Two finalists have been named by the Dane County Executive for the position of the Director of the Dane County Department of Human Services. After a thorough search and review process, the County has identified two highly qualified candidates to lead the largest Dane County Department.
The finalists are:
Interim Director, Dane County Department of Human Services
As Interim Director of Human Services she currently supervises 11 Division Administrators and Manager who collectively oversee 842 employees and over 400 outside service contractors with a budget of $313 million. Prior to being Interim Director, she was the deputy director of Human Services from 2019-2022. She also worked for Madison Metropolitan School District as Director of Strategic Partnerships from 2018-2019, University of Wisconsin Madison as Assistant Director of Community Networks and National Partnerships from 2014-2018, and the City of Madison as Deputy Mayor (Public Safety) from 2011-2014. She has a Master’s Degrees in Business Administration and in Public Management and Public Policy with a Social Policy Concentration and a Bachelor Degree in Political Science all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations, Mind Springs Health and West Springs Hospital, Grand Junction CO
In her role as COO, she directly manages 11 executives who oversee a total of 525 employees with a $68 million budget. She previously worked for the Colorado Department of Human Services- Office of Behavioral Health in various roles beginning as a Women’s Services Coordinator, then in the State Opioid Treatment Authority and finally as the Associate Director of Adult Treatment and Recovery, State from 2017-2022. She also worked as a social worker in the Dakota County Minnesota Jail Treatment Program/Chemical Health Unit. Everett has a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Minnesota State University-Mankato.
These candidates will now move forward in the hiring process, with one of the steps being a community town hall, which will give all County residents the opportunity to listen, hear, and provide feedback on the candidates.
The town hall is scheduled for Tuesday, January 7 at 6:00pm in the City-County Building room 354 (210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Madison, WI).
The town hall will include a moderated question and answer session with each candidate.
Residents are invited to submit questions to the candidates in advance by visiting: https://forms.office.com/g/j99D2ikDVe
The County will carefully review submitted questions and use that information to construct the questions to each candidate. The County is asking the community to please submit their questions by Friday, January 3.
The County Executive will carefully review public feedback, as well as the insights gained during the interviews and evaluations of the finalists. The County Executive will then nominate an individual, who will then go through the County Board’s approval process.
