Kara Moody is an Associate with McManis Consulting. Her work focuses on strategic planning, health services research, and financial modeling. Her current responsibilities include conducting market studies for senior living communities, preparing environmental assessments, projecting demand for inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, developing hospital capacity studies and completing financial feasibility studies and other financial analyses.

Prior to joining McManis Consulting, Kara worked as a Strategic Planning Consultant for The Buckley Group in Kansas City, Missouri. She provided consulting services to clients including senior living communities and developers, critical access and full-service hospitals, and non-profit organizations.

Kara earned a B.A. in Finance from the University of Iowa and a M.H.A. from the University of Missouri. She is currently a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.