Robin Lehner

Robin Lehner

Board Member

“Hello, all you Graceland People!” My name is Robin Lehner and I am retired from working 20 years as a Program Specialist for Sommer Park. Every day was a new adventure.

I want to tell you about my new adventure. Walking into Graceland and seeing their sign “Aging with Vitality” really struck in my mind. I met Christa and later Peggy; two devoted people for seniors for them to serve and provide seniors weekly interesting programs. What Graceland was offering seniors is what drew me to more events.

Well, guess what? I am now teaching low-impact classes. I want to hear people laughing and having fun!

I am so proud to be on the Graceland board. I hope to bring ideas and help in serving our seniors. By being with the seniors in classes and serving on the board, I think I have more to offer.

Come and join us at Graceland for fun, education, and most of all, meeting other Seniors. Bring a friend. There is always room for more seniors!”

Emma Bailey

Emma Bailey

Board Member

Emma is a Clinical Digital Care Nurse Supervisor at OSF OnCall in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Emma also recruits and enrolls patients with chronic conditions in a remote patient monitoring program using the latest home monitoring technology through a Medicaid Innovative Collaboration.

Emma was a social worker with fifteen years of experience as a foster care case manager, women's counseling/ case manager, open adoption worker, and recruitment/ enrollment/family development preschool program coordinator. Emma has volunteered as an abstinence educator, teen counselor, and Court-appointed Special Advocate.

Emma's first degree was from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Emma then obtained a degree from Illinois Central College and OSF College of Nursing. Emma is an ICU-trained nurse who worked in the Neuro ICU at OSF and then worked as a lead neurosurgeon's nurse. Emma then returned to the hospital setting as a charge nurse of a medical-surgical inpatient floor and an outpatient with the observational floor. Emma's next step was becoming a case manager in the emergency department before finally landing at OSF OnCall. Emma is a Peoria resident who is a married mother of two daughters, one who is also a married nurse and one who is a seventeen-year-old senior in high school.  Emma is also the proud grandmother of two grandchildren. Emma is passionate about her work in the community and supports the growth and development of all members of society with a special emphasis on the vulnerable and disenfranchised. 

Tom Eertmoed

Tom Eertmoed

Board Member

Tom is actively engaged in the Peoria community as facilities manager at the East Bluff Community Center. Volunteering with several programs, especially the EBCC weekly food pantry, St. Bernard’s Parish and Boy Scouts, keeps him busy. Tom earned his Master of Science in Information Technology and worked at Illinois Central College in Library Services until retirement in 2019. Since retirement, Tom has seen the need for older adults to remain connected to services and other people for their wellbeing and is looking forward to creating a center where this connecting can occur. Tom resides in Peoria with his wife Sue and they are the parents of a son and grandparents to two grandsons.