Kapella takes SSMH Foundation helm Thursday
Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008
Karen Kapella has been named executive director of the Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital Foundation, the fundraising arm of the hospital.
Kapella fills the post being vacated by Joyce Van Roekel, who is retiring Thursday after serving eight years with the foundation.
Originally from Oklahoma, Kapella and her husband, Tom, moved to Siloam Springs from Cincinnati six years ago when he joined DaySpring, a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards Inc.
Since that time she worked as the development officer for the North Arkansas Symphony in 2003, and as a marketing, special events and fundraising consultant. For the past four years, she served as conference coordinator for Washington Regional Foundation's and Washington Regional Medical Center's "Speaking of Women's Health"event in Fayetteville.
She was involved in both the symphony and the ballet in Cincinnati. In Northwest Arkansas, she serves on the board of directors of the North Arkansas Symphony and currently heads a transformational task force whose mission is to revitalize and restructure the symphony.
As executive director of the hospital foundation, Kapella will work with a volunteer board of directors to support the hospital's work and bring the community and hospital together to assure continuing quality health care. The foundation provides for capital equipment and improvements, scholarships for medical professions and healthcare programs for the community.
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