Keaton, Kathy: - Kathy Keaton works as a Therapeutic Clown at San Angelo Community Medical Center. She is a recognized motivational and humorous Texas Keynote Speaker. She delivers an important message that we all need to hear about how laughter indeed can help us live a happier and healthier life. She includes many examples of the medicinal effects of humor and laughter from personal experiences, and the positive changes laughter can make on our minds and bodies. With her own special method of entertainment, when she speaks, people listen and laugh! Kathy has been clowning for over forty years. Piccolo is a state and international award-winning clown. She is a board member of the Texas Clown Association, was the 2016 chairman for the Texas Clown Convention, and is a member of the World Clown Association. Kathy was one of the first in the nation to earn a certified humor professional (CHP) designation in 2013, after attending the three-year Humor Academy through the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor. For the past nineteen years, Kathy has been the Membership Director at the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce. She is also a past member of Rotary International and an award-winning humorous Toastmaster. www.piccolotheclown.com