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Wendy First 5, Kern

First 5 Director Steps Down

Stricken With Cancer, Director Wendy Wayne To Undergo Treatment

POSTED: 8:53 am PDT March 18, 2008
UPDATED: 9:18 am PDT March 18, 2008

First 5 Kern's executive director has stepped down temporarily after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Wendy Wayne was hired during the summer of 2007 to head First 5 Kern.

The organization distributes state tobacco tax money to children's health care.

Wayne is on a leave of absence while she undergoes chemotherapy.

Day-to-day operations of First 5 will be delegated while she is gone.

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