Kelli Crawforth has been named the December 2017 Staff of the Month. Crawforth joined College of Western Idaho (CWI) in August 2016 and is currently the Administrative Assistant for the Law Enforcement Program.
Crawforth is passionate about law enforcement and has worked in various capacities in the law enforcement field for 20 years. She believes in integrity, accountability, serving others, and second chances.
“Everyone deserves a chance to prove themselves. Everyone makes mistakes. All we can do is learn from these mistakes and make ourselves better,” said Crawforth.
She carries this belief into the Law Enforcement Program and acts as an advocate for the students. Crawforth says she feels like a proud “mama bear” when the CWI Law Enforcement students’ hard work pays off and they graduate from the program.
Crawforth, her husband, and their children spend their time camping, four wheeling, riding dirt bikes, playing sports, watching NFL games (Go Vikings!), going to movies, vacationing at the Oregon Coast, and playing board games. The family tries to include their three-year-old Maltese, Ozzie, in as many family activities as possible. Kelli and her husband will be celebrating their ninth anniversary in January. Crawforth’s husband works at a local law enforcement agency and she states, “We are proud to be part of the law enforcement family.”
She volunteers for a national non-profit law enforcement family support organization in the Idaho chapter.
“We take meals to officer’s families, help with transportation to medical appointments, take spouses to lunch, and offer emotional support,” she said.
She hopes to someday serve a mission with her husband and children in India at an orphanage that houses two children their family sponsors.
Crawforth enjoys her job at CWI and the people around her. She appreciates the diverse culture CWI offers between the employees and students. She finds the staff to be helpful, encouraging, and committed.
Crawforth said a fun fact about her is her dream career was to be a professional four-wheeler racer representing team Yamaha. However, she is very content with the path her life has taken and she wouldn’t trade it for anything.