Kimberly K. McClanahan, PhD

Kimberly K. McClanahan, Ph.D., joined Pathways, Inc. as Executive Director in July of 2008. Immediately prior her current position, Dr. McClanahan served as Associate Professor within the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington after having spent over twenty years in Texas working in the behavioral health field. Dr. McClanahan was granted a Ph.D. in Clinical-Social Psychology from the University of Maine at Orono, and a Master’s degree in General-Experimental Psychology and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky. She is a Clinical Psychologist and Health Service Provider and holds licensure with the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. She is certified by the Kentucky Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board, the Kentucky Board of Certification of Alcohol and Drug Counselors, and is registered with the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists. Dr. McClanahan has also been actively involved in leadership roles in the governance of professional organizations; she has been President of the Texas Psychological Association and Texas Psychological Foundation. She was honored as Psychologist of the Year by the Houston Psychological Association in 1997. She has served as Secretary of the Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers within Division 12 of the American Psychological Association. She currently serves as chair of the Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Psychological Association and is on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Kentucky Regional Health Information Organization (NeKY RHIO).