Executive Director
Woodland Centers
Willmar, Minnesota
Ashley Kjos, PsyD, L.P. is a Minnesota licensed psychologist (#LP5534) and the Chief Executive Officer of Woodland Centers, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in west central Minnesota. Dr. Kjos earned her Master’s (2009) and PsyD (2011) in Clinical Psychology at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. After being a staff psychologist at Woodland Centers from 2011 to 2014 then the Clinical Director from 2014 to 2016, she became its CEO in 2016. As CEO, Dr. Kjos is responsible for the overall coordination of the internal operations of Woodland Centers. The agency has a seven county catchment area and a robust continuum of outpatient, rehabilitative, and residential behavioral healthcare programs serving the entire age range.
Dr. Kjos is very active in behavioral health services across the state through participation in various associations and serving on non-profit boards. She has served on the board of directors of West Central Industries (WCI), a vocational rehabilitation service provider based out of Willmar, Minnesota from October 2019 to present including being the Vice Chair of this board from 2022 to present. She has served as a board member on the Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH) from November 2019 to present. Dr. Kjos has been actively involved in the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs (MACMHP) association since 2014 including advocacy for public policy changes, training, collaboration with providers and associations across the state, and innovation of they mental health and substance use system of care in MN. She has served on the MACMHP board of directors from 2019 to present serving as the Treasurer from 2021-2022 and the board chair from 2022 through 2024. Dr. Kjos is committed to transformation of the healthcare system in the state of Minnesota.
Monday, May 1, 2023
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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