Our Leadership

Denver, CO

Christoph has over 20 years of management consulting experience and has contributed to many external and internal initiatives during the five years at Public Knowledge. He has a track record of leading consultants and supporting their growth here and before he joined our team across many industries, countries, and diverse groups. He is fluent in English, German, and Spanish. Christoph helped our colleagues and teams most recently by stepping up to help with our project management methodology, leading the Tech Community of Practice, and supporting others in obtaining their PMP.

Christoph is certified in facilitation from the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), a certified professional in healthcare (CPHIMS) by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), an Agile-certified ScrumMaster® (CSM), and a certified project management professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.

Little Rock, AR

Since 1995, Elizabeth’s work has concentrated on leadership and management, public policy, practical approaches to change and implementation, and social justice in child welfare. She has focused on ensuring that children are safely and permanently cared for within their own families and communities throughout her career.

Additionally, she is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for Alia, a Minnesota-based non-profit aiming to inspire change within child welfare throughout the United States. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Office of Child Permanency at the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) in Nashville. She was also a part of the federally-funded Permanency Innovations Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Team (PII-TTAP). They used implementation science to improve outcomes for children languishing in foster care and then created the guide to developing, implementing, and assessing an innovation.

Austin, TX

Glenda serves as a Vice President for Region 6 for Public Knowledge®, the project manager for a large child welfare project. Glenda has over 35 years of public sector child welfare experience in various program areas; eligibility services, child protection, family preservation, foster care, and adoption. Before joining Public Knowledge®, Glenda served as the Associate Commissioner of Eligibility Operations for Texas. In that position, Glenda managed 9,300+ statewide staff in 251 locations, was responsible for providing economic support (TANF, SNAP, and Medicaid) services to the public, and co-led the state’s ACA healthcare reform implementation efforts. Additionally, Glenda led and supported the statewide team in developing an online benefits application process.

Glenda also developed a voluntary prevention program for families with prior history of child abuse for the Texas Department of Child Protective Services. She also developed and issued the RFP, bid process, and requirements and served as the Regional Director for Gwinnett County, Georgia, and a 14-county region including Augusta, Georgia. She also served as the Regional Director of Fulton and DeKalb Counties in Georgia while simultaneously servicing as County Director of Fulton County. Glenda was responsible for all child welfare and social services functions, including the Kenny A. Consent Decree.

Glenda’s past work experiences have also concentrated on frontline workers, frontline supervision, mid-level management, senior administration, and organizational change management. Glenda has served as a management consultant in assessment, change, development, technical assistance, mentoring, staff development, and direct child welfare delivery. Glenda holds a master’s degree in social work from The University of Georgia and has completed significant coursework towards a Ph.D. in Social Work.

Olympia, WA

Since 2007, Jennifer has been the Vice President for Region III at Public Knowledge®, LLC. Jennifer supports teams in Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Canada, and national courts and transportation projects. She leads new employees onboarding and co-leads the internal project management community of practice. Jennifer has 20 years of project management, organizational development, and public sector management experience in helping public agencies and non-profit organizations address human challenges, increase effectiveness, and manage change. Experience. 

Jennifer has extensive experience as a coach working with the College of Executive Coaching and the International Coaching Federation. Jennifer received her Master’s in Applied Behavioral Science from Bastyr University and is a certified professional coach (PCC) through the ICF, a certified project manager, and is certified to use several assessment tools, including the Hogan Leadership Assessment.    

Charlotte, NC

Since 2021, Kassie has been the Senior Vice President, Business Development at Public Knowledge®. She has trained and facilitated communication strategies during her career, action-planned and executed change management, and performed visioning and strategy. Overall, Kassie has managed more than two dozen projects. She has more than 20 years of experience with the workforce, leadership, and senior leadership development and training.

Kassie received her Bachelor of Arts in communications from the University of Colorado in Boulder and is a certified project management professional and certified Prosci ® organizational change management practitioner. Kassie trained in Technology of Participation group facilitation methods through the Institute of Cultural Affairs.

American Canyon, CA

Since 2021, Katherine has been the Vice President for Region 5 at Public Knowledge®. Katherine supports California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, Hawaii, Guam, and National Child Support teams. With 26 years of experience working as a veteran policy and operations analyst, she has been involved in social service programs in the public and private sectors since the 80s and was a crucial player in the federal efforts to analyze and implement strategies to ensure child support compliance with the Affordable Care Act. Katherine received her master’s degree in public administration from Evergreen State College.

Denver, CO

Since 2021, Robert has been the Vice President of Quality at Public Knowledge®. Robert is responsible for providing overall direction and leadership for the Center of Excellence and brand quality initiatives of the firm. He is responsible for building and growing Public Knowledge®’s brand presence and managing the staff that support the delivery of the core suite of project oversight services. Robert also maintains Public Knowledge®’s ISO-certified Quality Management System (QMS) and serves as the quality executive on the Corporate Quality Initiative Team. Robert’s position ensures that quality systems are continuously improved and implemented throughout Public Knowledge®, in addition to providing that the firm’s products and services are following Public Knowledge®’s quality requirements, standards, and protocols.

Robert has 25 years of experience working in multiple aspects of project management, independent verification and validation (IV&V), quality assurance (QA), and information technology. Robert is a certified project management professional (PMP) certified in risk and information systems controls (CRISC).

Cheyenne, WY

Since 2020, Stacey has been the CEO and President of Public Knowledge®.  Stacey is responsible for providing overall direction and leadership for Public Knowledge®, with 20 years of experience working within governmental agencies, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations. She also has extensive experience in training development and implementation, leadership assessments and coaching; organizational change management; and organizational development. Stacey received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Wyoming and is a certified child welfare law specialist (CWLS) and Project Management Institute (PMI) project management professional (PMP).

Steamboat Springs, CO

Whitney consulted for Public Knowledge® before leading our proposal team. While serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, she built a strong background in rule and policy analysis, contract development, procurement, research and writing, and program monitoring and evaluation. Whitney has worked in various industries, including law, healthcare, and non-profits. Whitney holds a law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law and a Bachelor of Science from Mesa State College, now Colorado Mesa University. She is also certified in group facilitation from the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) and is a certified Project Management Institute (PMI) project management professional (PMP).

Daphne, AL 

Since 2021, Will has been the Regional Co-Vice President for Region 1 at Public Knowledge®. He has been responsible for business development efforts to assist state and local child welfare and human services agencies throughout his career. Will assist clients with better understanding the effectiveness of their programs and how best to implement needed improvements in their practice, policies, and procedures. He has 28 years of public sector child welfare and human services experience on the local, state, and federal levels. Will received his master’s degree in social work from the University of Alabama.