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It’s pretty simple what Mark Mayfiled does: he talks about very serious sutff in a very funny way.

Mark has one of the most diversified backgrounds in the speaking industry having owend andoperated sevearl busineess reaanging from livestock production to nightclubs to golf instruction, and also spent ten years as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. and in thirteen state legislatures for a Fortune 500 comapnay. That business experience combined with his work as nightclub performer allowed him to create truly unique presentations. His tagline is simple: Solid Business Wisdom in Brilliant Comedic Style. He is one of the rare individuals in the world who is equally adept at performing comedy shows or high content speeches. He has recieved rave reveiws sharing the state with wide variety of celebrities like Paul Newman, Peter Frampton, Colin Powell and Bob Newhart and has introduced a President to the United States on a live, nationwide television broadcaset. 

Mark is an author of several business books and two joke books including his latest “Morph”  a guide to accepting and managing change and has spoke to “Who's Who” lists of corporations conventions and trade associations over the past four decades he was raised on a farm received two degrees magna cum laude from Kansas State University and taught school before he began his lobbying, business in speaking career. He has received the CSP designation from the National Speakers Association and has been inducted into their Hall of Fame.

He is happily married to Terry,  grandpa to Delaney Archer Reid and Everett and the proud father of two amazing daughters Leah and Lindsey. His hobbies are golf,  basketball and music and he was voted one of the top five funniest people in his family. 

From comedy shows to seminars Mark's philosophy is simple say with humor and people will take the message home a National Convention planner recently called Mark what are the very few really funny inspiring men in America today.

Mark's mom also said that once after a small bribe. 

It took almost dying to teach Stacy Pederson how to live.  Stacy Pederson is an award-winning actress comedian and speaker whose life was to perpetual mess. After experienced failure in every area of her, life- including “almost dying a bunch” - Stacy made a choice to reinvent her life one painful step at a time. Stacy has performed in front of thousands offering fun yet practical advice on improving their quality of life by overcoming stress innovation and living a life that matters.  

Ken Okel delivers actionable, engaging, and memorable programs that help audiences change the way they handle challenges and stressful situations. He understands the need to perform at a high level on the job, when the pressure is on, having worked in broadcast news, hurricane relief, and professional ballet (not a typo).

These highly competitive and pressure-packed professions taught Ken priceless insider knowledge, which he shares with audiences, as an in-demand motivational keynote speaker.

Other professional adventures have also seen him write the book, Stuck on Yellow, host a weekly podcast, The 2 Minute Takeaway, and promote everything from global brands to a three-legged kitten.

As a child, Ken loved playing with Lego and letting his imagination run wild. Today, he flexes those creative muscles on stage. You might see Ken making a point with a dance move.  Or he’ll take an airport fashion emergency and turn it into a fun lesson about unexpected change. And he might inspire you to get out of your comfort zone, with the takeaways of a police dog attack, when Ken was wearing a padded suit.

When he’s not speaking, Ken may be looking at his Fitbit, as he chases his daily goal of 20,000 steps. When he sits down, you’ll find him online with members of his family, who live in France, South Korea, and across the United States.

Ken is a Past President and two-time Member of the Year of the Florida Speakers Association and a 19-year member of the National Speakers Association.

My name is Abbi Keefe, and I have been working in the child support program for over 9 years. I started my career at Boulder County as a court liaison, then became an integrated case manager, and am currently a supervisor over the intake, establishment, and modification teams. I am very passionate about discovering ways that we can improve our processes and better serve the parents in our community. One of my biggest projects over the past year has been to provide more outreach and education to our community partners and partner agencies so that all eligible parents can apply for child support services.

Hi my name is Alicia Ware - I joined the State in Oct of 2023 as the ACSES operations analyst for case side! I am still learning a lot but love helping others along the way!  Before coming to the State, I was with child support in Denver County for nearly 7 years! Most of my time in Denver county consisted of working in Establishment, however, the last 2 years, I became the lead for their scanning and imaging team and was also the liaison, which helped me broaden my child support knowledge, beyond just Establishment!  During my free time, I love crafting with my little one! We make shirts, blankets, candle holders, etc.!  My goal for this upcoming year is to collaborate and build more relationships throughout the Counties! 

Ann Teixeira has been with the State of Colorado for 5 years and is the Lead Performance Analyst for the Policy and Performance team. Her responsibilities include working with County Performance Measures, CSDIS, and the current Central Regional Rep. Previously she worked as an Operations Analyst at the state office. Her career in Child Support started in Palm Beach County, Florida where she worked for 12yrs with enforcement, establishment, and interstate cases.

Hello wonderful world of Child Support. My name is Anna Perez and I’m a native to Colorado. I’ve worked in child support for ten years. I enjoy dressing up for no apparent reason and crocheting. I’m a lover of animals and tattoos. I have 3 dogs and 2 cats. As for tattoos, I think I have enough, but knowing me, it’s never enough. I’m married to my best friend and we’ve been together for 21 years. I thank my lucky stars for finding someone as cool and calm, he definitely balances me out. I look forward to meeting you all at conference this year.

Cheers mates!

My name is Antonio Torres Carmona, and I started my child support career in 2007 in the FSR call center. In 2017, I joined the FSR Support Services team. Since November 2021 I have worked as the FSR Financial Services Program Specialist. In October 2023 I was awarded Excellence in Customer Service by the Child Support Division/State Office.
I am so lucky to work in the Colorado Child Support Program and assist parents and caretakers. This job path has strengthened my work ethic and allowed me to use my generosity and compassion to help others.
When I am not working, I enjoy spending time with my family, shopping, and traveling! 
 

SMI has been fortunate to build a partnership with the Colorado Family Support Registry over the last 16 years designing innovative and customized systems and methods to assist in payment processing and customer service. I have been fortunate to serve as the Colorado Project Director for the last 10 years. Specifically, we are currently responsible for payment and correspondence imaging, data management ( SMART/SIV), credit card and electronic payment options (Smart ePay), payment posting, electronic payment card (smiONE Card), Interactive Voice Response System(IVR) and the call center.  When I am not working,  I enjoy playing pickleball, hiking with my fur baby Malli and traveling any place warm.

Benjamin has been with the State of Colorado since 2017. In 2019 Benjamin transitioned to the Family Support Registry (FSR). He leads all on boarding and ongoing support for ADP and the regional representative to the Southeast, Valley and Southwest Regions.  

He is a returning presenter for the Colorado Family Support Council with prior presentations covering Income Withholding Orders (IWO) and Add/Mods. 

Benjamin also loves spending time with his 2 year old grandson playing with cars and looking at the moon.

Caroline Scott, E-RYT-200 has been teaching yoga for 12 years she received her Hatha Yoga certification in 2012 at Ojas Yoga Center in Edgewater NJ and currently teaches corporate yoga at Gaiam Headquarters in Superior, CO.  along with private lessons. She has attended workshops for pre/post natal yoga, children's yoga and yoga for PTSD.  Caroline currently resides in Lakewood, CO. with her husband and two daughters. And  believes yoga is for EVERYBODY.

Christina Eigel is the Project Manager and IV-D Administrator for the Child Support Services offices of El Paso and Teller Counties as administered by Young Williams.  Christina started working at the Office of the District Attorney, Child Support Division, in 1995 and represented the delegate child support unit in El Paso County, Colorado, and was the Supervising Attorney until becoming project manager in 2021. Christina received her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Connecticut (Go, Huskies!) in December 1991 and her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 1995. Christina presently serves as a regional representative on the Colorado IV-D Task Force and served on the Colorado Child Support Commission from 2009 until 2016.

Christine M. Hernández is a shareholder at Hernandez & Associates, PC in Denver, CO. With over 18 years of experience, she specializes in removal defense, family-based immigration and federal appellate litigation before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Tenth Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as representation before US Citizenship and Immigration Services and various Consular Posts throughout the world.

She also represents clients in criminal proceedings before the various state and federal courts in Colorado. Christine frequently lectures regarding topics related to removal defense and EDI in the legal profession and has been endorsed as an expert in the field of immigration. She also teaches Immigration Law at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law.

Christine was recognized by US News in its 2023 edition of Best Lawyers In America for her work in Immigration. She was also included in 5280 Magazine’s Colorado Top Attorneys in 2022, 2023, and 2024 in the category of Immigration. In 2021 she received the “Chris Miranda Award for Outstanding Hispanic Attorney of the Year” from the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association (CHBA). Christine was named  “Barristers Best – People’s Choice Immigration Attorney” in 2022, “Barristers Best – Immigration Attorney” in 2020 and “Lawyer of the Year” in 2019 by Law Week Colorado for her work in immigration. She has been named a Super Lawyer since 2019 and was recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2016-2018. Christine has also been named a Top Latino Lawyer since 2017 and was named one of the Most Powerful Latinas in Law in 2018 by the Latino Leaders Magazine.

She served as Co-Chair of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) Immigration Section (2015-2023) and was Chair of HNBA’s inaugural ImmiGRANT Legal Defense Fund. Christine also served as Region XIII President of the HNBA (2021-2022) and President of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association (2019). She also founded and served as Co-Chair of Colorado Hispanic Bar Association’s Judicial Taskforce – focused on increasing the number of Latino Judges in Colorado until 2023. Christine was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court’s CLE Advisory Board in 2021 and appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court’s Hearing Board in 2020. She also served as Co-Chair of the Colorado Bar Association/Colorado Judicial Institute’s Diversity on the Bench Joint Coalition (2022-2023) and sat on the Denver Bar Association’s Board of Trustees (2020-2023). She also served as Chair of the Colorado Lawyers Committee’s Racial Justice Taskforce (2022-2023).

Christine has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 2005. She currently serves on the AILA Colorado ICE Liaison Committee and has served as Vice-Chair of AILA National's Removal Issues Committee, member of AILA National's 2013 Annual Conference Committee, member of AILA National's EOIR Liaison Committee, Chair of AILA Colorado's Practice Management Committee, Member Services Committee, GEO Liaison Committee, Mentor of AILA Colorado's GEO Liaison Committee, and member of AILA Colorado's EOIR Liaison Committee. She frequently is asked by AILA to lecture at the Annual Conference and present CLE’s throughout the year.   

She graduated from the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law and received her B.S. B.A. degree from American University in Washington, D.C., graduating magna cum laude, with a focus in International Business. She clerked at the Denver Immigration Court and Supremo Tribunal de Justicia in Guanajuato, Mexico. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.

I have been in the Child Support Program since 2009. I spent about 10 years in the program as
an Intake and Establishment technician in Arapahoe County. Then, I had a break from the Child
Support Program and worked as a Mediator and Translator independently for about 3years
before going back to the Child Support Program in Arapahoe County.
In October 2022, I joined the State Office as a Performance Analyst. I am the Subject matter
expert in COVES(Colorado Vital Events System), RPD(Report of Parentage Determination), and
Paternity.

Elizabeth Juvera has worked with the Colorado Central Registry (CCR) team since October 2021. She began working with Child Support Services in 2015 in Weld County as an Enforcement Technician. In 2018, she worked as an Employee Support and Resource Coordinator in the Administration Department before returning to Child Support Services. As an Intergovernmental Trainer and Special Projects Coordinator, Elizabeth is able to train with other counties, work with other states, and provide individual training when requested.

Elizabeth has been part of the Child Support Program since 2014. The first seven years of her career were spent as an establishment technician in Weld County. In April 2022, she joined the State ACSES team and has recently moved over to the Policy Unit.
In her current role she is the lead in developing, implementing, and maintaining Division
Establishment, Paternity, and Modification policies, procedures, and regulations. She serves as a regional representative supporting county child support services programs with policy compliance and performance improvement, as well as administering the APA Certification Programs.
Prior to her career in child support, Elizabeth worked as a Legal Secretary for 6 years in Larimer County and she holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Taylor University in Indiana.
To unwind, Elizabeth loves spending time in the great outdoors, camping, hiking, and paddle boarding.
 

Gene is an ACMP Certified Change Management Professional with more than seven years of experience in child support including time at Denver County & the state of Colorado Child Support Services. He has over 4 years of experience developing change management strategies coaching projects sponsors and executives and managing communications and change resistance to promote project success.

Heather McWhorter is the Financial ACSES Program Manager at the state office.  Heather began working at the state office in 2019 as an Operations Analyst. Her work at the state focuses on providing system training, working on problem logs and user acceptance testing. She started her Child Support career in Weld County in 2005 as a legal technician in enforcement.

Honorable Angela R. Arkin (ret.) is a 1983 graduate of Emory Law School, and is licensed in Colorado, Georgia, and the District of Columbia. In August 2000, after practicing law in Georgia and Colorado, Judge Arkin was hired as a District Court Magistrate in Arapahoe County. She was then appointed to a District Court Judgeship in the 18th Judicial District in July 2002, and served in mixed dockets in all four Counties in the District until July 1, 2008, when she was assigned to a 100% domestic docket, which she presided over until retiring in January 2016. In October 2015, Judge Arkin was chosen as the District Court Judge Honoree for the Colorado Judicial Institute Judicial Excellence Award and received many other awards and recognition for her service to the Colorado bench, bar, and Colorado families. After leaving the bench in 2016, Judge Arkin created a self-represented resource center to provide unbundled legal services to pro se litigants. In May of 2017, Judge Arkin joined the Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc. (JAG), where her current practice includes mediation, arbitration, med/arb, special master and appointed judge services in domestic relations, civil, and probate cases. In October 2017, Judge Al Harrell and Judge Arkin created the “Symposium on Race,” an ongoing monthly forum for discussion of race issues (symposiumonracedenver.com). Judge Arkin is a member of the Colorado Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, is an Author and Reviser of the CBA Bench Bar Book on Domestic Relations, is Chair of the Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals (LLP) Subcommittee of the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee, is on the Douglas County Domestic Relations Best Practices Team, and is a member and Past-President of the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, amongst other professional activities.

The road to being an Economic Security Programs Manager is rarely straight. Janet can attest to that! After many seemingly random positions, owning a business, a couple of bachelor’s degrees and a master’s degree, Janet landed the role of Economic Security Programs Manager for Summit County. That was seven years ago, making her one of the longest tenured people in that position. (She’s not sure if that is a good thing or suggests she’s a bit crazy.)  She has leaned on her transferable skills, a desire to continually learn, and an appreciation for flexibility. ‘Leadership’ has come in many forms; from learning the basics as a new and single mom to guiding classroom discussions, from preparing presentations to implementing new programs and marketing strategies, from committee membership to always seeking collaboration, Janet continues to grow in her understanding and implementation of leadership skills. From the comfortable to the uncomfortable and fears to high-fives, it’s been a journey. While she didn’t go looking for a job as a middle-manager in Human Services, she has embraced the role including the challenges and navigations of being in the middle. Building partnerships across Economic Security Programs and Units takes persistence, commitment, and support. Join our discussion and be a part of making your department stronger and more …….! (What is your goal?)
 

Janine Archuletta manages the Colorado Central Registry (interstate) and FSR Support Services Teams. She started her career in Jefferson County processing manual ledgers for foster care fees. In 1997 she went to Denver County. In Denver she focused on financial and dabbled in establishment. Thirteen years ago, she moved on to the State working on the financial side of the FSR Team. In 2014 her focus changed to FSR Employer Services (ES) and the State Directory of New Hires (SDNH). In 2020 she also took over managing centralized notice production and NIVD accounts for the FSR. Her team is also responsible for
providing DCSS web support to parents and employers. She currently is playing a dual role by overseeing the division’s Colorado Central Registry.  She brings 29 years of experience in multiple
program areas. Her hobbies include target shooting, building Lego, and collecting Funko Pops. She is engaged and has two doggie daughters Nelly and Asuka.

Hi, I am Jeanette Fresquez.
I began my career in Child Support at Eagle County where I was the Intake, Establishment & Financial Tech Specialist for about 10 years. I then went to Adams county as the Financial Lead for 2 years and then became the Intake lead and Case Liaison for 5 years.  As of July, 2023 I started with the State as one of the ACSES Case Operations Analysts.  I am looking forward to working and assisting with the counties to build relationships to better CSS. 
When I am not at work I love to travel and go up to the mountains and spend time with my family. 
 

I began my Child Support career in 2008 in a large county in Northern Colorado. I was
hired as a clerical/legal assistant, then decided I wanted to try Enforcement. I quickly learned
that Enforcement wasn’t for me, so when an opening in Bookkeeping suddenly became
available, I jumped at the opportunity! I came to the State Office in April 2022 as a Financial
Operations Analyst.
I am married and have 2 grown sons. Both of my boys played competitive soccer, I miss
the days of being on the sidelines cheering them on. Now we love to end our summer days at a
camp site, after enjoying a long day of water sports and boating.

I have been in the Child Support Program since 2001.  I spent my first seven years in the program as an enforcement technician in Jefferson County.  In 2008, I joined the State Enforcement Unit (SEU) at the State Office.  In my current role, I support my team in answering questions from the county caseworkers, Obilgee’s, Obligor’s, Obligor’s attorneys, and partner agencies about the remedies and how they work.  I also work with our OIT partners to ensure the remedies are running smoothly.  Additionally, I work on projects to implement new tools for the automated enforcement toolbox.  Outside of work, I enjoy time with my family and going on adventures across our beautiful state. I am also a quilter, and you will see my work in the background in virtual meetings.

Jessica Olson is the ACSES Case Service Delivery Manager of the ACSES "case" team at the state office working problem logs, doing user acceptance testing, and working closely with the developers with project management. Her team specializes in all things ACSES case-related. Her career started in Denver County with experience as both an enforcement and establishment technician. She then took a few years off to stay home and raise her children. She returned to Arapahoe and Adams County as an enforcement technician before joining the State Office.  In all, she has a total of 8 years of experience working in the county. She started in the State Enforcement Unit (SEU) as the FIDM specialist in early 2018, became an OA shortly after, and moved into her current position as a program manager in late 2022.

Jim Hayen in the Child Support Program Administrator for Boulder County.  After completing his Bachelors of Criminal Justice and Sociology, he started in the Child Support world in Jeffco doing intergovernmental enforcement in 2000.  Jim maintained a caseload of 700+ and learned through a lot of experience what works and what didn’t in working with customers, made a lot of mistakes and had a lot of fun learning about this amazing program. In 2004 after completing evening work for a Masters in Public Administration, Jim took on a unit supervisory role with intake and establishment in Boulder County.  Having never done work in either area presented him with a whole new pantheon of learning opportunities; both in the actual casework and also in learning how to work with a team to support and encourage them to do their best.  Jim also started engaging with other State and County partners in countless policy workgroups which helped him learn even more “big picture” perspectives, particularly learning how different agencies all do such successful work in so many different ways.  In 2009, he took on the role of IV-D Administrator in Boulder County and has been engaging in, and learning about CSS work ever since. 

Karen Steinhauser is an adjunct law professor, a part-time judge, and a trial lawyer.   She has worked as a prosecutor for 21 years, a full-time law professor at the University of Denver, and Counsel and Shareholder in private law firms, handling family, criminal and civil litigation. She also owned her own law firm.  As a prosecutor, she helped start the Domestic Violence Unit, and specialized in prosecuting sexual assault on children and adult sexual assault cases.  As a trial lawyer for 42 years, she has tried over 300 jury trials. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Denver Sturm college of Law where she has taught Evidence and Trial Advocacy for the past 32 years and has been a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy for approximately 32 years, training lawyers both nationally and internationally in various aspects of litigation including taking effective depositions and trial skills advocacy.
 Karen provides implicit/unconscious bias training to lawyers and non-lawyers in government agencies and private businesses.   She serves on the Diversity on the Bench Committee through the Colorado Bar Association and Colorado Judicial Institute.  She is also a former board chair and Emeritus member of the Anti-Defamation League.
 

Kelly Keane has practiced as a Denver Child Support Attorney for 12 years and prior to that was in private practice for family law, including handling mediation, child and family investigator and collaborative law cases. Kelly graduated from Benedictine College and Washburn University School of Law.

Kenny combined holistic inspiration without scientific insight to accomplish your unique goals. Kenny aims to bring out your motivation from within believing that is the optimal way to achieve long- term progress. His personal experience with back pain and scoliosis largely influenced his career in helping others. He specializes in re-establishing the body's natural and functional movement patterns so that clients looking to feel stronger and more balanced can enjoy vibrant active lifestyle. Kenny has experience training everyone from ambitious beginners to fitness models in outdoor athletes. He is inspired by and welcomes anyone seeking progress in their health and wellness.

Kyle is a Colorado native who graduated with a degree in Finance from the University of Northern Colorado. He began his career in Human Services in 2015 as a Child Support Enforcement Technician. After two years in that position, he was promoted to a Resource Specialist where he learned the ins and outs of the program. He gained his management experience as an Assistance Program Supervisor where he managed technicians processing Medicaid, SNAP, and cash assistance programs.  This role allowed him to understand how other departments within human services operate. 
 
In August of 2021, he advanced his career to be named the Child Support Division Director/IVD Administrator of Weld County. Since taking over the position, he has found a passion for collecting and interpreting data and became familiar with the many reporting tools we use within the Child Support Program.
 
Kyle is married to his wife, Tayler and together they have two beautiful children, Everleigh and Jaxson.
 

Lana is a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach, Certified Professional Coach for the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching, and a Certified Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner. After being a being a Spanish teacher, Operations Manager and Assistant Principal of culture for various public and private schools Lana knew that her impact would be greater from the outside in. She left the school system but continued to coach cheerleaders at various schools for more than eight years and serves as Director of Programs for Friends First a team mentoring organization empowering and equipping schools and the programs and organizations who serve them is Lana gift and passion. Besides Coaching leaders and Facilitating workshops for community organizations, Lana also Co-Chaired and continues to serve on the History, Culture, Social Contributions, and Civil Government in Education Commission whose sole purpose is to increase inclusion within the State Educational System. She leads a Collective dedicated to the financial advancement of
people of color and is a Public Speaker for change. Lana received her B.S. in International
Business from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Larry has more than 39 years’ experience with child support programs at both the state and county level in Colorado starting as a legal technician and progressing to County Child Support Manager to Director of the Division of Child Support Services at the Colorado Department of Human Services. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA), co-chaired the NCSEA Research Committee, and served on the National Judicial Child Support Task Force. He began his tenure as Director in January 2015. His focus is to provide improved support technology and training to the county child support professionals and implement strategies and initiatives to move the Colorado program from purely enforcement to a 2-Generational model by providing enhanced child support services, emphasizing employment, child well-being, and connecting both parents to the resources they need.  Larry is proud to be a part of the 700 plus child support professionals in Colorado who dedicate themselves every day to deliver high quality, effective and efficient services to the families served.

Lisa is the SAVES Demonstration Grant Administrator for the Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) and works in the Program Innovation Unit (PIU). This grant is the Safe Access for Victim’s Economic Security, and the main objective is to enhance Child Support Services for survivors of domestic violence (DV) by becoming more trauma-responsive and family-centered.

She has over 15 years of experience in Child Support Services at the county and state levels. Lisa also volunteered as a DV advocate with Alternative Horizons for several years in Durango, Colorado, before moving back to Denver. She graduated from Metropolitan State University with a degree in Cultural Anthropology.

Lisa enjoys family time, live music, museums, golf, and sporting events. She is an animal and plant lover and outdoor enthusiast.

Mara B. Vernon CPCC | PCC | CDTLF | TICC is a certified leadership coach, facilitator, and consultant who has spent more than 25 years in leadership and development roles in corporate and higher education industries. Her roles ranged from director of training, to director of operations, to director of career & alumni services, to leadership coach.  She is passionate about empowering others to consciously live the lives they desire.
Mara is the President and Possibility Illuminator of Ripp Leadership LLC, which embodies her life purpose, to radiantly illuminate passionate possibilities so that clients live empowered, creating ripples in the world.
 

Nance Kelly is the IVD Administrator for Larimer County Child Support Services. She was a Child Support Manager in  Weld County from 2012 to 2021 before moving to a Deputy Division Manager position in Larimer County where she oversees the Child Support program as well as the Colorado Works and Employment First programs. Nance holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society and a Juris Doctorate.

Hi, I am Paula Christy. I have been with child support since 2003, specializing in enforcement and training in Mesa County until November of 2021. At that time, I came to the State Enforcement Unit and was the SME for the license suspension remedies and Department of Corrections until 07/2023 when I became a Case OA. In my current role, I assist counties on “how to” in ACSES. In my free time you will find me in the garden or tending to my houseplants!!!

Sabrina is a veteran of managing partnerships and stakeholder contracts for the Division of Child Support Services. She has been in Child Support Services for 21 years at both the State and County level in Colorado.

She leads her team of highly motivated professionals in overseeing various special projects including grant writing for the 1115 grant funds that are awarded to Colorado Title IV-D programs.

Her versatile background also includes Child Support case management, strategic planning, policy development, performance improvement and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

Sabrina is committed to continually improving the Child Support Services program by evaluating how behavioral economics affects the program and the clients we serve.

Shelley Perez is a Child Support Manager for Larimer County Child Support Services.
She was a Child Support Officer in Stanislaus County, CA for 14 years before moving to
Colorado in 2013. She has been with Larimer County Child Support for 8 years, where
she oversees the Establishment, Modification, UIFSA, and Targeted Barrier Reduction
Teams.

I have worked for the Family Support Registry (FSR) at the state office for 17 years.  I have been the FSR Financial Services manager since November 2020.  My team handles payment and disbursement issues, missing payments, misapplied payments, returned disbursements, and returned payments.  Outside of work, I love traveling and spending time in the outdoors with my family.  We spend our summers camping.

Tom Battany is the c for CSS in Denver County.   He was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, and most definitely has black and gold golf club covers.    As of 6/1/2024 (at approximately 7:00am), Tom will have spent exactly ½ of his life working for Denver County CSS.   The CSS program is flush with demographic & performance data, and Tom believes in using #’s the right way to tell the true story and determine what to focus on next.  

Tracy Rumans has been engaged in the child support services field through several roles since 2003.  She is practicing as IV-D attorney in Colorado representing Arapahoe and Douglas counties and is the Child Support Legal Unit Supervisor for the Arapahoe County Attorney’s Office.  Prior to her current position, she was the Policy and Performance Supervisor for the State of Colorado Division of Child Support Services.  Tracy practiced as a IV-D attorney representing the El Paso and Teller County delegate child support enforcement units with the firm of Belveal & Eigel, LLC (later Belveal Eigel & Rumans, LLC), contracting with Policy Studies, Inc.  Tracy continued representing the child support unit with Young Williams Child Support Services, later becoming the Deputy Project Manager for El Paso and Teller County Child Support Services.  Tracy earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, and her law degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Tracy is the current chair of the Colorado Child Support Commission.