Judith Haggard of Kennett was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 2007 by Gov. Matt Blunt. Curator Haggard is vice chairwoman of the Board of Curators and currently serves as chairwoman of the Executive Committee and the Academic, Student and External Affairs Committee. She is a member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee.
Curator Haggard received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1967 and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1989.
Curator Haggard is a family nurse practitioner at the SEMO Health Network in Kennett. A certified substance abuse counselor, she has served as the director of community services and as a clinical therapist at the Family Counseling Center in Kennett. She previously taught health occupations at Kennett High School and was a clinical instructor at the Kansas City Research Hospital’s School of Nursing.
Curator Haggard is an examiner for the Missouri Substance Abuse Board and a past board member of the State Alcohol Council. She founded the Dunklin County Caring Community Council, the hospital’s volunteer program, and has served as a board member for both the Delta Children’s Home and the Visiting Nurses’ Association. Curator Haggard is an elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Kennett. She is the recipient of the 1994 the Community Service Award, given in recognition of her outstanding community work.
"My priority as a curator is to help guide the University of Missouri to be in the top tier as a land-grant university both in research and education, and also to offer affordable education to the state's citizens that will provide them with the tools to be well educated and become contributing members to our state's society."
