1984;
co-founder/director north office, Counseling Center for Human Development, Kansas City, 1984-1987;
founder, president, Institute for Human Development, Kansas City, since 1987. Member committee of psychologists State of Missouri, since 1990. Consultant State Committee of Psychologists, 1990-1995, Platte Valley Special Education Cooperative, Smithville, Missouri, 1984-1988.
Speaker to area schools and business, since 1976, Northland Child AbuseSpkrs. Bureau, 1976-1978; director, founder Northland Women's Resource Center, Kansas City, since 1989, Northland Women's Resource Center, 1989-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member of advisory board Missouri Division Family Services, 1981-1983. Member Northland ChildAbuse Task Force, Gladstone, Missouri, 1981-1983. Member NAFE, American Psychological Association, Missouri Psychological Association, Kansas City MentalHealth Association, Zeta Tau Alpha.
Interests
Connections
Married Carl Allen Oberkrom, September 3, 1966 (divorced August 1974). Children: Kristi Lynn, Jeffrey Michael. Married James Wallace Woods II, August 19, 1978 (divorced February 1986).
1 child, Jamie Elizabeth.
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Nationality
American