Donna Thrush

Donna Thrush has extensive experience in child welfare and community support, currently serving as a Foster Care Case Manager at Steuben County DSS since February 2019. Prior to this role, Donna worked as a Foster Care Case Manager and Child & Family Support Worker at Pathways, Inc., and provided case management for the Kinship Therapeutic Foster Care program at Catholic Charities of Steuben. Additional experience includes consulting work with Systems Change.Org and leadership positions focusing on homelessness initiatives with the National Center on Family Homelessness and HUD Program supervision at American Institutes for Research. Donna’s career began as Executive Director at McCreary County Community Housing Development Corporation and later as Community Development Technical Assistance Program Director at Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc. Donna holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dual Major Psychology and Social Work from the University of South Florida.