Kindred Family Focus Executive Director George Hendrickson

   George Hendrickson began his work in social services as a Unit Supervisor with the Sheriff’s Youth Ranch in Isanti in 1974. He joined PATH MN in 1979 as a Social Worker and was promoted over the years to Area Director, Regional Director, and eventually Executive Director.  In 2011, PATH MN left the PATH affiliation and became Kindred Family Services, with Hendrickson as its CEO. At that time, the Kindred Board of Directors felt the future of child welfare was changing and that foster care in Minnesota needed to be more responsive to client needs, resulting in the need to have a specific vision for the future.  

In December 2012, Kindred Family Services merged with Nexus in an effort to better meet that vision for future growth and change. In January 2014, Kindred Family Services and Family Focus, Inc., merged under Nexus to become Kindred Family Focus. Hendrickson is Executive Director of Kindred Family Focus.  

Hendrickson received his Bachelor’s in Science in Pre-Medicine from St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. As a graduate student, he studied Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Minnesota and completed the Master’s program in Sociology/Corrections from Mankato State University. He is a Licensed Social Worker with the State of Minnesota.