Leadership - Public Knowledge

Will Hornsby MSW

Senior Vice President of Delivery

Daphne, AL

Since 2022, Will has been the Senior Vice President of Delivery at Public Knowledge®, formerly serving as the Co-Vice President for Region 1. 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 a better understanding of 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.

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Whitney Agopian JD, PMP

Proposal Center Vice President

Steamboat Springs, CO

Since 2019, Whitney has been the Proposal Center Vice President at Public Knowledge®. She was previously a management consultant at the firm.

Whitney has worked as an attorney in the private sector and for the Wyoming Supreme Court to improve outcomes in child welfare cases. She has a strong background in rule and policy analysis, contract development, procurement, research, and writing. 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 a certified PMP. Whitney enjoys spending time in the mountains with her family.

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Stacey Moss JD, CWLS, PMP

President

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).

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Katherine Sokolik MPA

Vice President for Region 5

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.

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Kassie Gram PMP, Prosci

Senior Vice President, Business Development

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 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.

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Jennifer Vachon MA, ACPEC, PCC

Vice President for Region 3

Olympia, WA

Since 2007, Jennifer has been the Vice President for Region 3 at Public Knowledge®. Jennifer supports teams in Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Canada, and national courts and transportation projects. She leads new employee 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.

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.

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Glenda McMillan LMSW

Vice President for Region 4

Georgetown, TX

Since 2014, Glenda has been the Vice President for Region 6 for Public Knowledge®. 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, managing 9,300 statewide staff in 251 locations, and providing economic support.

Glenda’s past work experiences have concentrated on voluntary prevention programs, child welfare, social services functions, 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.

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Elizabeth Black MSW

Vice President for Region 1

Little Rock, AR

Since 2021, Elizabeth has been the Co-Vice President for Region 1 at Public Knowledge®. Her work for 30 years 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 national change within child welfare. 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).

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Christoph Hansel MBA, PMP, CPHIMS, CSM

Vice President for Region 2

Denver, CO

Since 2015, Christoph has been the Vice President for Region 2 at Public Knowledge®. Having over 20 years of management consulting experience has contributed to many external and internal initiatives. 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.

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Will Hornsby MSW

Senior Vice President of Delivery

Whitney Agopian JD, PMP

Proposal Center Vice President

Stacey Moss JD, CWLS, PMP

President

Katherine Sokolik MPA

Vice President for Region 5

Kassie Gram PMP, Prosci

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Jennifer Vachon MA, ACPEC, PCC

Vice President for Region 3

Glenda McMillan LMSW

Vice President for Region 4

Elizabeth Black MSW

Vice President for Region 1

Christoph Hansel MBA, PMP, CPHIMS, CSM

Vice President for Region 2