Ms. Owen currently serves as the Director of Technical Assistance Services for Children and Family Futures (CFF). In this role, she manages the intake, assessment, resource allocation and delivery of training and technical assistance across CFF´s training and technical assistance (TA) contracts, including the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs, and the Regional Partnership Grant Program Support Contract. While at CFF as part of the Technical Assistance  team, she has assisted with a 300% increase in the volume of TA requests.

 In addition to her role in TA services, Ms. Owen serves on the staff of a new CFF unit created in 2010, the Knowledge Management and Development unit, which is responsible for organizing CFF’s extensive resources and for new project development in several areas, including veterans and military families, health care reform, home visiting, and legal remedies for children and families affected by substance use disorders.

 Prior to her work at CFF, Ms. Owen held several senior management roles with experience in corporate and nonprofit organizations. She was responsible for financial, administrative, human resources, legal, operations process improvements and decision making including the training curricula and logistics for corporate-wide training events focused on legal, human resources, safety, and risk management. She negotiated with government agencies on human resources compliance issues, supervised Securities Exchange Commission compliance procedures and other legal requirements during two major corporate shifts from subsidiary to independent firm status, and external funding development including identifying and preparing proposals for foundation and corporate funding prospects.

 Ms. Owen received her Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Paralegal Studies from University of LaVerne, and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.