New AVP for human resources
joins Lutheran Social Services

March 17, 2008

AUSTIN - Tracy McHaney has joined Lutheran Social Services as assistant vice president for human resources. McHaney brings more than 20 years of HR experience to the agency.

"I hope to further enhance the human resources department at LSS by providing premiere service to all of the facilities and employees," McHaney said. "I am impressed with the diversity here and am very proud to become a member of the LSS team."

McHaney most recently worked as director of human resources for the West Texas Rehabilitation Center in Abilene, where she was responsible for the management of the HR department for the non-profit rehabilitation centers in Abilene, San Angelo and Ozona, Texas.

McHaney received her bachelor's of business from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind.

LSS is the social service arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. LSS affiliated ministries serve more than 35,000 people in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age. Its ministries include children's residential treatment centers, therapeutic foster care, adoption, disaster response, emergency assistance, senior health care, retirement communities and adult day care.