Carol Anderson
Carol Anderson is a second generation Montanan with 100% Croatian roots; she is also a Carroll College Alumna. After coming to Helena to attend Carroll from Eastern Montana, she never left the Queen City and enjoys hiking on Mount Helena with her dog, volunteering around the community, and watching Carroll College soccer. Carol and her husband, Jay, started the Host Family Soccer Program for the Lady Saints seven years ago. She has four children divided evenly between Western Washington Vikings and Montana State Bobcats! Carol is honored to work with Carroll students and to give back to the Carroll community.
K. Mike Franklin, Ed.D.,LCPC - Director of Counseling Services
Mike is privileged to be serving Carroll students as they pursue their
academic and personal goals. He received his B.S. in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, his M.Div. from Duke University, S.T.M. from Yale University in Theology, and his Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University at Sarasota. Mike is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor.
Prior to coming to Carroll, Mike served as a United Methodist Church pastor and Navy chaplain for 18 years. Though Mike hails from southern Montana (South Carolina), he has lived in eleven different States and in the Republic of Panama and Great Britain. He has taught at the undergraduate level prior to coming to Carroll and is currently adjunct faculty teaching an Alpha Seminar and Psychology Class.
Mike enjoys spending time with friends, hiking, and cross country skiing. He is actively involved with the Bankrupt Brain Trust and the Hauser Boulevard Literary Society.
Mike's dog Gracie:
Gracie, a native of Montana, was named "The Last Best Dog" in the "Last Best Place", beating out the Governor's dog, Jag, paws down. She loves hanging out with students, going for walks, eating weenies (She is adverse to calling food "hot dogs".), napping, and being out in the woods. Her human, Mike, also works in the Wellness Center. She is Mike's master; he buys her food. he feeds her. He takes her for rides. He cleans up her "presents". Enough of this "all dogs have a master" business. Gracie is in charge here.
Laurie Gaffney
Carroll College welcomes this new face to the Wellness Center. As a previous counselor at Carroll College, Laurie Gaffney is very familiar with the campus atmosphere. She is a licensed social worker who obtained her undergraduate degree from MSU Bozeman working with physical and learning disabilities in children. She then obtained her graduate degree in Social Work from the University of Iowa. Laurie came back to join Carroll because she absolutely loves Carroll students. Her favorite Carroll activities include Mass, graduation, and the annual student induction ceremony. Her hobbies include walking, hiking, canoeing, and fishing. "My hope for new students coming to Carroll, "she said, "is to know themselves a lot better and to leave with as little anxiety as possible." Erin Dininny Harris
This interesting Scorpio is the Wellness Center's Office Manager in the mornings. She is currently a Classical Studies student at Carroll College. Erin hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Bigfork, Montana. Friends describe her as honest, beautiful, and energetic. She enjoys running the trails of Mount Helena, being chauffeur for her daughters, and hanging out at the library. To survive college Erin suggests that students "get lots of sleep and start homework early - don't procrastinate."
Kelly Parsley
has a Master's Degree from the Pennsylvania State University and has been instructing college students and adults since 1988. She teaches various writing course at Carroll as well as Alpha Seminar and community health classes. From 1996 to 2006 she served as the Education 
Coordinator for Helena's Friendship Center, a domestic violence/rape crisis program.
She worked as the Sexual Assault Prevention Services Coordinator for the Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and served on their Board of Directors for four years. She served two years on the Montana Crime Victim's Services Committee, and for the past three years she has been appointed to the Governor's AIDS Advisory Council as well as the Lewis and Clark County DUI Taskforce. In 2006-2007 she served as the Executive Director of Helena's Youth Connections, an organization committed to prevention of teen use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
In the fall of 2000, Kelly Parsley was appointed to the Advisory Council of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). She was elected Vice Chair of that organization in 2001 and was elected President in 2002-2005. In 2006 she wrote the field guide that Montana law enforcement officers use to respond to sexual assault crimes.
She also created and coordinated Carroll College's victim advocacy program in 1996 and continues that work today. She advocates for students in sexual assault crises and assists the college in creating healthy dating and violence prevention workshops as well as policies and procedures to support victims of crime.
Kathleen Joyce-Trudnowski, RN - Director of Health and Wellness
Kathleen Joyce-Trudnowski is privileged to assist students in caring for
their health, supporting their "wellness" and educating them on health care issues or concerns. She started her Nursing career at Carroll College in a Diploma Program and obtained her B.S. in Nursing from Marillac College in St. Louis, Missouri.
Kathleen has worked full-time in a variety of positions before coming to Carroll. She has been in the Nursing field for 33 years. She has worked in hospitals, nursing homes, home health, summer camps and a variety of other positions; including nine years as a traveling nurse.
Kathleen and her husband, Jim, live on Canyon Ferry Lake. Outside of their time at Carroll, attending functions, they enjoy their time together- fishing, boating, gardening, or just having some quiet time to spend out in God's nature, hiking and traveling.