As General Counsel, Cheryl Marquardt oversees all legal matters related to KVC’s services including in-home family support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption and children’s psychiatric hospitals. She has been with KVC since 2015 and also serves as HIPAA Privacy Officer.

Cheryl is passionate about using her legal expertise to help vulnerable children and families. She’s integrated herself with our local teams, supports her fellow leaders, and helps us provide the very best child and family services.

Prior to joining KVC, Cheryl had a private legal practice dedicated to the rights and welfare of children. Her experience also includes serving as Assistant County Attorney for Leavenworth County, Kansas. In that role, she prosecuted all crimes against child victims including child abuse, sex crimes, endangering a child and homicide.

Cheryl received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law, where she was an articles editor on The University of Kansas Law Review and completed a Kansas Court of Appeals Judicial Clerkship. She also received her undergraduate degree from KU.

Read more about Cheryl here.