Carlyn Clark , MSSW is a Supervisor with Calument County. Previously she worked as a Child Protective Services Social Worker in Sheboygan County for 7 ½ years and was a full time trainer for the NEW Partnership. In addition to her child welfare experience, Carlyn is a Certified Divorce Mediator, Licensed School Social Worker and has background working with individuals and families affected by substance abuse and mental health issues. Carlyn received her BSW from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN and her MSSW from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Candy Conard, ACSW, CICSW, Candy was a faculty member of the U.W.-Green Bay Professional Social Work Program, an Executive Director of a Domestic Violence Agency, and has held  manager/supervisory positions in various non-profit organizations.  She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from U.W. Madison, and a LCSW.  She has had experience with children, adolescents, families, mental health and organizational development. She is a trainer and curriculum developer or the NEW Partnership.

Heather Halonie has been working in the field of child welfare for over twelve years, and has experience working in both tribal and county agencies. She is currently working as the Training Manager for the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership. In that position she coordinates trainings for both tribal and country child welfare staff in Wisconsin. Heather developed the foundation training “Case Practice with American Indian Tribes,” and has experience training that curriculum to country child welfare staff. Heather has a Masters of Social Work from the University of Minnesota—Duluth.

Jennifer Heil MSW, is a full-time trainer for NEW Partnership for Children and Families. She has been practicing in the field of child welfare since receiving her BSW with a Child Welfare Emphasis in 1994, primarily focusing on ongoing services to families and working with foster parents. Prior to coming to NEW Partnership, Jennifer served as a Foster Care Coordinator for Outagamie and Calumet Counties for 11 years, and worked with the Receiving Home, Respite Care, and Kinship Care Programs. She has enjoyed training parents, staff, and foster parents over the past 13 years. Jennifer obtained her MSW degree from UW-Green Bay in 2009.

Julie Jensen is currently employed at Marathon County Department of Social Services where she has been a supervisor for the past 13 years. Julie supervises the Ongoing Child Protection Services Unit, Children’s Long Term Support Unit, and Specialized Foster Care Services. Julie has a Masters Degree in Social Work from UW-Milwaukee. Prior to her current position, Julie’s specialty was in the area of mental health where she provided such services as intensive in-home family therapy in rural Wisconsin counties, mobile crisis intervention services to severally emotionally disturbed youth in Dane County, counseling services to victims of crime, and outpatient mental health services to children and their families.

Kristin Lampe , MSSW, APSW is currently the training specialist for the NEW Partnership. For six years, she worked for Dane County Department of Human Services as the Recruitment and Training Coordinator for the Foster Care Unit. Her responsibilities included training and recruiting prospective foster parents, along with developing on-going training for existing foster parents. Kristin also handled referrals of children needing foster care placements and provided consultation to on-going foster parents. In 2004, she moved to North Dakota and was a Pregnancy and Adoption social worker for Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota. In this position, she worked with birthparents on developing parenting and adoption plans and assisted families in adopting children both domestically and internationally.

Jane has been a leader in the mental health field for a number of years having worked residential treatment, inpatient drug and alcohol, inpatient psychiatric hospital for child and adolescent, day treatment for children and adolescents, intensive outpatient mental health for children and adolescents, and out-patient mental health. Jane has spent a number of 17 years developing a Juvenile Sexual Offender program for youth who are sexually reactive or have committed a sexual offense.

During her career Jane has presented on this topic of children and adolescents who are sexually reactive or have been charged with a sexual offense. Her training includes various workshops and education conferences on the topic of Juvenile Sexual Offenders.

Jane currently is the clinical director and owner of Dynamic Family Solutions a private practice located in Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She provides consultation for mental health and human service agencies, in addition to training providers to work with children and adolescents who are sexually reactive or sexually offend.

Suzanne Mathison has a BSW from Western Michigan University and has worked for the past ten years in Child Protective Services at Marathon County Department of Social Services. Prior to that she spent 17 years in residential treatment, working with male and female victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse. Suzanne attended Advanced Step Wise training and uses this model consistently in her practice.