Staff Spotlight: Marilyn Keilholz Marks 10 Years At MHA

Marilyn_Keilholz

Congratulations to Marilyn Keilholz, legal assistant and contract specialist, on 10 years of service to MHA! 

Marilyn manages the life cycle of all contracts for MHA and is the sole subject matter expert for maintaining the electronic contract management software system. She also coordinates attorney meetings, manages continuing legal education credit processes and handles administrative tasks for the Office of Legal Affairs. 

“The quality of work provided to our Missouri member hospitals, the knowledgeable and remarkable staff, and our organization’s atmosphere are huge factors in what makes MHA a great place to work, and I am proud to be a small part of the success.” 

According to Marilyn, MHA has been a great career opportunity, and she feels blessed to have the connections that allow her to help the people who help the people in health care. 

One accomplishment she is most proud of during her tenure is helping select and implement an electronic contract management system for processing contracts from start to finish. Marilyn takes pride in doing her job timely and efficiently but will joke that she is still able to learn new “tricks” in reference to the ever-changing electronic world. 

Outside of work, Marilyn and her husband, Chris, have been married for more than 13 years. She loves playing piano, crafts, cats and landscaping with various perennial flowers. Marilyn has provided music for multiple choirs, weddings, and funerals over the years and continues to play for mass on assigned Sundays. She and Chris also enjoy doing home projects together. 

Marilyn has two grown daughters, Jessica and Kaylyn, one son-in-law, Nathan, and one grandson, Lachlan. “Lachlan is the biggest joy of my life. He keeps me hopping, shopping, and going all out with holiday decorations, especially for Halloween and Christmas.” 

A fun fact about Marilyn is that she was featured in a commercial, or at least, part of her was. “It was only my hand opening a car door for Carroll Rehma Motors.”