community health award speaks volumes

Wendy Echols has been in our community since 2019 bringing her much needed expertise to our community. Wendy graduated with her Bachelor’s degree from Morehead State University in Kentucky and then completed her Masters in Communications Sciences Disorders from Western Kentucky. She is completing her Doctorate in Speech Language Pathology this year.

Wendy specializes in assessing, diagnosing, treating, and improving communication in children and adults, improving their quality of life in speech and swallowing disorders. Wendy uses creative games and technology to engage her patients in their treatments. In the span of her career, she has provided clinical supervision and mentorship for multiple graduate level clinical externship students. She has served as a mentor for five post-graduate clinical fellowships with the goal of obtaining their certificate of clinical competence (CCC’s). Since practicing with Campbell County Health, Wendy grew the outpatient clinic from only one traveling speech-language pathologist to three full time caseloads of adults and children.

Last fall Wendy was nominated (by multiple people) for the Outstanding Community Health Award, given out by the Foundation at the 17th Annual Black Cat Ball. Wendy was in complete shock and honored. After reviewing the nominations, it is obvious why Wendy won that night. She exemplifies the three pillars of what the award stands for: Leadership, Community and Professionalism.

A patient’s mother wrote, “Mira loves to spend every Tuesday and Thursday with Wendy. She has made major gains in communication with the most excellent care.”

Wendy’s expertise and care is a blessing to have in our community.