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Cody Inman
Delegated Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and FamiliesCody Inman serves as Delegated Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
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Ryan Hanlon
Associate Commissioner, Children’s BureauRyan Hanlon is the Associate Commissioner for the Children’s Bureau.
Cody Inman
Cody Inman serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), where he oversees agency-wide programs advancing the well-being of children, youth, and families. He also performs the duties of the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) (delegated), overseeing the Children’s Bureau and the Family and Youth Services Bureau.
Inman brings extensive leadership experience across federal and state government, with a strong background in human services policy, grants management, and technology modernization. He has led government-wide efforts to modernize federal grants systems, coordinating across more than 50 agencies to improve transparency, performance, and program integrity across a $600 billion portfolio.
He previously served as a senior advisor at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor of Oklahoma. He also held senior leadership roles at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, leading reforms across child welfare, disability, and aging systems to improve access and services for individuals with high-acuity needs.
Throughout his career, Inman has focused on connecting policy, technology, and operations to strengthen program delivery, improve program integrity, and achieve better outcomes in human services.
He is a graduate of Oral Roberts University, where he earned a degree in pre-law with a minor in business management and history.
Ryan Hanlon
Ryan Hanlon, Ph.D., MSW serves as Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). In this leadership role, he provides national guidance on child welfare policy and practice, collaborating with states, tribes, and territories to promote safety, permanency, and well-being for children and youth. His work encompasses preventing maltreatment, strengthening families, reducing time in foster care, and expanding pathways to safe, permanent families.
Dr. Hanlon brings over two decades of distinguished experience in child welfare, foster care, and adoption to ACF. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of the National Council For Adoption (NCFA), where he previously led the organization's education, research, and constituent services initiatives. His career foundation includes hands-on experience in direct-service child welfare roles, including adoption and foster care practice.
As a trained social worker, Dr. Hanlon has enriched the field through teaching undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students while supervising social work interns. His expertise spans accreditation and regulatory frameworks, state licensing requirements, and federal and state child welfare policy development.
Dr. Hanlon holds four advanced degrees: an M.A. in Liberal Arts, an M.S. in Nonprofit Management, an MSW, and a Ph.D. in Social Work. He resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and their four children.