For 8 years, Dr. Martha Stacker has served as the division administrator of the Children, Youth, and Families department at the Dane County Human Services Department. It has been a tough job at times, she says, but one that she enjoys.
“Every day, when I finish this job, I always say, ‘I hope I did something to help a family to make them a bit better,’” Stacker tells Madison365 in an interview at her office at Dane County Department of Human Services overlooking Lake Mendota on Northport Drive. “I say that every single day. I’m always thankful and I’m very grateful. I feel like this job is full circle of everything I’ve ever done. I’ve always worked with the underserved in some capacity my whole career.
“I’m very grateful to the staff. They are amazing. Also, I really appreciate my peers,” she adds. “We really triage things in the background a lot more than people ever see.”…