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kate o'day

Commissioner Kathryn “Kate” O’Day is the new Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

O’Day has dedicated her entire professional life to children. She began her career as a youth counselor with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Before becoming President and CEO of Child & Family Tennessee, she was Vice President of Program Development and Evaluation for Children’s Home Society of Florida and Director of Program Services for Covenant House of Florida.

At Child & Family Tennessee, O’Day created a business-like management team and organizational model to ensure fiscal and programmatic accountability, which has helped the organization meet goals.

O’Day is a graduate of Leadership Knoxville, a co-chair of the Community Coalition for Domestic Violence in Knoxville, founding Chair of the Juvenile Court Assistance Board in Knox County, a former panel chair for the Foster Care Review Board in Knox County and a member of the Executive Women’s Association.

She has a Master of Social Work degree from Florida International University. O’Day is married to Steve Cuneo and has three grown children.

office: 615-741-9699 • fax: 615-532-8079

bonnie hommrich

Deputy Commissioner for Protection and Permanency, Bonnie Hommrich was appointed to this position in March of 2004. Prior to this she served as an Executive Administrative Assistant to Commissioner Miller. Hommrich has over 35 years experience in child welfare, serving in numerous capacities such as front line case manager, supervisor, training specialist, assistant manager, district manager, deputy commissioner and as the Principal Assistant to the Secretary for the Cabinet for Families and Children in Kentucky. Hommrich has most recently been leading the Brian A. Implementation Team in the development of the Path to Excellence. As Deputy Commissioner, Hommrich supervises the Office of Child Safety, Child Permanency, Family and Child Well-Being, Regional Support and Juvenile Justice. Hommrich earned her MSSW from Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville.

office: 615-532-3591 • fax: 615-532-8079

Interim Deputy Commissioner, Administration and Training, Kim Wright

office: 615-532-5554 • fax: 615-532-8079

Deputy Commissioner, Juvenile Justice, Albert Dawson

office: 615-741-8303 • fax: 615-253-1717

Executive Director of Performance and Quality Improvement, Kim Wright

office: 615-532-3440 • fax: 615-253-7868

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