Two new members have joined the Arkansas Children’s Foundation (ACF) Board of Directors. They are Trisha Montague and Jennifer Yurachek.
Montague and Yurachek join 35 ACF board members who represent statewide communities served by Arkansas Children’s. Both were elected to three-year board terms, beginning Jan. 1, 2022.
Montague, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, who retired in April as executive vice president and interim chief operating officer at Arkansas Children’s, held the executive responsibility for operational leadership and day-to-day system operations. In October of 2015, Montague was hired as senior vice president and inaugural chief administrator with the responsibility of overseeing Arkansas Children’s Northwest, its leadership and its strategic plan for pediatric healthcare in the Northwest Arkansas community.
Prior to joining Arkansas Children’s in 2015, Montague served as chief nursing officer at Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. She began as a nurse and spent her entire career in pediatric healthcare, working in different hospitals across the country.
“With more than 35 years of service in pediatric healthcare, Trisha demonstrates passion and commitment to child health,” said Fred Scarborough, president of Arkansas Children’s Foundation. “Her strong affinity for Arkansas Children’s mission and vision make her an ideal candidate for board service. She is a dynamic, well-respected leader within the Northwest Arkansas community, Arkansas Children’s, and every organization she has touched throughout her career.”
Yurachek, a mother of three boys, has a passion for supporting the health, well-being, and education of children. This passion was most recently evident when she served as co-chair with her husband Hunter for the 2021 virtual Color of Hope Gala. The Color of Hope Gala, along with the Will Golf 4 Kids Tournament, helped raised more than $1.36 million to benefit hematology and oncology services at Arkansas Children’s Northwest.
Yurachek has worked in marketing and public relations with a degree in speech communications as well as radio, communications, and motion pictures. She’s actively involved in the Northwest Arkansas community where she is a member of Fayetteville High School’s Booster Club; is a member of the Philanthropy Club, which is a group of community advocates and philanthropists who work to learn more about local nonprofits to better understand the needs of the Northwest Arkansas community; does volunteer work for Cancer Support Home; and has served on the American Cancer Society of Arkansas’s' Suits & Sneakers Gala committee.
“There is no greater testament to Jennifer’s passion for children than the value she places in her family,” Scarborough said. “At the end of the day, parents want what’s best for their children—Jennifer is an incredible champion for children advocating for all of the children in Arkansas and beyond.”