Amy Keys Shaw, Esq.
Knowledgeable legal and regulatory analyst and program manager with over 20 years experience in different State and Federal agencies, private consulting firms, and professional organizations
Areas of Expertise:
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, William and Mary - J.D.
Franklin and Marshall College - B.A.
Professional Experience
New Jersey Division of Family Development - Trenton, NJ - 2011-present
Assistant Director – Office of Policy Development, Research and Reporting
Legal Specialist – Counsel to the Director
Project Coordinator
Senior Attorney
Policy Analyst (under Intergovernmental Personnel Act)
West Virginia Bureau for Child Support Enforcement, Charleston, WV
Policy Counsel
Knowledgeable legal and regulatory analyst and program manager with over 20 years experience in different State and Federal agencies, private consulting firms, and professional organizations
Areas of Expertise:
- Development of Federal and State law, regulation, policy and procedure
- Policy and Legislative analysis
- Strategic planning guidance
- State agency administration
- Program Management
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, William and Mary - J.D.
Franklin and Marshall College - B.A.
Professional Experience
New Jersey Division of Family Development - Trenton, NJ - 2011-present
Assistant Director – Office of Policy Development, Research and Reporting
- Provide policy leadership and advice to Director and other DFD staff as a member of Senior Staff
- Manage Office of Policy Development, Research and Reporting
- Oversee rule-making and development of State regulations pertinent to Division of Family Development programs, including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families/General Assistance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Child Care, Child Support, Refugee Resettlement, Emergency Assistance, with particular attention to requirements of State and Federal law
- Supervise policy development, regulatory, research and support staff
Legal Specialist – Counsel to the Director
- Involved in all aspects of policy/procedure development, strategic planning, and program assessment.
- Advised director and staff on legal, legislative and policy issues.
- Worked with members of department and division senior staff on division- and department-wide initiatives.
- Worked closely with department legislative liaison to develop and steer legislative packages through legislature.
- Researched State and Federal law, regulation and policy and analyzed implications for administration of State’s child support enforcement program.
- Developed strategies to meet Federal and State program goals and performance measures. Draft legislation, policy, procedures and agreements to comport with State and Federal requirements.
Project Coordinator
- Directed and executed grant-funded project to develop model national certification program for child support professionals. Reviewed research results, pilot projects undertaken by other groups, and certification literature.
Senior Attorney
- Advised members of project team on legal and policy issues related to development of new programs and systems under welfare reform.
- Managed attorney team revising Federal handbook, Essentials for Attorneys in Child Support Enforcement, including editing and authoring.
- Facilitated Federal/State workgroup addressing welfare reform requirements. Developed and delivered training.
- Drafted policy guidance documents.
Policy Analyst (under Intergovernmental Personnel Act)
West Virginia Bureau for Child Support Enforcement, Charleston, WV
Policy Counsel