Kathy Oliver, M.ED., LPC
Trustee
Director, Seneca County Job & Family Services
Kathy Oliver is director over a quadruple-combined agency in Seneca County that consists of adult/child protection, workforce, public assistance and child support. The agency employs 74 staff. Kathy has been director since 2003.
Prior to becoming director, she served as assistant director in Seneca and Sandusky counties consecutively. Before that, she supervised workforce development programs in Seneca County as an administrator. Prior to employment at SCDJFS, she worked in the Job Training and Partnership Act Program in Ottawa, Seneca, Sandusky, Erie and Huron counties. She was also an emergency services and family therapist.
Her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology is from Heidelberg College (now Heidelberg University). Her Master of Education is from the University of Toledo. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Ohio. She was one of the first certified child care workers in the state of Ohio when working for a local child placement provider.