Meet our KAAP Staff, always ready to assist our members:

Claudia Larkin, KAAP Executive Director
Claudia joined KAAP in January 2005 when her company, Free Bird Business Solutions, contracted with the KAAP Executive Board to manage the organization. Since that time, she's been very busy overseeing KAAP Board-directed change and reorganization.

Claudia's expertise is in strategic planning, financial management and communications. While Claudia participates in the day-to-day operations of KAAP, her primary function is to work with the KAAP Executive Committee and Executive Board to help position the association as an effective leader in the future of addictions professionals.

Another important role for Claudia involves monitoring the association's finances. She developed the KAAP budget for 2006 and monitors program expenditures to ensure every dollar KAAP spends brings value to members. She works with the board on governance issues and attends all KAAP Board and Executive Committee meetings.

As the CEO of Free Bird Business Solutions, Claudia works with many different kinds of organizations, but KAAP is among her favorite clients. She enjoys working with members and finding out what is important to them. She looks forward to learning more about the organization so she may continue her role of positioning KAAP to meet members needs so that they may continue to deliver top-notch services to the Kansans who need them.

You can reach Claudia by email at Claudia@ksaap.org, or by phone at 785-235-2400, ext. 356.

Georganne Lovelace, Event Coordinator & Certification Supervisor
Georganne has been with KAAP since 2003. She began as the Student Section and Gambling Section coordinator. She now coordinates all of KAAPS events and trainings and handles the logistics. She makes all of the facility and catering arrangements, finds our speakers for board approval and then sets up their contracts and arrangements. She oversees the events, sets up the audio visual aides and troubleshoots any problems that go wrong with the equipment.

Georganne is also our computer geek. She can help us out of just about any computer or printer problem. She's also written some tracking databases that help us keep membership data current. She designs most of our brochures and News Briefs along with writing and editing some of the articles.

She has recently taken on the additional task of Certification Supervisor and oversees the AAPS Credentialing and KAAP & KCGC Certifications along with coordinating all the testing.

Georganne really loves what she does and she is good at it.

Stop by and say hello to Georganne if you're in the neighborhood. She's always happy to put faces with the many names she hears regularly. You can reach her at the office by e-mail georganne@ksaap.org or by phone at 785-235-2400, ext. 359.

Amanda Schaffer, Administrative Assistant & AAPS Credentialing
Amanda is our newest member of the KAAP staff she joined us in July of 2007. Amanda handles the AAPS Credentialing along with other day to day tasks. She has great customer service skills and really cares about her job. The staff is thrilled to have found this little gem. Having Amanda’s help has tremendously lightened their workload.

Next time you are in the area stop by our office and say hi to Amanda. She would love to put faces with the many names she has become familiar with by telephone.
Email: amanda@ksaap.org or by phone at 785-235-2400, ext. 357.