Shaneen Moore
Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Children and Family Services Administration
Shaneen Moore is a Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Director of the Child Support Division within the Children and Family Services (CFS) administration of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Shaneen promoted to director in March 2018 and to the role of Deputy Assistant Commissioner in May 2021. Her career interest in the area of children and family services began many years ago, as she has always been interested in the needs of children and their families. The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion is a critical element in moving the work of human service transformation, program service delivery, and public policy development forward in eliminating disparities so often found within marginalized communities. Shaneen is an equity champion in leading key efforts and in moving the work forward ensuring it is a priority in Minnesota’s human service program delivery system.
Leadership is a very key element in providing strategic direction to all levels within an organization. As a committed leader to the public sector, in the fall of 2017, Shaneen began working on her PhD in Management and Public Service Leadership at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. She is currently working on writing her dissertation which is entitled, “The Impact of Systemic Racism and Color-Blindness in the Administration of the TANF and Child Support Programs: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impacts of Racialized Discourse and the African American Family in Minnesota”. The anticipated date of completion for her doctoral studies is Spring 2024. She has earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, and a Bachelor of Business in Business Administration also from Western Illinois University.
