Betty Anne Nogan-Woerner, Chief Financial Officer

Betty Anne Nogan-Woerner was named Chief Financial Officer of The Children’s Aid Society in April 2005. A specialist in Economic Planning, Woerner oversees Children's Aid’s annual operating budget as well as the agency’s payroll, purchasing, endowment, government contracts and IT systems.

Prior to joining Children's Aid in 1989, Woerner served as a Deputy Director of the New York State Financial Control Board from 1985 – 1988, evaluating New York City’s $25 billion operating budget and 11 public authorities.

She has taught various financial and grants management courses at NYU and Fordham, and published fiscal analyses for the Citizen’s Budget Commission Quarterly and the City’s Economic Conditions Quarterly. In the past, Woerner has served on State and City Committees rethinking the funding of the foster care system.

She came to Children's Aid in 1989 as Comptroller and resigned in 1999 to spend more time with her family. With her 2005 appointment as CFO, she rejoined the agency. She has a master’s degree in urban planning, specializing in economic planning, from Virginia Tech and an undergraduate degree from St. Peter’s College in New Jersey. Woerner is married with two children; she is an elected member of the Board of Education in Scotch Plains, NJ and serves as a Trustee of the First United Methodist Church in Westfield, NJ.