PCSAO Committees

• PCSAO Board of Trustees PCSAO Board of Trustees (standing) - responsible for the overall governance of the statewide Association. Staff responsible  for Board: Crystal Ward Allen. President: Chip Spinning, Director of Franklin County Children Services.

• PCSAO Legislative Committee (standing) - responsible for reviewing all legislation, developing positions, and offering those   recommendations to the PCSAO Board of Trustees. Staff responsible for committee: Gregory R. Kapcar. County Co-Chairs: Randy Muth, Wayne County CS and Moira Weir, Hamilton County DJFS.  Click to view our legislative page.

• Administrative Rule Review Committee (standing) - responsible for reviewing all proposed administrative rules, developing positions, and offering those recommendations to the PCSAO Trustees and Ohio Department of Human Services. Staff responsible  for committee: Crystal Ward Allen.

• Human Resources Committee (standing) - responsible for studying issues which will lead to increased recruitment and retention of county PCSA professional staff. Staff responsible for committee: Scott Britton. County Co-Chairs are Wendy Davis, Lucas County CS and Kelly Lockhart, Trumbull County CS.

• Public Information Committee (standing) - responsible for developing approaches to provide counties with effective methods of communicating with their constituencies. Staff responsible for committee: Scott Britton. County Co-Chair are Kathryn Whittington, Ashtabula County CS and Chris Vasco, Summit County CS. Look at the material they developed on foster care support and Recruitement Guide - Making Connections that Count (2011)

• Conference Committee (standing) - responsible for developing and implementing the Association’s annual conference. Staff responsible for committee: Jeed Jitprasert, and Gayle Channing Tenenbaum. County Chairperson: Joy Xaybandith, CORTC-Franklin County CS. Co-chairs: Lynne Smith, Clark County DJFS; Ben Hannah, SWORTC-Butler County-CS. The 2012 PCSAO Annual conference will be held October 24-25 at Doubletree Hotel Worthington/Columbus. Check out the conference recap.