James Herbert Williams, PhD., Committee Chair

Arizona Centennial Professor of Social Welfare Services

Arizona State University

Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions

School of Social Work

Becci A. Akin, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor

PhD Program Director

University of Kansas

School of Social Welfare

Kimberly Bender, PhD.

Philip D. and Eleanor G. Winn Professor for Children and Youth at Risk

Graduate School of Social Work

University of Denver

Wesley T. Church II, PhD., LMSW

Dean and Professor

School of Social Work and Behavioral Sciences

Springfield College

Stephanie Cosner Berzin, PhD., MSSW

Inaugural Dean

College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice

Simmons University

Daniel Brisson, PhD.

Professor

Director, Burnes Center on Poverty and Homelessness

Graduate School of Social Work University of Denver

Kirk A. Foster, PhD.

Associate Professor and Director

Carolyn Freeze Baynes Distinguished Scholar

School of Social Work

East Carolina University

Bridget Freisthler, PhD.

Associate Dean of Research

Professor

College of Social Work

The Ohio State University

Benjamin F. Henwood, PhD., MSW

Associate Professor

University of Southern California

Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Robert Keefe, PhD.

Associate Professor

School of Social Work

University at Buffalo

The State University of New York

Craig Winston LeCroy, PhD.

Communitas Professor

School of Social Work

Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions

Arizona State University

Elizabeth Lightfoot, PhD.

Director and Foundation Professor

School of Social Work

Arizona State University

Gordon E. Limb, PhD.

Professor and Director

School of Social Work

Brigham Young University

Orion Mowbray, PhD.

Associate Professor

Director of Research

University of Georgia

School of Social Work

Sarah C. Narendorf, LCSW, PhD.

Associate Professor

Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development

Graduate College of Social Work

University of Houston

Hyunsung Oh, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor

School of Social Work

Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions

Arizona State University

Trina R. Williams Shanks, PhD.

Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work

Director, Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being

University of Michigan

School of Social Work,

Valerie B. Shapiro, PhD.

Associate Professor of Social Welfare

PhD Program Director

Co-Director of the Center for Prevention Research in Social Welfare

University of California, Berkeley

School of Social Welfare

Michael S. Spencer, PhD.

Presidential Term Professor

Director, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic Affairs

Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI)

University of Washington

School of Social Work

Michael Talamantes, MSSW, LCSW

Clinical Professor

Coordinator of the Health & Wellness Concentration

Graduate School of Social Work University of Denver

Miguel J. Vieyra, MSW

Clinical Associate Professor

Associate Director for Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives

School of Social Work

Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions

Arizona State University

John Oddy

Vice President for Donor Services

The New York Community Trust