Kathy LeAnn Meiers

Background

Meiers, Kathy LeAnn was born on April 5, 1951 in Flandreau, South Dakot. Daughter of Harvey LeMar and Delores Mae (Carlson) Grafing.

Education

Diploma, Sioux Valley Hospital, 1972; Bachelor of Science, U. St. Francis, 1999.

Career

Staff/charge nurse, Mayo/St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, 1972-1974; occupational health nurse, Caterpillar, Inc., Davenport, Iowa., 1974-1985; nursing supervisor, Express Care North, Davenport, 1986-1990; assistant DON, staff development coordinator, Manor Care Nursing and Rehabilitation, Davenport, 1990-1992; lead nurse, safety training coordinator, John Deere Family Health Plan, Moline, Illinois, 1992-1996; lead nurse, John Deere Family Health Plan, Bettendorf, Iowa., 1995-1996; quality improvement administrator, John Deere Health Care, Moline, 1996-1999; supervisor quality improvement, John Deere Health Care, Bettendorf, Iowa., since 1999.

Achievements

• Kathy LaFollette Meiers has been listed as a noteworthy Health facility administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member community advisory board Trinity College Nursing, Moline, since 1995. Volunteer American Red Cross, Rock Island, Illinois, since 1980. Member American Association Office Nurses, American Association Managed Care Nurses, Association Physicians' Nurses.

Interests

• Avocations: volleyball, reading, piano playing.

Connections

Married Merle Wesley Jensen, September 3, 1971 (divorced July 1985). 1 child, Kelly Lynn Jensen. Married Dennis Lee Meiers, November 30, 1985 (divorced October 1998).

Father:

Harvey LeMar Grafing

Mother:

Delores Mae (Carlson) Grafing

Spouse:

Merle Wesley Jensen

Spouse:

Dennis Lee Meiers

child:

Kelly Lynn Jensen Meiers