John G. Carney became the President and CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics on December 1, 2011.  He succeeds Myra Christopher who served in that role since the Center’s inception in 1985.

Two decades of hospice, palliative care and healthcare management experience prepared John Carney for his first leadership role at the Center as its vice president of Aging and End of Life from 2004 through 2010.

Following a brief appointment in 2011 as executive director of Crossroads Hospice to launch its Kansas presence, Carney returns to serve as the Center’s second president.   He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Newman University (Wichita, KS) and masters in counseling from Wichita State University.

His executive leadership positions include professional and volunteer organizations at the local provider, state and national associations levels. His passionate voice advocating for families facing difficult healthcare decisions has been heard in rural Kansas town halls to national forums from coast to coast.

His policy and advocacy work has entailed testifying in state capitals, co-authoring a report to Congress and working with the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health on improving end of life care for all Americans.

Prior to his return to the Midwest in 2004, he spent time in the nation’s capital in leadership positions with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and America’s Health Insurance Plans.

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