Ellen Kagen

Ellen B. Kagen, MSW, is on the faculty as a Senior Policy Associate of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development where she serves as Director of the Georgetown Institute for Transformational Leadership, a national leadership learning and consultation effort for professionals and families in the field of health and human services. She also is the Editor of their leadership training curriculum which focuses specifically on the leadership role in systems change and transformation. She has over 20 years experience working in the field of children's services and collaboration. Her areas of expertise include leadership, systems change, strategic planning, service system infrastructure, negotiation, governance and interagency integration and collaboration at the state and local levels

Prior to her work at Georgetown University, Ms. Kagen served as the Deputy Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's, Mental Health Services Program for Youth (MHSPY) and the Deputy Director of the National Resource Network (NRN) for Child and Family Mental Health Services at the Washington Business Group on Health. She helped found the federal CASSP Program while the Children's Division Director at the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. 

Ms. Kagen has a wide range of experience training and facilitating at the national, state and community levels and regularly trains and consults regularly with such entities as the: New Jersey Division of Health and Mental Health, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, St. Louis System of Care, Greater Miami Federation, Missouri Comprehensive System Management Team, Florida Children's Medical Services and the Oregon Children's Commission. 

Ms. Kagen holds an MSW in Social Strategy from the University of Maryland and a Certificate in Leadership from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.