Anna Stone, M.S.W.

Anna Stone began her career as a social worker for the Missouri Division of Family Services. She served in many different capacities through her 31-year career, culminating in her appointment as the Deputy Director for Child Welfare. As a front line supervisor, Anna was involved in extensive community outreach with school districts and day care centers in an effort to increase knowledge regarding child abuse and neglect. Later in her career, Anna was responsible for a collaboration among private agencies and the Division to offer Family Preservation Services to families throughout the state.

Following her work with the Missouri Division of Family Services, Anna served 5 years as President/Chief Executive Officer of Gillis Center, a multi-service organization which is part of the Cornerstones of Care consortium in Kansas City. During that time, she increased services through the Gillis School, instituted competency-based training for all staff, and conducted a successful capital campaign. During this time Anna also served as a Senior Vice-President for Cornerstones of Care. In that capacity, she was instrumental in preparing a successful bid for a multi-million dollar contract for case management services.

Anna’s service to families and children continued on a national level after her years at Gillis when she joined two National Child Welfare Resource Centers as a consultant. For seven years, she worked with public child welfare agencies in many states and American Samoa to help strengthen their child welfare programs and their cooperative work with private organizations within their jurisdictions.