"How do we take care of the people who take care of the people." We were able to chat with Sharon Kollar, LMSW '06 about her 20+ years of experience in non-profit and public child welfare organizations. Much of Sharon's work has focused on helping child welfare organizations create systems and environments that allow them to do great work. Sharon continues to use her macro and micro practice skills to help organizations improve their practice with children and families.
"How do we take care of the people who take care of the people."
We were able to chat with Sharon Kollar, LMSW '06 about her 20+ years of experience in non-profit and public child welfare organizations. Much of Sharon's work has focused on helping child welfare organizations create systems and environments that allow them to do great work. Sharon continues to use her macro and micro practice skills to help organizations improve their practice with children and families.
Bio:
Sharon Kollar ’06 is a social worker with over 20 years of experience in non-profit and public child welfare organizations. She joined Mathematica in September 2024 to serve as Associate Director for the National Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement. For 16 years, Sharon led information-sharing networks, knowledge management, and dissemination efforts for the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI). Her career has included monitoring, evaluating, and facilitating practice improvement efforts in public child welfare programs and providing direct services to adults, children, youth, and families. Her research includes child welfare workforce turnover, worker safety, and peer networking. Sharon has taught BSW and MSW Macro practice courses as an adjunct and served as an MSW field instructor for the University at Albany School of Social Welfare. As an independent consultant, she developed written products, facilitated workshops, connected jurisdictions with innovative practices, and created and implemented training curricula.