HealthWorks! Elects Dr. Holmes to Board of Directors

HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis recently elected Kendra Holmes, Pharm. D., CHCEF, of Bellerive Acres, to its board of directors. She will serve a three-year term and help guide the museum as it works to educate and inspire people to make positive oral and overall health choices to achieve optimum health.

Dr. Holmes is the chief operating officer for Affinia Healthcare (formerly Grace Hill Health Centers, Inc.), where she serves as the director of pharmacy operations and directs managed care incentive programs. She also oversees health center operations, including radiology laboratory, nursing services, security, WIC, maternal child and homeless services. She serves on the St. Louis College of Pharmacy Board of Trustees, is a recipient of both the St. Louis College of Pharmacy Distinguished African American Alumni Award and the St. Louis American Foundation Salute to Excellence in Healthcare Award and has been named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s 40 Under 40: Class of 2015.

Healthworks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis is the first and only children’s museum solely dedicated to health education in the St. Louis region and one of only three in the United States. The $2.5 million facility boasts 12,000 square feet of hands-on, interactive exhibits and programming space and is anchored by a 55-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 8-foot-tall human skeletal structure that serves as a universally accessible indoor playground. To learn more, visit www.hwstl.org.