IUMCH - Key Persons
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- Operations and Annual Giving Director
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- Director of Licensing and Compliance
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Partner
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- Executive Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Executive Director of the Indiana United Methodist Children 's Home Foundation, Inc
Christy is the executive director of the Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Foundation, Inc., which financially supports the health, education and spiritual development of youth in the Home's care. The 17-acre Lebanon campus includes a fully accredited grades 8-12 school, six Teaching Family Model houses, a chapel, a youth recreational facility and an administration building.
Christy also served as director of development for the Miller College of Business at Ball State University, working with the president, dean, faculty and foundation on major gift development. She also was the executive director of a local K-12 education foundation and director of development of a statewide nonprofit health care organization. Her additional work experience includes state and federal government victim services grant management. She also served as assistant director of legislative and information services for the Indiana Department of Correction.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board Member / Retired Partner
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- Member of the Scholarship Committee
- Scholarship Committee Chair / Retired School Principal
- Vice President / Indianapolis
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- Director of Residential Services
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- Principal, James E. Davis School
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- Director of Clinical Services
Keith Smith - Chief Strategy Officer
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- Chief Strategy Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Secretary
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- Admissions and Marketing Specialist
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President / Real Estate Broker and Developer
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- CEO
- Executive Director
- Executive Director / CEO of Indiana United Methodist Children 's Home
Rich Lapinski is the Executive Director/CEO of Indiana United Methodist Children's Home (IUMCH) in Lebanon. Before coming to the Children's Home in 2010, he served as Executive Director of the Presbyterian Home for Children in Amarillo, Texas. In addition, he and his wife Stephanie were family teachers for five years at Father Flanagan's Boy's Town in Omaha, Nebraska. Previously, Rich worked in his family's construction business, building custom homes in the Chicago area.
In 2017, Rich received the Montrose Wolf Distinguished Contributions Award during the Teaching-Family Association Annual Conference held in Nashville, TN. The award is given to individuals for their exceptional contributions in implementing the Teaching Family Model.
In 2019, Rich was named President-Elect of the Teaching-Family Association (TFA). TFA is an international organization with accredited agencies in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. TFA was founded in 1975 to provide a framework for the quality of care provided by service professionals who use the Teaching Family Model in services for individuals, children and families.
Rich also served three years on the Board of IARCCA - Indiana Association of Resources and Child Advocacy.
Under Rich's leadership at IUMCH, six new Teaching Family Model Homes have been constructed as well as a new state-of-the-art on-grounds school.
Rich earned two degrees from Bellevue University in Omaha, Nebraska. He holds a bachelor's degree in human resources management and a master's degree in human services. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy, having served for three years as an Intelligence Specialist on the U.S.S. Enterprise. He and his wife reside in Cicero and have four sons and one daughter.
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- Director of Public Relations