ERICSA 2026 Professional 
Excellence Awards
We celebrated and recognized the child support champions we work with at the 2026 ERICSA Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
Congratulations to the 2026 Award Winners!
Award of Professional Excellence—Frontline Child Support Professional
Marie Menges
Lead Child Support Case Manager
Moffat County Department of Human Services, Colorado
This award recognizes a frontline child support professional, serving in a non-supervisory role, who was recommended by a child support professional from the same jurisdiction, for having made significant contributions to their local IV-D program and to the children and families they serve. This child support professional has made worthy contributions that build a stronger intergovernmental child support community by facilitating communication, developing, and advocating effective policy, or delivering innovative professional training in order to enhance the well-being of families.
Award of Professional Excellence—Manager /Supervisor
Ashley Pope
Team Lead
Child Support Services of Tennessee – 10th Judicial District
This award recognizes a manager or supervisor child support professional, who was recommended by another child support professional from the same jurisdiction, for having made significant contributions to the IV-D intergovernmental program and to the children and families it serves. This supervisor or manager has made worthy contributions that build a stronger intergovernmental child support community by facilitating communication, developing, and advocating effective policy, or delivering innovative professional training in order to enhance the well-being of families.
Patrick W. Quinn Intergovernmental Award—Intergovernmental Impact
Tammy Pearson
Operations Manager – North Carolina
YoungWilliams
This award recognizes a child support professional in any role who has demonstrated a history of assisting child support workers by having disseminated information of intergovernmental issues, teaching seminars, coordinating conferences, planning sessions, working on intergovernmental committees, and any other activity that could demonstrate the candidate’s commitment to resolving intergovernmental child support issues. This child support professional has made worthy contributions that build a stronger intergovernmental child support community by facilitating communication, developing, and advocating effective policy, or delivering innovative professional training in order to enhance the well-being of families that span over multiple jurisdictions.