Dr. Laura McCrary is the Executive Director of the Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN) based in Topeka, KS. KHIN is a Kansas non-profit organization that provides core health information exchange technology services. KHIN members include the Kansas Medical Society, the Kansas Hospital Association, and the two health information exchange organizations representing the large urban areas, eHealthAlign in Kansas City and the Wichita Health Information Exchange (WHIE). KHIN provides health information exchange services to the entire state of Kansas and portions of western Missouri. Previously, Laura was the Director of the Regional Health Care Initiative at the Mid-America Regional Council in Kansas City, Missouri. In this role Laura was responsible for working with broad regional coalitions of health and behavioral health care stakeholders to improve access to high quality health and behavioral health care for people who are medically vulnerable.

Laura has completed Post-Doctoral work at Kansas University; she has a Doctorate of Education from Kansas State University and MS degrees in the areas of Mental Illness and Learning Disabilities. Laura participates in numerous volunteer activities focused on advocacy and support for individuals with disabilities. She is also a state appointed educational advocate for children in the foster care system in Kansas. Laura is married and has four sons.