Kodee (legally Cody) Buck graduated from The University of Denver School of Social Work in 2008 with a master’s degree in social work. Buck started her healthcare career as a hospital social worker at The Medical Center of Aurora, Colo. In 2011 Kodee and her husband moved to a small mountain community outside of Denver where she worked for Park County Department of Human Services for seven plus years as a Lead Social Caseworker and Adult Protection Supervisor. During this time, Buck obtained her LCSW (in 2012) and has supervised other LCSW and LPC candidates. In August of 2018, Buck, her husband and their two boys (born in 2012 and 2017) moved to Pagosa Springs for her husband’s job. Their family enjoys all that Southwest Colorado has to offer … beautiful mountains, snowboarding, hiking and camping. 

Initially, Kodee Buck worked for the Archuleta County Department of Human Services in child welfare and adult protection.  In 2019, she was very excited to follow her passion of working with older adults full time when the Social Services Director position opened at Pine Ridge in April 2019. As a natural leader, Buck moved into the Nursing Home Administrator position where she loved to work with both residents and employees. Following the pandemic in 2023, Buck decided to take a more clinical role as a Behavioral Health Case Manager through Elevance Health (aka Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield) until now, returning to her roots in social services.