Leading the Way for the DSP Workforce

GoodLife U is dedicated to helping organizations improve their ability to care for their clients. Our team of consultants is ready to help you take the next steps in increasing your organizational capacity. We have years of experience in research and execution using our innovative strategies.

Dr. Michael Strouse – President/CEO

For more than 40 years, Mike has led GoodLife Innovations, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including iLink Technologies. Mike’s extensive work encompasses research, development, refinement, and dissemination of evidence-based, nationally-regarded community service models that consistently produce person-centered care and high-quality-of-life outcomes and also improve the capacity of the direct support workforce. Mike earned his Ph.D. in Applied Behavioral Science and holds a courtesy faculty appointment in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas. He continues to participate in research, assist with training graduate students, and successfully nurtures this important 50-year partnership with the University.

Megan McKinney Todd – Executive Director

Megan is a key member of GoodLife University’s senior leadership who works closely with external collaborators to help share and disseminate innovative solutions for workforce stability and technologies. Megan drives GoodLife University’s strategic planning to optimize growth, outreach, and the development of GoodLife University’s ever-expanding toolbox of solutions and strategies. With a degree in English, graduate coursework in rhetoric and professional communication, and 17 years of direct professional nonprofit and business experience, Megan thrives as an ambassador of GoodLife University’s service models and approaches.

Adriane Murray – Chief Talent Officer

Adriane has worked at GoodLife since April 2006. She has a wide variety of experience at GoodLife, from direct services (Family Teacher), to administration (Executive Assistant to the CEO), to leading the HR, Recruitment, and Workforce departments, Adriane has served as GoodLife’s Chief Talent Officer since 2020. She graduated Cum Laude from Kansas State University in May 2001 with a BA in Lifespan Human Development. Extensive knowledge in the HR field; skilled in streamlining processes. Adriane drives all of the schedule and pay strategy implementations with provider partners and is schedule-maker extraordinaire.

Beth McCoach – Chief Operations Officer, iLink Technologies

Beth serves as iLink Technologies Chief Operations Officer and has been with GoodLife for 29 years in a variety of roles. Beth is passionate about how iLink’s technology can change both a person’s ability to live as independently as possible, as well as an agency’s ability to transform the way they provide services with the use of technology. Beth leads a talented team and is key in the expansion efforts of iLink Technologies.

Due to the variety of roles Beth has served at GoodLife, she has a firm understanding of the challenges agencies face with staffing and the variety of ways technology can be integrated to ease the burden of staffing crisis, while most importantly improving the quality of lives of the individuals involved.

Steve Floyd – Chief Information Officer

Steve serves as GoodLife U’s Chief Information Officer and has been with the organization for 30 years. Under Steve’s guidance, the finance and accounting department grew to provide support to GoodLife and its partners. This group manages GoodLife (and its subsidiaries’) $38M+ annual budgets and has been integral in helping GoodLife develop sustainable programs. With more than 40 years of non-profit sector experience in accounting operations and financial systems development, Steve spearheads all financial analysis, fiscal management, reporting, staff oversight, payroll, and information systems management.

Dr. Rachel Jess – Director of Recruitment

Rachel has worked at GoodLife since 2021. She earned a PhD in Behavioral Psychology at KU in 2021 and a Master’s in Applied Behavioral Science at KU.
Area of focus = using data to identify areas of success and areas for improvement; creating streamlined recruitment and retention processes using evidence-based practices

Nichole Reiske – Director of Admissions & Special Projects Consultant

Worked at GoodLife in some capacity since May 2006.
Roles/Department Leadership: Part Time Weekend staff, Superimposed (5 years), PFT Respite (4 Years), Home Coach (3 years), Director of ILink (2.5 years), Supervised Workforce Management (3 years), Abuse Neglect and Exploitation, Nursing, Residential Director (1 year), Part of Staffing Solution Consulting Team (2 years), Currently oversee Initiation of Services for all Individuals Served.
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Music Education, Masters of Science in Special Education

Tiffany Trantham – Director of Financial Reporting & Budgets

Graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, emphasis in Finance. 10 years of experience at GoodLife, mainly within the finance realm, helping with the day-to-day operational financial impacts, along with client advocacy in relation to expenditures. Founding team member of GoodLife University and iLink Technologies and excited to continue to work more in depth in those areas as those venture’s grow. Areas of interest included using data to identify areas of success and where improvement might be most impactful; creating streamlined models to efficiently and effectively allow a transparent visual of financial impacts in order for top leadership to make the best decisions for the organization.

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