Karen is a population health expert who joined the SFWC Board to help demonstrate the power of integrated, community-based care for children and their families through new innovative models, such as Smoketown Family Wellness Center’s integration of pediatric care with family support services.

Karen has worked with healthcare organizations across the country to transform primary care practices through technology-enabled team-based care initiatives, such as the Patient-Centered Medical Home, to achieve better individual and population health and social care outcomes.

In our Louisville community, Karen is a member of the Louisville Healthcare Advisory Board (LHAB)’s Community Coordination of Care Committee, co-chair of United Community’s Financial Sustainability Committee, and a mentor for healthcare entrepreneurs at XLerate Health in addition to being on the SFWC Board and its Finance Committee. Karen is also a graduate of Leadership Louisville.

Ellen Sloan, RHIT, CNA, is a Registered Health Information Technician at Norton’s Healthcare. She is a native Smoketown resident and she loves her community. Her roots go deep. The passion for her neighborhood extends in every direction possible. She has been a Power Member and Change Maker with Network Center for Community Change. She is a member of the Smoketown Neighborhood Association and The Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. She obtained an Associates of Applied Science in Health Information from Jefferson Community and Technical College and then earned a Bachelor of Arts from Lindsey Wilson College in the field of Human Services and Professional Counseling. While in college she represented all 16 community colleges in Kentucky and sat as a student representative on the Board of Directors for JCTC. She has 15 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She is the social director at her house of worship and operates a volunteer service for people in recovery from drugs and alcohol out of her home. This gives her the opportunity to encourage youth to give back to the community by visiting seniors who are shut in. She considers sitting on the board of the Smoketown Family Wellness Center both an honor and a privilege. Her hobbies include poetry, cooking and art with the children