[1] Ricckets spent her early career working on children and family focused organizations in North Carolina, Florida and New Jersey.
[1] Governor Richard Codey appointed Ricketts as executive director of his 2004 Task Force on Mental Health.
[1] In June 2008, Governor Jon Corzine nominated Ricketts, then a resident of Highland Park, New Jersey, to serve as the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families ("DCF").
[1] Corzine had created the DCF only two years prior as part of a settlement with the advocacy group Children's Rights which had sued the state of New Jersey.
[2] Shortly before taking office, incoming Governor Chris Christie dismissed Ricketts, along with two other Corzine appointed Commissioners, effective January 19, 2010.