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County Appoints
Director of Child Support Services
Date: October 2,
2007
Release: Immediately
Contact: Dinah Phillips
Public
Information Officer
Susan Mauriello, County
Administrative Officer, announced today that, after conducting a lengthy
national recruitment, she has appointed Katherine Sokolik as the County’s new Director of Child
Support Services, effective October 15, 2007.
Ms. Sokolik has over 24 years managing and administering
human services programs focusing on child support services. For the past five years she has served as the Deputy Director of Child Support
Services for the County of Marin. In this capacity, she has responsibility for
the full range of child support services in the community, including staff
training, automation, and the Quality Improvement Plans. She has also assisted
with the implementation of the state's newest automation efforts and to worked
on policy issues at the state level.
Prior to joining Marin County, Ms. Sokolik worked with the Center for the Support of Families and was responsible for managing child support projects for the Federal Office of Child Support Management, State of Georgia, the State of Illinois, State of Hawaii, State of California, Los Angeles County, State of Virginia, State of Pennsylvania, and the State of South Carolina.
Ms. Sokolik has a Bachelor of Arts
and Masters Degree in Public Administration from Evergreen State College in
Olympia Washington and a teaching certificate from the University of Puget
Sound and has participated in numerous management training classes.
Ms. Sokolik said, “I am really excited about coming to Santa
Cruz to work with the staff and implement the new statewide computer system
which will enable us to do even more to improve the services we provide to
families in both Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties.“