PCSAO Staff

Angela Sausser is PCSAO’s executive director.

Prior to joining PCSAO in August 2014, Angela simultaneously held three positions with the State of Ohio. She served as Chief of the Bureau of Children and Families for the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; served as Project Director for the department’s four-year federal SAMSHA system of care grant; and retained her governor-appointed position as the Director of Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council, a post she held throughout her state government career of nine years under three administrations.

Prior to her appointment at the state, Angela was an independent management consultant working with state and county children services agencies throughout the country on system transformation strategies and, locally, formed a nonprofit to reduce infant mortality in Columbus. Angela began her career as a caseworker and supervisor for a private foster care agency in Cincinnati.

She currently serves on the John Glenn College of Public Affairs Alumni Society Board, Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Center for Accelerating Suicide Prevention in Real-World Settings Community Advisory Board, various state agencies’ advisory councils and boards, and Ohio’s Team for the 2023 National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health – Cohort 12.

Angela graduated from The Ohio State University with a Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management and a Master of Social Work in Social Administration.