Renny Christian Arensberg

Renny Arensberg is Executive Vice President of KVC Health Systems, a leader in child welfare and behavioral health with 1,500 team members at 35 locations nationwide. KVC provides in-home family support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, and children’s psychiatric hospitals. Over her 17 years at KVC, Renny has become known for her unique combination of energy, insight, agility and authenticity that motivates her teams to high achievement and meaningful results for tens of thousands of children and families each year.

In 2019, Renny shifted from leading KVC’s administrative Shared Services teams – Human Resources, Marketing & Communications, Development, Facilities and its Ball Conference Center – to launching a multi-year employee engagement initiative. She established a strong foundation for the needed culture shift by gaining executive and business unit leader endorsement for a partnership with Gallup. Renny generated urgency around value proposition for increasing employee retention, and created a vibrant mix of 9 trained Engagement Champions who are embedded in local teams. She branded the Q12 campaign with the tagline “Share Your Voice and Be Heard” and has conducted two agency-wide surveys now, achieving 90% employee participation in the latest one. First year results showed improvement in every aspect of engagement including a 9% increase in engaged employees. Renny is also a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach, and is transforming KVC into a strengths-based organization having trained hundreds of associates. Ultimately, she’s a leader known for creating change one manager at a time through energy, leadership, creativity and the belief that you can have a great job and a great life.

Prior to the employee engagement role, Renny grew KVC’s fundraising events to over $550,000 million annually and completed a $6 million capital campaign; successfully rebranded the organization; implemented a comprehensive HR information system; oversaw risk management, health insurance and other employee benefits; and launched the Ball Conference Center into a revenue-producing entity to support KVC’s charitable mission.

Before joining KVC, Renny worked at Aquila, the multinational electricity and gas distribution firm. She provided strategic human resources consulting, specializing in leadership and coaching.

Renny received her master’s in human resources from Central Michigan University and her bachelor’s from the University of Kansas. She serves on the board of Support Kansas City and the Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri. She’s also involved with the Junior League, the Women’s Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Rotary Club, Community Health Charities and other volunteer opportunities benefiting educational and charitable causes.