April 11, 2007 -- Attorney General Paul Morrison announced today his appointment of Caroline Williams of Wichita and Mia Korbelik of Dodge City to the Sunflower Foundation Board. He also announced the re-appointment of Karen S. Hauser of Salina and Gregory Unruh of Onaga.
“The Sunflower Foundation provides quality grant opportunities to health care programs across Kansas and I am confident that these individuals will help the foundation better serve the health care needs of Kansas families,” Morrison said.
Karen Hauser serves as chief executive officer of Catholic Charities of Salina, Inc., a social service agency serving 31 Kansas counties. She has worked for over 20 years with agencies and government entities addressing issues for the poor, with particular emphasis on the underinsured and uninsured, providing clinical services, education and administration of programs and services.
Greg Unruh has served since 2005 as the chief executive officer of Community Healthcare System, Inc., a comprehensive health care system comprised of two hospitals, three long term care facilities, five family practice clinics, four fitness centers and a multi-county home health agency. Prior to his current position, he was president and CEO of Scott County Hospital for eleven years. During his more than 25 years as a health care professional, Greg has served in leadership capacities in community hospitals, skilled nursing, assisted living and new concept facilities in secondary markets and urban locations in Kansas and Colorado.
Caroline Williams currently serves as Vice President, Distribution Power Delivery, for Westar Energy. She joined Westar Energy in 1987 as a customer billing coordinator. She has managed a variety of customer service-related areas, including walk-in services, training and account services, customer relations and call centers. Caroline became executive director then vice president of customer service in 1999 and 2000, respectively, becoming vice president of customer care in 2001. She serves on numerous boards, including Leadership Wichita, YMCA, National Conference for Community and Justice, Via Christi Foundation and United Way of the Plains.
Mia Korbelik currently serves in the Dodge City office of United Methodist Mexican American Ministries as director of development. She also serves as president of two family farming and ranching corporations with operations in Kansas, Colorado and Texas. She taught language arts in the 7th through 12th grades in Hanston, KS, before serving as director of development for Saint Mary of the Plains College and for Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, IA, and as resource development coordinator for the Southwest Kansas Library System and Dodge City Public Library.
The Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans, based in Topeka, was created in August of 2000 as part of a $75 million settlement between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Attorney General Carla Stovall and then Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius.
The settlement directed the Sunflower Foundation to serve the health needs of Kansans, including providing health care and health care information to indigent, uninsured, underinsured persons; promoting preventive health care, including, but not limited to, activities aimed at reducing the number of Kansas adults and youth who use and are addicted to tobacco products; and other health related services.
Links: Kansas Sunflower Foundation