Lou Ann Kibbee is the Systems Advocacy Manager at the Hays office (SKIL of Western Kansas) of the Southeast Kansas Independent Living Resource Center, Inc. and has been active in the Independent Living Movement for the past 25 years. She holds a Bachelors of Psychology from Fort Hays State University and has many hours contributed toward a graduate degree in counseling. Her professional affiliations include serving as Secretary for the National Council on Independent Living, past chair of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas, and a member of the Kansas Systems Transformation Grant. Mrs. Kibbee currently resides in Hays, KS.