Cynthia Lawhorn Williams

Cynthia Williams joined the Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky as CEO in August 2011. Williams had been vice president and in house counsel for Cardinal Hill Healthcare System since 2002. Cardinal Hill Healthcare System includes a 108-bed rehab hospital, a 30-bed skilled nursing facility, two outpatient centers and home health & equipment service. As part of her responsibilities, she served as the Executive Director of Cardinal Hill of Northern Kentucky. Those services became part of the
Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky in July 2011. At Cardinal Hill, she had responsibility for establishing the 31-bed long term acute care hospital (LTACH) in Ft. Thomas. She served as compliance and HIPAA advisor and provided legal advice to all system entities and represented the system in regulatory matters. Previously, she served as senior manager, risk and advisory services for KPMG.

Williams is a magna cum laude graduate of Bellarmine College and holds her JD from University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. She has published several articles and presented professional papers on many health care topics. She is a licensed attorney for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Other certifications include CHE from American College of Healthcare Executives and Diplomate of American College of Medical Practice Executives.

Lisa West

Lisa West was named Executive Director of Community Services of Northern Kentucky in 2011. Community Services includes Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky and Speech and Hearing of Northern Kentucky. These organizations, formerly known as Cardinal Hill of Northern Kentucky, became part of the Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky in July. West’s responsibilities include day-to-day operations of Community Services of Northern Kentucky, including adult day care, Saturday respite care, speech therapy, hearing aid services, occupational therapy and developmental intervention services.

West was promoted to her new role after holding the positions of operations director, adult day care director and administrative director. She has been part of the organization since 1998. Previously, West served as emergency room operations director at Good Samaritan Hospital.

West attended Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and the Bethesda Hospital School of Nursing. She is also
a certified trainer for the Northern Kentucky Training Coalition, training staff who work with disabled adults in crisis prevention. West is a member of National Adult Day Services Association, Kentucky Association of Adult Day Centers and Kentucky Association for Gerontology. She is also a member of the local Human Rights Committee and the Council on Aging.

West is a resident of Florence, Ky., and is an active volunteer in the Boone County Schools.

Vickie Henderson

Vickie Henderson has worked in the field of child abuse treatment for nearly 20 years. She began her social work career at St. Luke Hospitals and then became executive director of NKCAC while it was still part of The St. Luke Hospitals and has continued in that role under the Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky.

Henderson was the first forensic interviewer employed by a Children’s Advocacy Center in Kentucky and has interviewed more than 4,000 children. Under her leadership, the NKCAC was the first children’s advocacy center in Kentucky to earn national accreditation from the National Children’s Alliance. She is a former president of the Kentucky Association of Children’s Advocacy Centers and a member of the Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse. She has lobbied and testified before the state legislature and written children’s advocacy center-related state statutes. Henderson was one of the founding center directors who drafted legislation that defined children’s advocacy centers in the state and created administrative regulations for centers in Kentucky. She conducts reviews of other children’s advocacy centers as a site reviewer for the National Children’s Alliance and provides frequent training to children’s advocacy centers and professionals throughout the state and around the country.

Henderson holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northern Kentucky University and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from University of Kentucky. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a member of the National Association of Social Workers. She also serves as an educational presenter at Beech Acres in Cincinnati, Ohio and a former adjunct professor at both Northern Kentucky University and University of Kentucky.

Ken Solomon

Ken Solomon is the director of finance for Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky. In this role he is responsible for all financial functions of the Foundation.

He has served as a contract financial consultant and interim CEO for a number of organizations around the US, including American Hebrew Academy, Greensboro, N.C.; Evangelical Baptist Ministries, Indianapolis; Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science; and Episcopal High School, Jacksonville, Fla. His experience also includes serving as Chief Financial Officer for Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisc., and as Corporate Controller for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

Solomon holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from University of Cincinnati and is a member of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Financial Executives Networking Group.

Sarah Cromer

Sarah Cromer has been with Cardinal Hill of Northern Kentucky since 2001. She joined Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky (CFNKY) when Cardinal Hill of Northern Kentucky became part of the Community Foundation in 2011. She was a volunteer for Cardinal Hill for three years before joining the organization as an employee. She was part of the original volunteer committee for their First Annual Golf Outing 13 years ago. Cromer joined the organization as a community relations associate and now serves as director of marketing & special events. Her responsibilities at the Foundation include arranging and planning all special events that raise funds for The Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC), Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky, Speech & Hearing of Northern Kentucky and the Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky. She also serves as the liaison with The Advocates, the volunteer fundraising organization for the NKCAC.

In her marketing role, she is often in the community. She visits local pediatricians’ offices to keep them informed about the services of Speech & Hearing of Northern Kentucky. She also serves as the Foundation’s representative with senior citizens, and has been part of the Senior Games of Northern Kentucky Steering Committee for over 10 years. Cromer attends several community-based events throughout the year to help build awareness for the services that are part of the Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky, including the NKCAC, Women’s Health of Northern Kentucky, Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky and Speech & Hearing of Northern Kentucky.

Sarah attended Northern Kentucky University, where she majored in theatre/communications. She and her husband live in Ft. Thomas.

Amanda Stephens

Amanda Stephens joined the Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky in November 2010. Previously, she was a legal assistant at Fessler, Schneider & Grimme, LLP, and had been working in the legal field for eight years. Before that time, she worked in the accounting field for two years as assistant to the controller at Renaissance Mark. At the Community Foundation, her responsibilities include fundraising, support to the Executive Directors and CEO, accounts payable, accounts receivable and other administrative support functions.

Stephens has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Northern Kentucky University. She has certification in Microsoft Word and Excel and is a notary public.

She volunteers at Southgate School. She and her husband Donny have two sons.