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Tuesday, June 28

Association of Women Entrepreneurs, 11:45 a.m., Perkins Meeting Room, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th. Program: Betany Riley, owner of mycomputerlady.com, will preview the progress on the soon-to-be-launched AWE website. Lunch may be purchased prior to the meeting at the Millennium Cafe. Nonmembers welcome. Information; Lyla Ralston Accardi, (785) 235-9144.

Dona Booe, of Meriden, has been named the new chief executive officer of the Kansas Children’s Service League, a private, not-for-profit agency with a mission of protecting and promoting the well being of children. Booe for the past five years was the KCSL’s vice president of programs services, a position in which she managed daily operations and had financial oversight of programs serving some 40,000 children and their families across Kansas. Before joining KCSL, Booe worked for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services from 1984 through 2006. The focus of her work was the prevention of child abuse through programs promoting fatherhood initiatives, stable marriage programs and truancy prevention. She later was the SRS Northeast Regional Director, during which she managed a 24-county region with 560 full-time employees serving 175,000 clients. Booe, a native of Humboldt, replaces Janet Schalansky, who served as the agency’s CEO since 2007.

Michael K. Engelken, of Topeka, was elected to the 2011-12 board of directors of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians at the organization’s annual meeting earlier this month in Wichita. The following officers also were elected: Deborah S. Clements, Kansas City, president; Christian Cupp, Scott City, president-elect; Mary Beth Miller, St. Francis, vice president; Douglas J. Gruenbacher, Quinter, secretary; Todd A. Miller, Wichita, treasurer; Jen Brull, Plainville, past-president/board chair; Carol Johnson, Bel Aire, and Michael L. Munger, Overland Park, AAFP delegates; and Joe D. Davison, Wichita, and Michael L. Kennedy, Kansas City, alternate delegates. Joining Engelken as directors were Jennifer Bacani McKenney, Fredonia; Sheryl Beard, Wichita; John Feehan, Olathe; Lynn R. Fisher, Plainville; Wakon Fowler, Pratt; Cayle Goertzen, Belleville; Elizabeth Hineman, Scott City; Hannah Maxfield, Kansas City; and Diane Steere, Wichita.

Kelle Brewer-Brown, of Topeka, was elected 2011-12 president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the organization’s 84th annual state convention earlier this month in Great Bend. Other officers elected were Jerri McBride, Herington, senior vice president; Ethel Maske, Wichita, junior vice president; Sherri Jeffery, Mankato, chaplain; Linda Marshall, Hays, conductress; Loretta Bargeman, Fredonia, guard; Jeanette Cox, McPherson, treasurer; and Debra Hill, Marysville, five-year member of the VFW Endowment Association.

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