Since 1970, the Village has maintained a singular focus: enhancing each individual’s potential for the best possible retirement lifestyle in a community built on friendship and support. Widely recognized as one of the most comprehensive not-for-profit retirement communities in the country, John Knox Village is a life plan community that emphasizes living each day to the fullest. By providing independent living, countless services and amenities, and a full continuum of long-term health care services on our 300+ acre campus in Lee’s Summit, you’re able to live an active lifestyle with a smart plan in place for whatever tomorrow may bring.
Today, our reach travels beyond our campus, providing a wide array of home health services across the Greater Kansas City metro area and dozens of counties in Missouri and Kansas.
And we’re still on the move. Because of our fiscal strength, there’s an unprecedented construction boom underway — a multi-million dollar investment that will change the way you experience our campus and redefine retirement living in Kansas City.
Come see for yourself. Come celebrate the strengths of John Knox Village.
To be the leader among senior living communities in the Greater Kansas City area.
To enrich the lives of older adults through community living, “Enriching lives, building community.”
Daniel D. Rexroth, President and CEO
Rexroth joined John Knox Village in 1990 as executive director of the Village Care Center. He was promoted to vice president of the Village’s health services division in 1991 before becoming John Knox Village president in March 2001.
Prior to joining John Knox Village, Rexroth was administrator at North Shore Terrace in Chicago from 1985 to 1990. Throughout the 1980s, he served as a health care consultant, developing programming, staffing and quality programs in Florida, Illinois and Indiana.
Rexroth currently is a member of several professional boards including Caring Communities Insurance Company, Mid-America Nazarene University, Overland Park Regional Medical Center and the Palestine Economic Development Corporation. He has served on the boards of Caring Communities Insurance Company, LeadingAge (formerly the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), Nursing Facilities Agent Corporation, LeadingAge Missouri and State of Missouri Certificate of Need Program. Rexroth also is active in the local community serving on the boards of directors of the Lee’s Summit Healthcare Foundation, the Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council and the Lee’s Summit Civic Roundtable.
Rexroth earned a Doctorate of Education from Olivet Nazarene University in May 2015. He has a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Ball State University and a bachelor’s degree from Olivet Nazarene University.
Kim Klockenga, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Treasurer
Klockenga joined the Village in 2012 as vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Prior to joining the Village, he was vice president and chief financial officer of Friendship Village of Schaumberg in Schaumberg, Ill., where he led the financial and information technology functions for the organization’s parent facility and four subsidiaries. He also worked for Woodstock Christian Life Services in Woodstock, Ill., and Motorola, Inc.
Klockenga has served on the Life Service Network (LeadingAge of Illinois) board of directors as treasurer and chair of the finance committee. He has been a speaker at several professional conferences, including LeadingAge (formerly the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), Ziegler, Life Service Network and Aging Services of Minnesota. Klockenga recently was appointed to Missouri’s Nursing Facility Agent Corporation Board.
Klockenga is a graduate of the Executive MBA program of Lake Forest University and has an accounting degree from Kent State University. He recently graduated from Leadership Lee’s Summit, a program with the mission to develop and enhance leadership skills for individuals who will generate positive actions within the community and help resolve future challenges.
Rodney McBride, Vice President of Health and Community Services
McBride joined John Knox Village in 2001 as vice president of the health services division. In 2003, he was appointed vice president of health and community services. McBride directs all services provided by within the Village’s health care continuum including the Village Care Center, Village Assisted Living, Village Hospice, Village Home Health, Village Helpers In-Home Care, and Home for Life Solutions.
Prior to joining the Village, McBride served as vice president at Bloomington Hospital and Healthcare System, where he directed the operation and strategic planning of four long-term care facilities and an adult day services program. While in Indiana, he had an award-winning tenure as an adjunct professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University from 1990 to 2002.
McBride has served on the boards for directors for several professional and community-based organizations, such as the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce and the Lee’s Summit Health Education Advisory Board. He served as chair for LeadingAge Missouri. He also was a member of the Lee’s Summit Senior Citizen board of directors during the building of a new community center as well as the Indiana Healthcare Association and American Healthcare Association.
McBride holds a bachelor’s degree in public health administration from Indiana University School of Medicine.
Laurie Johnson, Vice President of Human Resources
Laurie Johnson joined John Knox Village as vice president of human resources in July 2017. Johnson has served organizations in a variety of industries, including healthcare, banking, energy services, behavioral health and hospitality. Prior to joining the Village, she was the director of human resources for Via Christi Health in Pittsburg, Kansas. She also worked for Kirkpatrick Bank as vice president human resources and Diamondback Energy Services as vice president of human resources, which are based in Oklahoma.
Johnson earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources Management from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas, and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach, Alabama.
Committed to professional development, Johnson is an active member of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and the Society of Leadership and Success. She also is a member of SHRM of Greater Kansas City.
Maria Timberlake, Vice President of Senior Living
Timberlake joined John Knox Village as public relations manager in 1988. She was later promoted to the position of Vice President of Resident Relations and in the fall of 2007 was promoted to Vice President of Senior Living. Among her responsibilities, Timberlake oversees the Village’s Independent Living business unit and a broad range of resident programs and services to meet the needs of residents across the continuum.
Timberlake has presented on a number of communications and programming topics at retirement community industry conferences on both the state and national levels and was a member of the Public Relations Task Force for the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce and chaired the chamber’s Public Relations Committee. Prior to joining the Village, she managed public relations for Hyatt Legal Services, a nationwide law firm.
Timberlake holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and public relations from Iowa State University.
Enriching lives and building community – both within and outside the John Knox Village community – is intrinsic to our mission to serve. Community involvement activities offer rewarding experiences for Village residents and associates. In the 2019 Community Involvement Report, we share the story of our commitment and effort to make an even greater difference in the communities we serve.
2020 Annual Report “A Community Connected”
During fiscal year 2020, John Knox Village came together to connect its mission to the people it serves, creating a true portrait of community. From providing homes in tight-knit neighborhoods to offering engaging activities and indispensable amenities to delivering quality health care services both on our campus in Lee’s Summit and in the surrounding community, the organization consists of many pieces that connect to create a perfect fit.
To learn more about life plan living in the Kansas City metro area at John Knox Village, contact us, or call (816) 892-4294 to schedule a personal appointment.
