About Jefri

Jefri Franks, M.S., CPC

Jefri received her Masters in Counseling from the University of Kansas in 1985. Jefri spent 27 years in health care marketing and sales. She had her only child, Heather in 1988. In 2000 Heather was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, was treated at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and died there on March 31, 2001.

In the years since Heather’s death Jefri has been President of the Children’s Mercy Cancer Center Board, a member of the Children’s Mercy Pediatric Advanced Comfort Care Team, a member of the Children’s Mercy End of Life Panel, an end of life volunteer for the Parent to Parent Program at Children’s Mercy and a parent advisor for the Initiative For Pediatric Palliative Care in Newton, Massachusetts. Recently, Jefri attended the International Coach Academy, receiving her certification as a life coach focusing in the areas of grief, loss and transition.

Through Keynote Speeches, panel presentations, consulting and coaching, Jefri has been invaluable to the healthcare field in her ability to articulate this very personal experience and to share lessons learned through the illness and death of her only child.