NCSEA On Location

This episode comes to you from the states of Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana and New Mexico. Mariellen Keely (Virginia Child Support) hosts today’s conversation, and is joined by Robbie Endris (Conduent), Shareda Morgan (GA Child Support) and Laura Galindo (CSG Government Solutions). They talk about their careers in child support, and their work on the NCSEA Web Talk committee. Listen as they share h...

This episode is co-hosted by Pat O’Donnell (YoungWilliams) and Brandi Gallebo (Franklin County CSEA) and comes to you from Illinois, Ohio, and Arizona.  They welcome Doreen Nicholas, who is a Survivor Engagement and Systems Change Specialist at the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.  Some of you may have heard Ms. Nicholas speak at the 2022 NCSEA Policy Forum in...

This episode of NCSEA On Location is coming to from Norwalk, Connecticut; Columbus, Ohio; Canton, Ohio and Anchorage, Alaska. Co-hosts Tim Lightner (AK Child Support), Brandi Gallebo (Franklin County CSEA) and Ann Durkin (Stark County, Ohio Child Support) welcome NCSEA’s newest staff member, Katie Kenney, Senior Manager of Professional Development. It’s an opportunity to get to know Katie, her lif...

Today’s episode comes to you on location from Canton, Ohio; Lansing, Michigan; and Seattle, Washington. Hosted by Ann Durkin (Stark County, Ohio Child Support) she welcomes her guests Erin Frish and Wally McClure -- co-instructors of the NCSEA-U Program. NCSEA-U is held in conjunction with the Leadership Symposium, which will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina this August. If you’re intereste...

Coming to you from Columbus, Ohio, Sugarland, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska. Join co-hosts Tim Lightner (Alaska Child Support Services Division) and Brandi Gallebo (Franklin County CSEA) as the speak with Dr. Deirdre S. Williams (Chief Bridge Builder, Leadership Development at U-Bridge Project Consulting). You may have heard Dr. Williams speak at the 2022 NCSEA Policy forum in Washington DC. Now joi...

This episode comes to you from Saratoga, New York; Richmond, Virginia; and Anchorage, Alaska. Tim Lightner (Alaska CSSD) and Mariellen Keely (VA Grants & Initiatives Consultant Senior ) have a conversation with Rob Velcoff (Intergovernmental Support Services). Rob talks about his career with his different roles in the child support program, and where his journey has taken him.  Rob discus...

This episode comes to you from Illinois and multiple locations in Ohio. Pat O’Donnell (YoungWilliams) and co-host Ann Durkin (Stark County, OH Job and Family Services) are joined by Susan Brown (Director of Franklin County, OH Child Support Enforcement) and Rob Pearson (Deputy Director of Child Support, Stark County Job and Family Services). They discuss procedural justice and how it can be integr...

Today’s On Location comes to you from Update New York, Wisconsin and Anchorage, Alaska. The focus of today’s show is the NCSEA Policy Forum, scheduled to take place at the JW Marriot in Washington DC February 3rd through 5th, 2022. Tim Lightner welcomes co-chairs of the event, Margot Bean (Deloitte Consulting) and Connie Chesnik (Administrator of the Division of Family and Economic Security in the...

Today’s episode comes to you on location from North Dakota, Massachusetts, and Anchorage, Alaska. The topic is Who do we serve, and do we serve them well? It’s an in-depth look at the child support program looking at things we do well now, and things that we might be able to do better in the future. The show today is hosted by Tim Lightner and joining him today as co-host is Chris Breen (Deputy Di...

This episode is hosted by Tim Lightner (Alaska Child Support Services Division) as he welcomes the immediate past-president and current president of our sister organization, the Western Intergovernmental Child Support Engagement Council, better known as WICSEC.  Our guests includes Veronica Riley, who is the current president of WICSEC.  Veronica is the Assistant Director for the Departm...

In this episode, Pat O’Donnell wraps up her series on NCSEA’s 2021 Leadership Awards.  Coming to you from locations in San Diego, California and Chicago, Illinois, Pat O’Donnell (YoungWilliams) hosts a conversation with Robert Lafer (Chief Legal Counsel, San Diego Department of Child Support Services) on being awarded the 2021 NCSEA Outstanding Leader Award.  They talk about Rob’s ongoin...

This episode is hosted by Tim Lightner (Alaska CSSD) and Ann Marie Ruskin (Executive Director, NCSEA), as they welcome the immediate past-President, and current President of our sister-organization, The National Tribal Child Support Association (NTCSA). Our guests include Sandy Cloer who is the current President of the association. Sandy is the Child Support Director of the Eastern Band of Cheroke...

This edition of On Location comes to you from locations of Boston, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; and Anchorage, Alaska.  Your host, Tim Lightner (Alaska Child Support Services Division) has an engaging conversation with Patience (Polly) Crozier and Diane Potts.  Polly is the Senior Staff Attorney with the GLAD’s GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, and Diane Potts is the Vice Presiden...

Today’s episode is hosted by Greg Wilson (the Executive Director of the California Child Support Director’s Association and member of the NCSEA Communications Committee and Podcast Subcommittee). Greg is joined by Kathy Sokolik and Elizabeth Morgan (both of PublicKnowledge) for a second in a series about the child support pass-through.  They discuss the history of the pass-through going all t...

On this episode, Pat O’Donnell (YoungWilliams) has a conversation with Carol Beecher (Director, Alaska Child Support Services), Lee Bjerklie (North Dakota Assistant Director for Customer Service) and Michele Cristello (Director, Massachusetts Child Support Program). They talk about how their programs provide customer service, and how government agencies experience unique challenges. They discuss h...

This episode was recorded on location in the Commonwealth of Virginia and Illinois.  Pat O’Donnell (of YoungWilliams) continues her series on NCSEA’s 2021 awards, by having a conversation with Barbara Lacina (Division Director of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Division of Child Support Enforcement) – the recipient of the 2021 NCSEA National Emerging Leader Award.  They talk about recogni...

This episode was recorded on location in Illinois and Massachusetts and is hosted by Pat O’Donnell -- a long-time member of our Podcast subcommittee, and frequent host on this program. Pat welcomes Domenic Dicenso, who is the Deputy Court Administrator for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Department. This Department was awarded the 2021 NCSEA Innovative Partnership and Co...

Join Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams as she has a conversation with Mariellen Keely, the Digital Marketing Project Director for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Division of Child Support Enforcement.  They talk about Virginia being the recipient of the NCSEA 2021 Program Awareness Award for #SupportVAKids:  the digital marketing campaign for the Virginia Child Support Program, how the campa...

This episode comes to you from multiple locations in California and Colorado.  Greg Wilson (Executive Director of the Child Support Director’s Association (CSDA in California) and NCSEA member) has a conversation with Larry Desbien (Director, Colorado Child Support Services Division) and David Kilgore (Director, California Department of Child Support Services).  The talk about what is a...

Tim Lightner welcomes the outgoing president, Lisa Skenandore and the incoming president, Lori Bengston of the National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA).  From locations in Wisconsin, Nebraska and Alaska, get a chance to learn more about Lisa and Lori -- their stories of where their journeys have led them, and where they (and NCSEA) are headed.  Hear also about how they got...

On Location comes to you from Indianapolis, Indiana, Lebanon, Ohio and Brooklyn, New York.  Nick Palos leads a discussion with child support leaders who help shepherd the Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Association (ERICSA):  Tommy Howard (1st Assistant Prosecutor and Director of Warren County, OH Child Support Enforcement) and Mike McGuire (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, and Div...

Coming to you from North Dakota, Michigan and Alaska, Sharon Pizzuti and Tim Lightner have an engaging conversation with Jim Fleming (IV-D Director of North Dakota’s Child Support program). Learn more about Jim Fleming: his roles in the child support community, and his perspectives on performance measures. Whether you have been in child support for the course of your career, or are new to the chil...

This is part two of our series on research into programs for low-income fathers. For this series of episodes, Tim Lightner is joined by co-host Sharon Pizzuti from Cortland Consulting and Co-chair of the NCSEA Communications Committee. Tim and Sharon speak with guests Jay Fagan (a faculty member for the School of Social Work at Temple University in Pennsylvania and Co-Director of the Fatherhood Re...

This episode is part one of a two-part series on research into programs for low-income fathers. For this series of episodes, Tim Lightner is joined by co-host Sharon Pizzuti from Cortland Consulting and Co-chair of the NCSEA Communications Committee. Tim and Sharon speak with guests Jay Fagan (a faculty member for the School of Social Work at Temple University in Pennsylvania and Co-Director of th...

Today’s episode comes to you on location from North Carolina, Minnesota, and Alaska, and is hosted by Tim Lightner with co-host Tammy Pearson. They welcome Shaneen Moore (MN Child Support Director and newly appointed Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Children and Family Services) and Dr. Trish Skophammer (Director of Ramsey County, MN Child Support Services Division). They join us today for a discu...