Chief Operating Officer/Chief Compliance Officer
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic
Kara, MAcc, CHC, CHPC, joined West Yavapai Guidance Clinic as senior accountant in August 2008. She has held various positions on the clinic’s Senior Leadership Team and was recently promoted to Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer.
Kara, a native Arizonan, earned her master’s and bachelor’s degrees from American Intercontinental University. Her career in health care spans nearly 20 years, including time as a Certified Professional Coder with the AAPC and as a medical office manager for six years.
Kara and husband, a police officer, have lived in Prescott since 2006 and have three children. Their daughter is a direct support provider for children, one son is a certified wildland firefighter, and their youngest son is a senior at Prescott High School. They are proud grandparents of one granddaughter.