Business Initiatives Manager, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

Areas of Interest: Child Welfare, Early Care and Education, Family and Economic Security, Justice Programs and Performance Mangement

Term End Date: September 2025

Director of Analytics and Research, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Division of Economic Security

Areas of Interest: Child Support, TANF, Employment Services, Refugee Programs

Term End Date: September 2025

Senior Research Manager, Economic Services Administration (ESA), Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), State of Washington

Areas of Interest: TANF, SNAP, Employment Services, Performance Measurement, Advancing Equity

Term End Date: September 2026

Child Support Enforcement Director, Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Areas of Interest: Child Support Policy and Enforcement, Workforce Development, Data-Driven Decision Making, Social Service Program Innovation, Collaboration Across Agencies, Improving Outcomes for Families

Term End Date: September 2025

Income Support Department Manager, Carver County, MN Health and Human Services

Areas of Interest: Integration between Social Services, Workforce and Economic Development, Public Health Intervention and Services, Transportation

Other Affiliations: MACSSA, Minnesota Association of County Social Services Administrators; MAWB, Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards; NASTA: National Association of TANF Administrators; Hennepin/Carver Workforce

Term End Date: September 2026

Supervising Research Specialist, Riverside University Health System- Public Health

Areas of Interest: Health Equity, Workforce Development, Early Care and Education, Trauma-Informed Approaches, Research and Evaluation

Term End Date: September 2025

Director, Center Operations; University of Maryland, Baltimore – School of Social Work – Family Welfare Research and Training Groups

Areas of Interest: Financial Support Programs (SNAP, TANF), Child Support, Administrative Data and Research, and Program Performance Improvement

Term End Date: September 2025

Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research

Areas of Interest: TANF, Workforce Development, Child Welfare, Systems Integration, Human-Centered Design, Poverty Reduction, Research and Evaluation, Implementation Science, Research to Practice

Term End Date: September 2026

Manager, Public Consulting Group (PCG)

Areas of Interest: TANF, Workforce Development, SNAP E&T, Public Assistance and Employment Services

Other Affiliations: American Pubic Human Services Association (APHSA), National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB), Human Services Finance Officers (HSFO)

Term End Date: September 2025

EMAPS Director; Economic Services Administration (ESA), Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), State of Washington

Areas of Interest: Public Assistance Policy, Poverty Reduction, Reducing Administrative Burdens, and Advancing Equity

Term End Date: September 2026

Director, ICF

Areas of Interest: Human Services Interoperability, Policy and Program Implementation, Strategic Doing, Training and Technical Assistance, Grant Management, Trauma-Informed Care, Workforce Development, Research to Practice, Finance, Technology

Term End Date: September 2025

Program Evaluator, US Office of Personnel Management

Areas of Interest: Public assistance, behavioral science, economic development, labor market, poverty reduction

Term End Date: September 2025

Senior Associate, Abt Global

Areas of Interest: Employment and Workforce Development, Criminal Justice and Re-entry, Child Welfare, Implementation Science

Other Affiliations: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, American Evaluation Association

Term End Date: September 2026

Deputy Assistant Secretary – Workforce Division;
Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Areas of Interest: TANF, Workforce Development – SNAP E&T, CSE E&T, STEP, TANF, Disability Determinations

Other Affiliations
SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Advance Research and Knowledge) Learning Community, Evidence Champion for Evidence Clearinghouse

Term End Date
September 2026

Senior Fellow, MDRC

Areas of Interest: TANF, SNAP, Employment and Workforce Development, Using data to improve program services and outcomes, Evaluation

Term End Date: September 2026

Director of Public Sector Partnerships, SteadyIQ

Areas of Interest: SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, Child Support, LIHEAP, Technology, Human-Centered Design, Program Integrity

Term End Date: September 2026

Senior Social Science Research Analyst, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Areas of Interest: Employment & Training, TANF, Family Self-Sufficiency, Research and Evaluation

Term End Date: September 2026

Executive Research Director, New York Department of Social Services

Areas of Interest: Poverty Reduction, Implementation Science, Behavioral Health, Organizational Culture, Human-Centered Design

Other Affiliations: Fordham University; Society for Social Work and Research

Term End Date: September 2026

Research Associate Professor, Social Research Institute, College of Social Work, University of Utah

Areas of Interest: Welfare Policy, Diverse Low-Income Poverty Issues; Trauma-Informed Approaches in Organizations

Other Affiliations: Traumainformedutah.org

Term End Date: September 2025

Contact us at NAWRSWorkshop@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more.

To be filled by an individual working in state or local government. Contact us at NAWRSWorkshop@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more.

To be filled by an individual working in state or local government. Contact us at NAWRSWorkshop@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more.

Michael Bono joined the NAWRS Board of Directors in 2004 and served tirelessly as President in 2010 and again in 2014 and 2015. He continued to work on NAWRS behind the scenes until cancer took him from us in 2016. We are so grateful to have known this warm, selfless, charismatic dynamo with a boundless heart for the less fortunate.

We hope you enjoy this heart-warming tribute to Michael. Friends and colleagues shared some of their favorite memories during an informal gathering to honor him at the NAWRS 2017 Workshop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.