Congratulations to the NCSEA 2024 Leadership Award Winners

NCSEA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Leadership Awards. These awards were presented at the 2024 Leadership Symposium in Detroit, Michigan and recognize outstanding contributions of individuals and/or organizations to the child support program through extraordinary management, leadership, collaboration, and messaging.

Recipients of the NCSEA Leadership Awards reflect and embody the mission and values of NCSEA; enhancing the financial, medical and emotional support parents provide for their children and increasing public awareness of the child support program’s contribution to the best interests of the families and children served. The accomplishments of award winners serve to inspire current and future child support leaders, professionals and program collaborators, further advancing and improving the child support program’s mission and goals.

Outstanding Leader Award
SUE SMITH
IV-D Director
Lac Courte Oreilles

Innovative Partnership/Collaboration Award
GEORGIA PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PROGRAM
Georgia Department of Health & Human Services,
Division of Child Support Services

Program Awareness Award
“The Modern Child Support Family” TV Campaign
New Mexico Child Support Program

Corporate Partner of the Year
CGI

Private Sector Individual of the Year
Sharon Pizzuti, Courtland Consulting

New Leader Scholarship recipient
Taryn Aguon
Placer County Child Support

The Howard G. Baldwin Memorial Scholarship recipient
Kristen Mindus
Placer County Child Support