"Joy is an educator who appreciates the need to properly fund public education at all levels; a mother who appreciates the importance of taking care of all Kansans; a business woman who knows how to apply her skills to solve the fiscal problems of the state in an equitable manner."
Pete Levi, leader of the Kansas City Region Public Policy Group
Joy is uniquely qualified to represent District 28 and lead the charge to put Kansas back on the right track.
She and her husband Stewart founded KHC Wealth Management in 1996, a successful fee-only financial planning firm that offers traditional financial planning, investment management, and executive and career coaching services. Joy has a doctorate in Communication Studies and has served on the faculty at Washburn University and KU Medical Center. She currently teaches at KU Edwards Campus and Johnson County Community College.
She is a founding member of the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition, advocating for individuals and families who are challenged with mental health and addiction disorders. She has also served on the board of Jackson County CASA, an organization that supports and trains volunteers to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children caught up in an overburdened legal system. Prior to joining the CASA board, Joy was a trained advocate for CASA.
Joy and Stewart have two grown daughters. Leah lives in Nashville, TN; Natalie and her husband Thom are raising Joy's two beautiful grandchildren in Baldwinsville, NY.
She and her husband Stewart founded KHC Wealth Management in 1996, a successful fee-only financial planning firm that offers traditional financial planning, investment management, and executive and career coaching services. Joy has a doctorate in Communication Studies and has served on the faculty at Washburn University and KU Medical Center. She currently teaches at KU Edwards Campus and Johnson County Community College.
She is a founding member of the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition, advocating for individuals and families who are challenged with mental health and addiction disorders. She has also served on the board of Jackson County CASA, an organization that supports and trains volunteers to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children caught up in an overburdened legal system. Prior to joining the CASA board, Joy was a trained advocate for CASA.
Joy and Stewart have two grown daughters. Leah lives in Nashville, TN; Natalie and her husband Thom are raising Joy's two beautiful grandchildren in Baldwinsville, NY.
"Joy Koesten brings her enormous talent and wealth of experience in the areas of education, finance and mental health to benefit the citizens of the state of Kansas. Her leadership and ability to build coalitions will once again enable our state government to make progress and bring it into the 21st century."
Blanche E. Sosland, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Park University