Ken Carr

Ken Carr, Advisory Board Member, M.DIV., brings more than 18 years of finance, technology, and human resource experience in the health and human service field. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Guild Incorporated in St. Paul, Minnesota, a mental health treatment center. Mr. Carr started his career at Guild Incorporated in 1989 as Director of Finance and Administration, where he remained for eleven years before leaving the organization and returning in 2006. For the past eight years, in his role at Guild, Mr. Carr has used his expertise in change management and business process improvement to lead staff in the effort to implement Guild Incorporated’s electronic medical record system, which resulted in the organization’s ability to integrate its scheduling, service documentation, and billing. After eleven years, Mr. Carr went on to work with Goodwill Industries and the American Red Cross. While at Goodwill Industries, he served as the Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis, where he managed an operating budget of $26 million and oversaw financial planning and analysis of the growing organization. As the Director of Finance for the Red Cross, Mr. Carr was responsible for a budget of $12 million and led an effort to set standards and reorganize the financial systems. He also helped reorganize the timing and coordination of purchases to end emergency orders, resulting in a 38% reduction in shipping costs. Mr. Carr returned to Guild Incorporated in 2006 to serve in his current role as Chief Financial Officer.