Director of Family Voices of Tennessee
Family Voices of Tennessee, Tennessee
Kara Boo (Adams) is the Director of Family Voices of Tennessee. Kara’s son, Kael, was born with rare, complex congenital heart disorder. Kael had his first open-heart surgery at 8 days old. To date, Kael has had over 20 surgeries and procedures, including a 3rd open heart surgery in January 2014. Kael’s journey is not over and will require a lifetime care. He also has ADHD.
Becoming a parent advocate and proactive leader for her son was just the beginning. Kara volunteered her time as a Peer-to-Peer coordinator for families of children with congenital heart defects. In 2014, she was one of six in the nation for the AMCHP’s Family Scholar program. In 2015, Kara was awarded the Tennessee Hospital Association Award of Excellence’s Meritorious Service Award for her work with Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital. Currently, Kara serves as Secretary on the Parent to Parent USA’s Board of Directors. She has served and continues to serve on a variety councils and committees, including Tennessee’s Committee of Pediatric Emergency Care, and Cumberland Pediatric Foundation/ Vanderbilt SOCKS Community Advisory Council as the co-chair. In addition to being Director and overseeing all on Family Voices of TN’s program, she is the Family Faculty for the LEND Center (Leadership, Education in Neurodevelopment and related Disabilities) program at the Vanderbilt Kennedy program. Kara has a passion to ensure every family has a voice and no one feels they have to walk this journey alone
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
3:30 PM – 4:40 PM ET