JoAnne is a Senior Consultant with The Stephen Group, where she brings an intersectional lens and more than 20 years of experience in child welfare. JoAnne spent her career working directly with abused and neglected children and their families. She has provided direct services to youth in foster care and …
Sharon R. Williams is an industry leader in both the health and health related social care) industries. Her broad experience provides a unique perspective on effective engagement across these two diverse ecosystems to maximize integrated care initiatives and improve quality of care and quality of life for consumers. Her work …
Amy’s professional career spans over 20 years, the entirety of which has been in the healthcare space. Her commercial and Medicaid payor experience, coupled with numerous years in the pharmaceutical industry and a provider organization, affords her a unique perspective of the multi-faceted healthcare industry. Amy spent the first decade …
Ziv’s initial experience with the medical industry was gained through his father’s company, TEI, which was at the forefront of helping caregivers convert their paper files into the digital health records we take for granted today. The company provided a “one-stop-shop” to physicians who converted their practices to operating in …
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 …
