Taylor provides organizational management consulting services to public and private child welfare agencies. He focuses on seeking justice for children and families involved with child welfare systems. Taylor spent five years with the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services where he served as Deputy Commissioner for Strategy & Policy/General Counsel, …
Austin has over a decade of legislative & policy experience, governmental relations. She is a strong communicator, strategic analyst and licensed attorney (TX, MA). She has provided budget and policy consulting to organizations and governmental bodies. Developed and launched impactful initiatives and built successful collaboratives. Managing complex projects with multiple …
Sheila Cooper is Stephen Group Senior Consultant who was most recently a client executive with CSG Government Solutions. Leveraging over 18 years of state government experience, her background includes wide-ranging work in Medicaid including experience with Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA), health insurance exchange, Medicaid …
John K Cooper is a subject matter expert with The Stephen Group. Mr. Cooper was appointed Assistant Secretary of the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families in 2011. In that role, he was charged with directing statewide operations through the oversight of six Regional Directors, the Florida Abuse …
Rory Rickert is a Subject Matter Expert for The Stephen Group. Rory was CEO of Integrated Healthcare Service Incorporated (IHS). There he assisted healthcare clients in winning over $100 billion in awards since the inception of the firm’s government business development practice. The company’s pharmacy practice assisted commercial healthcare clients …
Mr. DeStefano is a subject matter expert consultant for The Stephen Group and he brings extensive experience providing consultation on various issues impacting the implementation of child welfare and other health and human service programs. His range of experience includes development of public / private partnerships, performance based contracting, program …
Charmeka Bosket Childs is a business and government consultant with The Stephen Group, where she consults with state agencies in the area of Education and Health and Human Services. Charmeka formerly served at the South Carolina Department of Education as the Deputy Superintendent for School Effectiveness where she managed the …
Jason Melancon is a senior consultant at The Stephen Group, specializing in organizational development, Information Technology, and change management. Jason has worked with a variety of health and human service and child welfare nonprofits, specializing in database system support to operations and outcome reporting and strategic planning. Earlier in his …
Michael is a senior consultant with The Stephen Group where he specializes in Heath and Human Services information technology and innovation. Michael has had a wide variety of jobs and industries during his 35-year business career, and has recently served as a consulting in a number of state human service …
Donna Morstad is a Senior Consultant at The Stephen Group. Donna has dedicated more than 20 years to working on Health and Human Services issues in Texas state government, including 14 years at the Texas Legislative Budget Board and 7 years within the Health and Human Services Enterprise. Over the …
