June 25, 2018
Dear Executive & Legislative Branch Officials,
As child welfare scholars, practitioners, and people who have had lived experiences with the child welfare system and the harmful experiences of separation from one’s family, we are alarmed by reports that more than 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents and detained by the Department of Homeland Security. More than thirty years of research tells us that separating children from their parents is detrimental to children’s short- and long-term physical and emotional health. Parent-child separation should only be used when children are at imminent risk of serious harm and used as a practice of last-resort. To date, the Department of Homeland Security has offered no evidence that detained children are at risk of such harm, thus these detrimental separations are unwarranted and should be stopped immediately.
Moreover, we are very concerned about the detention of migrant children, including children under the age of three, in warehouse-like facilities. The research on institutional care is clear – institutional care is antithetical to child well-being. Such facilities cannot provide the familial care children need to thrive, and they are discouraged in federal law (see the 2018 Family First Prevention Services Act). In addition, the existing child welfare system does not have the resources or the capacity to take more migrant children into foster care. Nearly a half-million children reside in foster care on any given day, and child welfare systems across the country face chronic foster care shortages. Child welfare systems should not take on the care of migrant children, when these children have safe and loving parents who are willing and able to provide the care they need.
On June 20, 2018, President Trump signed an executive order replacing the Administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents with family detention. While the specifics of this policy have not yet been articulated, on its face, the policy is neither sufficient nor humane. The 1997 Flores settlement effectively bars the detention of migrant children alongside their parents and for good reason – detention settings, on the whole, are not developmentally appropriate for children and therefore inappropriate for families.
As child welfare scholars, practitioners, and people who have lived experiences with the separation of children from families, we are deeply committed to the welfare of all children. We add our voice to the chorus of child welfare organizations and professional groups – including the Child Welfare League of America, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, and National Association of Social Workers – calling for an end to the Department of Homeland Security’s harmful and inhumane practice of separating migrant children from their parents and the detention of families as a whole.
Sincerely,
Concerned Child Welfare Scholars, Practitioners & Members of the Child Welfare Community*
* All signatures represent opinions of the individual, not necessarily their affiliated institution
Signatory List:
Gary Mallon, MSW, DSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Diane DePanfilis, MSW, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York
Colleen Henry, MSW, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York
Trudy Festinger, MSW, DSW, New York University
Joe Ryan, PhD, University of Michigan
Jill Duerr Berrick, MSW, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Vicki Lens, JD, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York
Mark Courtney, MSW, PhD, University of Chicago
David Brodzinsky, PhD, Rutgers University
Leah Bartley, MSW, PHD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Barbara Needell, PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Retired)
Geetha Gopalan, PhD, University of Maryland
Judy L Postmus, MSW, PhD, Rutgers University
Julie A. Cederbaum, PhD, MSW, MPH, University of Southern California
Cecile C. Guin, PhD, LCSW, Louisiana State University, Social Research and Evaluation Center
Angela Pharris, MSW, PhD, University of Oklahoma
Jeanne Howard, PhD, Illinois State University
Kelly Whitaker, MPA, PhD , University of Washington
Erika Weissinger, MPP, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Patricia Joyce, MSW, DSW, Adelphi University
Bryan Victor, MSW, PhD, University of Michigan
Anita Barbee, MSSW, PhD, University of Louisville
Krista Thomas, MSW, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Bryn King, MSW, PhD, University of Toronto
Ilze Earner, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Jennifer Lawson, MSSW, PhD, Texas State University
JaeRan Kim, MSW, PhD, University of Washington, Tacoma
Colleen Katz, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Wendy Lynn Wiegmann, MSW, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Adam Brown, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Melissa Van Wert, MSW, PhD, University of Toronto
Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, MSW, PhD, University of Vermont
Emily Bosk, MSW, PhD, Rutgers University
Amy D. Benton, PhD, LCSW, Texas State University
Sarah Taylor, MSW, PhD, California State University, East Bay
Curtis McMillen, MSW, PhD, University of Chicago
Diane Elze, PhD, University at Buffalo
Carol Wilson Spigner, DSW, University of Pennsylvania
Christine Lynn Norton, LCSW, PhD, Texas State University
Crystal Collins-Camargo, MSW, PhD, University of Louisville
Nathanael Okpych, PhD, University of Connecticut
Margaret Lloyd, PhD, University of Connecticut
Norma Harris, MSW, PhD, College of Social Work, University of Utah
Caitlin Elsaesser, PhD, University of Connecticut
Alexis Kuerbis, PhD, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, MSW, PhD, The Ohio State University, College of Social Work
Tamara Fuller, PhD, University of Illinois, Children and Family Research Center
Amy Conley Wright, MSW, PhD, University of Sydney
Karen Smith Rotabi, MSW, MPH, PhD, California State University, Monterey Bay
Holly Grant-Marsney, PhD, Bridgewater State University
Susan Branco, PhD, LPC, LCPC-S, NCC, ACS, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Elaine M. Maccio, PhD, LCSW, Louisiana State University
Jama Shelton, MSW, PhD, Hunter College, City University of New York
Christina Studts, MSW, PhD, University of Kentucky
Amy Cirillo, PhD, Assumption College
Jennifer Elkins, MSSW, PhD, University of Georgia
Elizabeth j Greeno, PhD, University of Maryland
Kaela Byers, PhD, MSW, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Rosemary Bernstein, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Marlene Matarese, PhD, University of Maryland
Catherine Corr, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tova Walsh, MSW, PhD, Rutgers University
Dorian Traube, PhD, LCSW, University of Southern California
Christina Risley-Curtiss, PHD, Arizona State University (Retired)
Anayeli Lopez, MSW, PhD Candidate, Boston College
Kathryn S. Collins, MSW, PhD, University of Maryland
Kerrie Ocasio, MSW, PhD, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Kristen Slack, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Becci Akin, MSW, PhD, University of Kansas
Aislinn Conrad-Hiebner, PhD, University of Iowa
Leah P. Cheatham, MSW, JD, PhD, University of Alabama
Alice A. Lieberman, PhD, University of Kansas
Megan Feely, PhD, University of Connecticut
Andrew Zinn, PhD, University of Kansas
Byron J. Powell, PhD, LCSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth D Hutchison, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University (Retired)
Leah Hill, Fordham University
Megan Finno-Velasquez, MSW, PhD, New Mexico State University
Tiffany Burkhardt, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Hans Grietens, PhD, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Anne F. Farrell, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Thomas M. Crea, PhD, MSW, Boston College
Megan Piel, MSW, PhD, Wayne State University
Kristina Lopez, PhD, Arizona State University
Jodi Berger Cardoso, MSSW, PhD, University of Houston
Barbara Pierce, MSS, PhD , Indiana University School of Social Work
Marinilda Rivera Diaz, MSW, PhD, University of Puerto Rico
Lisa E. McGuire, MSW, PhD, James Madison University
Laura Gibson, PhD, LCSW, Brescia University
Catherine Kuhns, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
Maria Gurrola, MSW, PhD, New Mexico State University
Elizabeth Aparicio, MSW, PhD, University of Maryland
Kristen Seay, MSW, PhD, University of South Carolina
Danielle Parrish, PhD, University of Houston
Alice King Ingham, PhD, Radford University (Professor Emeritus)
Lisa Berlin, PhD, University of Maryland
Jeanette R. Davidson, PhD, ACSW, University of Oklahoma
Christina Danko, PhD, University of Maryland
Marjorie Sable, MSW, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia
Joan Heifetz Hollinger, JD, University of California Berkeley (Professor Emeritus)
Marilyn A. Biggerstaff, DSW, Virginia Commonwealth University
Michael LaSala, PhD, Rutgers University
Alan Dettlaff, MSSW, PhD, University of Houston
Tracy Schroepfer, MSW, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Debbie Gioia, MSSW, PhD, University of Maryland
Gail Folaron, PhD, Indiana University
Sacha Klein, MSW, PhD, Michigan State University
Julia Fleckman, PhD, Tulane University
Katherine Lisa Rosenblum, PhD, University of Michigan
Lisa Frey, PhD, University of Oklahoma
Jane Mauldon, PhD, University of California Berkeley
John M Herrick, PhD, Michigan State University (Professor Emeritus)
Melanie Sage, MSW, PhD, University at Buffalo SUNY
Melvin Delgado, PhD, Boston University
Rahbel Rahman, PhD, LMSW, Fordham University
Julia Hernandez, MSW, PHD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
Bridget Cho, PhD Candidate, University of Kansas
Kenneth Feder, PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
Clinton Boyd, Jr., PhD Candidate, Georgia State University
Alex Busuito, PhD Candidate, The Penn State University
Ann Carrellas, MSW, PhD Candidate, Wayne State University
Claudette L. Grinnell-Davis, University of Oklahoma
Terri Coalter, LCSW, Hinds Community College
Dina Rosenfeld, New York University
Richard Altman, Hunter College, City University of New York
Deborah Reising, Duquesne University
Dr. Amanda L Badrn, Montclair State University
Peter Niedt, MSW, Lehman College, The City University of New York
Gary Bailey,DHL,MSW,ACSW, Simmons College
Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D, LCSW, LMFT, Harvard Medical School
Bill Bettencourt , The Center For The Study of Social Policy
Michael Arsham, MSW, Administration for Children's Services, NYC & Hunter College, CUNY
Harold D. Grotevant, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Meg Baier, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, New York University
Bonni Raab, Dominican College
Katherine Cohen-Filipic, MSW, Ph.D., Ithaca College
Maris H. Blechner, M Ed, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Alba Lopez, Rutgers University
Victor Groza, Case Western Reserve University
Claudia L. Moreno, Dominican College
Judith Morgan, Southern Connecticut State University
Miranda Lynch, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Lydia Sacavage, Deloitte
Alida Bouris, University of Chicago
Jamie Yoder, Colorado State University
Steve Nagler, MSW, Yale University Child Study Center
Lisa Albertson , University of California, Berkeley
Christina Feliciana, MSW, University of California, Berkeley
Eileen Treacy, Lehman College, The City University of New York
Peggy Morton, New York University
Kristen Weber, The Center for the Study of Social Policy
Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen, Stockton University, Child Welfare Education Institute
Priscilla D. Allen, Louisiana State University
Desarie Nicholas , Hunter College, City University of New York
Manfred van Dulmen, Kent State University
Sakari Lyons, California State University, East Bay
Laina Yoswein, Hunter College, City University of New York
Liat Shklarski, LCSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Rebecca White, MSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Susan Notkin, Center for the Study of Social Policy
William Galic, ACSW, University of Alaska-Anchorage
Amy I. White, MSW, University of Oklahoma
Toni Naccarato , California State University, East Bay
Jamie Norris, University of Kansas
Arlene Lev, University at Albany
Jane Giesken, MSW, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jordan Hargrove, BSW, University of Missouri
Jackie Crow Shoe, University of Southern Maine
Hye Kyung Kang, Seattle University
Riva Zeff MSW, Seattle University
Alfred G. Pérez, Seattle University
Jill Porzucki, MSW , University of California, Berkeley
Megan Johnson, MSW, LCSW, Rutgers University
Regina Edmonds, Assumption College (Professor Emeritus)
Tricia Stephens, Hunter College, City University of New York
Cathryn C Potter, Rutgers University
Colleen Clark, University of California, Berkeley
Sheena Feingold , New York University
Jessica Rothschuh, Deloitte
Dr. Alma J Carten, New York University
Nicole Liner-Jigamian, MSW, University of California, Berkeley
Abigail M. Ross, PhD, MSW, MPH, Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Service
Alayna Schreier, Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine
Kate Stepleton, MSW, Rutgers University
Lisa Schelbe , Florida State University
Clare Huntington, JD, Fordham Law School
Cynthia Swenson, Medical University of South Carolina
Kathryn Maguire Jack, Ohio State University
William Schneider, Northwestern University
Betty J. Ruth, Boston University
Carly Bailey Dierkhising, California State University, Los Angeles
Julie Spielberger, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Sarah Prendergast, Colorado State University
Yessica Alzati , Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Jeffrey Lacasse, Florida State University
Christina Padilla, Georgetown University
Alvonne Penola , University of North Dakota
Jenna Chapman, MA, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Rosalyn Deckerhoff, Florida State University
Rebecca Rebbe, MSW, University of Washington
Tracey Lockaby, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Jennifer M Haight, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Judith Scott, Boston University
Amber Joiner-Hill, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Elizabeth Miller, MS, Pennsylvania State University
Shamra Marie Boel-Studt, Florida State University
Ivan A. de la Rosa, New Mexico State University, School of Social Work
Lada Mo, MSW, Boston University
Dorothy Bergold , Boston university
Kristina Lovato, California State University, Long Beach
Kristina M. Whiton-O'Brien BSW, MSW, LICSW, Boston University
Randi Mandelbaum, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Victoria Christian MSW, University of St. Thomas SW Dept
Ellen R DeVoe, Boston University
Alysse Loomis, MSW, University of Connecticut
Natalia Orendain, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles
Colleen Schlecht, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Janice Furlong, MSW, LICSW, Boston University
Valerie Tobia, LICSW, MPH, Wheaton College
Laurie Ramirez, MSW, University of Kansas
Michelle Levy, AM, University of Kansas
Gloria Lopez, Hampshire College
Alyssa Nelson, MSW LGSW, University of Minnesota
Monica Montoya, New Mexico State University
Carly Burton, MSW, Simmons College
Barbra Jackson, MSW, Fielding Graduate University
Jessica Wilen, Washington University in St. Louis
Katie Rollins, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Melissa Radey, Florida State University
Cheyenne Lyn Syvertson-Hagestuen, MSW, LGSW, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Victoria Verano, Florida State University
Grace Hubel, College of Charleston
Laura Moulton Sutherland, University of Minnesota
Anne Caterino, MSW, MPH, Humanity
Stephen Cummings, MSW, University of Iowa
Lesley Oblea, University of Iowa
Yvonne Farley, MSW, University of Iowa
Anne McLaughlin-Smith, The University of Iowa
Dana Cheek, MSW, University of Iowa
Mackenzie Fields, University of Iowa
Heidi Presslein, MSW, LICSW, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Kristen Young, University of Iowa
Keri Neblett, MSW, University of Iowa
Jacquelynn Duron, Rutgers University
Kimber Patterson, University of Iowa
Amanda Stefanik, University of Iowa
Nanci Ginty Butler, MSW, LICSW, Boston University
Alex Cohn, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Eileen Swoboda, MSW, University of Iowa
Lauren Vanchina, University of Minnesota
Dennette Derezotes, St. Augustine College
Kimberly Coviello , University of Maryland
Hope Hugghins, University of Iowa
Alicia Martel, University of Iowa
Megan Gilster, University of Iowa
ChinaRose Vanity Wilson, University of Iowa
Tami Gorton, University of Iowa
Heather Hermanson, University of Iowa
Brittany VanWyk, University of Iowa
Dallas M. Feuerbach, The University of Iowa
Susan Livingston Smith, Professor Emerita, Illinois State University
Danna Crocker, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Liv Carrow, University of Iowa
Johanna l Grenko, University of Iowa
Melissa B Marquardt, University of Oregon
Cara Voll, Univerity of Iowa
Kallie Rademacher, University of Iowa
Michelle S. Strawman, University of Iowa
Jane Timmons-Mitchell, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Deborah Moon, University of Kansas
Jamie McClanahan, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Lee Ann Huang, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Patricia Hunter, California State University, Chico
Kathy Lituri, Boston University
Beth Angell, Rutgers
Brigitt Keller, Fordham University
Deirdre Spelman, ACSW, LSW, Marywood University
Victoria M. Rizzo, Binghamton University
Anne Kelly Treantafeles, Fordham University
Gianna Russo-Mitma, Portland State University
Priscilla Day, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Sandra Guerra, LMSW, MBA, Fordham University
Virginia Olivas, MSW, Azusa Pacific University
Michael Berghoef, MSW, ACSW, Ferris State University
Anna Nelson, LCSW, New Mexico State University
Chinyere Stevens, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Maya Uemoto, MPH, University of Hawaii
Margaret Valencia, San Francisco State
Katharine Cahn, Portland State University
Jennifer Alsman, Brescia University
Melissa Wilson, University of Kentucky
Sarah Heil-Brenny, MSW, LICSW, University of Saint Thomas
Paige Borders, University of Iowa
Laurel Brown, Whittier College
Conan Green, University of Maryland
Peggy Arevalo. LCSW, California State University, East Bay
Velinda Trujillo Pearson, LISW, LCSW, New Mexico Highlands University
Amy Messex, MSW LCSW, New Mexico Highlands University
Angela Callais, LGSW, University of Minnesota
Joanne Gottesman, Rutgers Law School
Patricia Howes, MSW, LMSW, Indiana University
Gwenelle S. O'Neal, West Chester University
Kathy Heltzer, MSW, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Samantha Schneider, MSW, Simmons College
Sara Lyn Boughton, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Amanda Marie Derewicz, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Nancy Keeton, Brescia University
Suzanne McDevitt, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Katherine Tushaus Steffe, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Rosemarie Carbino, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Charlene J. Kolupski, LSW, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Katie Hayden-Lewis, Ohio State University
Karli McClure, University of Iowa
Tatiana Lowell-Campbell, University of Iowa
Mary Sue Morsch, University of Chicago
Sandra Rago, MSW, LICSW, Simmons University
Maria Joy Ferrera, DePaul University
Monica Caprio, University of California, Davis
Mollie Janssen, Portland State University
Anna Davis, The Catholic University of America
Ashley A. Willis, LCSW-C, University of Maryland
Mason Stumberg, University of Iowa
Angela Belsole, Fordham University
Leah G. Goldenberg , Simmons College
Destenie Ray, Troy University-Phenix City
Maryann Othello, MS, Columbia University
Lauren Siegel, University of Maryland
Mohsina Mandil, University of Iowa
Deborah Milbauer, MPH, MSW, Northeastern University
Nancy Lee Mary, California State University East Bay
Nicole Lauzus, Portland State University
Katrin Križ , Emmanuel College
Stacey Shipe, Binghamton University
Diane Crowley , Boston University
Gina DeLeonardis, LCSW-C, University of Maryland
Nicole Fordey, MSW, Simmons College
Cheryl Hyde, Temple University
Pauline Jivanjee, Portland State University
Josephine Jarolmen, Kean University
Karen Hanson, LCSW, Yale University
Johanna Ploeger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Susan Herman, New York University
Caitlin Clark, MSW, Simmons College
Brittany Paige Mihalec-Adkins, Purdue University
Lindsay Brainerd, MSW, Wheelock College
Timothy Schwaller, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Vincenza Corcoran, Fordham University
Katherine Walbam, Wheelock College
Kathryn Mertz, Adelphi University
Novilla Richards, Springfield School of Social Work
William Vanderwill, LMSW, ACSW, LMFT, BCD, University of Michigan
Catherine Croft, University of Iowa
Debra A Linsenmeyer, MSW, University of Maryland
Michelle Charron, California State University East Bay
Megan Smucker, LMSW, Hunter College, City University of New York
Susan Scher , Ramapo College of New Jersey
Noa Ashman, The George Washington University
Dale Maglalang, Boston College
Leah G. Goldenberg , Simmons College
Angela Lombardo, Boston College
Audrey Davis, University of St. Francis
Cecily Staples, University of Maryland
Margaret H Ricks, University of California, Boston College, University of Massachusetts (Retired)
Heather Nicole Hastings, University of Iowa
Yesenia Martinez, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
R. Anna Hayward, Stony Brook University
Margret Kate Powers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lyndsey Clayton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Patricia Heard, Fordham University
Liro Negroni, Florida Guld Coast University
Sara Allium, Public schools
Sabrina W. Bristo , North Carolina Central University, Graduate Student
Daniel Bruder, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Judith Bram Murphy, New York University
Amy Strickler, LMSW, Rutgers University
Meryl Nadel, Iona College
Angiela Hoopes, Metropolitan State University
Cate DeCarlo Santiago, Loyola University Chicago
Kimberly Just, MSW, Dominican University
Allison Donahoe-Beggs, LCSW, San Diego State University
Andrea Daley, University of Iowa
Jacquelyn Hanson-Hietala, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Jennifer Clements, Shippensburg University
Elizabeth Pride, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Virginia T. Kaiser, Fordham University
Cassandra Simmel, Rutgers University
Sameena Azhar, Fordham University
Leah Reed, Boston University
Susan Schmidt, Luther College
Christina Bruce, Rutgers University
Taekyung Park, MSW, Indiana University School of Social Work
Heather Craig-Oldsen, MSW, Professor Emerita , Briar Cliff University
Susan E Bryant-Nelson, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Marva Furlongue-Laver, Walden University
Heather Richey, MA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chelsea McCollett, LMSW-cc, University of New England
Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, PhD Candidate, Brandeis University
Elizabeth Lowenhaupt, MD, Brown University
Irvin Rodriguez, University of Iowa
Cheryl Williams-Hecksel, LMSW, Michigan State University
Hermine Muskat, Boston University
Gabrielle Perruzzi, University of Iowa
Clare Dimond, University of Denver / Hope & Home
Shelby Helget, MSW, LGSW, University of Denver
Cynthia Valdivia, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Marrianne McMullen, University of Chicago, Chapin Hall
Sandra Bauer, MSW, PhD, Eastern University
Laura Sanders. LMSW, University of Michigan
Catherine Adler, Southern Oregon University
Gina Li, Boston University
Lauren Goodlove, University of Iowa
Dorlly Espinosa, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Kate Collins, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Jessica Coffey, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Melanie Sims, Simmons College
Latieca A Williams, Spring Arbor University
Jeremy Fulwiler, Wellness Beyond Words LLC
Alisha Bolin, Campbellsville University
Corrina M Holmes, Western Kentucky University
Kelsey Quigley, Pennsylvania State University
Marianna Isabelle Strasz, University of Louisville
Cate Solomon, Boston University
Helen Ni, Boston University
Mary L. Pulido, PhD, The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Mary Lou Edgar, MSS, LCSW, A Better Chance for Our Children
Charlotte Frilot MSW, LCSW, Louisiana State Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)
Nancy Sheehan Ng, Private Practice
Charles Caputo, Lifeline Center for Child Development
Robina Niaz, Turning Point for Women & Families
Darlene Allen , MS, Adoption Rhode Island
Kathryn McConnell, State of Lousiana, Department of Children & Family Services
Nancy Ramputi, LCSW, Retired
Marcia Daniel, Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana
Christina Romo, Adoptee and Child Welfare Professional
Lisa D. Maynard, SatiVirya, LLC, Therapist, Private Practice
Linda C. Brown, Child Welfare Administrator for New York State (Retired)
Brooke White, PhD, Private Practice, Specializing in Trauma Treatment
Bridgette Lery, PhD, San Francisco Human Services Agency
Laurel B. Freeman, MSW, LCSW, Freeman Mental Health & Consulting, LLC
Mitra Tummino, LICSW, The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health
Rachel Wilson, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital
Ron Stafford, Retired
Susan Bueche, MSW, LCSW, State of Lousiana, Department of Children & Family Services
Patricia Beresford, MSW, LMSW, Former Assistant Commissioner, NY State Office of Children and Families
Betsy Harris, Thompson Child Family Focus
Myrna McNitt, Lake Michigan College
Sandra Bernsbei, Private Practice
Shaun F. Donahue, State of Vermont
Ronni Rothstein, New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Deborah Borchers, M.D. , Crossroad Health Center, Cincinnati
Heide Gersh Rosner , Administration for Children’s Services
Kathleen Sullivan, Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
Mary Jane Parker, Retired
Rick Barinbaum, The Center for Family Representation
Denise Rosario, Coalition for Hispanic Family Services
Cindy Phillips, Child Welfare Professional (Retired)
Susan Badeau, Trauma Expert, Author, Adoptive/Foster parent
Carol Biddle, National Center on Adoption and Permanency
Kim Stevens, North American Council on Adoptable Children
Sara Workman, New York City Administration for Children's Services
Liliana Hernandez, MSW, MPP, Virginia Family and Children’s Trust Fund
Tasnia Ahamed, LMSW, Turning Point for Women & Families
Lori Ross , FosterAdopt Connect
Mary Ellen Kondrat, MSW, PhD, Retired
Carmen Quinones, Good Shepherd Services
Margaret Burke, Retired
Jessica Girz, Growing Hope Through Love
Robin McHaelen, True Colors, Inc.
Lee Lounsbury, Retired
May Catterton, State of Maryland, Child Welfare Caseworker
Sheela A Bowler, Administration for Children's Services
Sheela A Bowler, Administration for Children's Services
Laryssa Kaechele, Foster/Adoptive Mom
Jennifer Oliva, Admininstration for Children's Services
Amy Wolf, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
Holly Yep, Alameda County Social Services
Wanda Washington, Child Welfare Supervisor , Department of Children and Family Services
Ali Caliendo, Foster Kinship
Richard Heyl de Ortiz, Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York
Suzan Kotch, Alameda County, Department of Children and Family Services
Nancy D. Magnall, Respite Options of North Eastern Iowa and Allison Area Foster Parent Group
Leah Dods, Foster Kinship
Berenice Blas, Foster Kinship
Adele Gray, Sierra Forever Families
Melody Roe, The Adoption Exchange
Tracy Serdjenian, The Adoption Exchange
Program Director, National Adoption Center
Courtney Malecki, Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Judy Cockerton, Treehouse Foundation
Lauren Higbee, State Agency
Michelle Hallinan, Stanford Children’s Health
Rebecca Ricardo, C2Adopt
Oriana Carey, Coalition for Children, Youth & Families
Jennifer Czaplewski, Coalition for Children, Youth & Families
Miriam Schachter, Esq., Family Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders
Jany Champagne, Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
Susan Kanak, Retired
Linda Darter, CSF CEO (Retired)
Brittany Stewart, Families First of Florida
Howard Davidson, Founding Director, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law (Retired)
Sarah Berns, Adoptive/Foster Parent
Linda Cahill, MD, Butler Center for Children and Families, Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Maria Hylton, Adoptions Together
Elle de la Cruz, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital
Raelene Freitag, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Kristine A. Welch, New York Foundling
Kerry Moles , Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New York City
Rose Messina, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital
Emma Vatsaas, The Adoption Exchange
Jessica Hartwig , The Adoption Exchange
Lindsay Kaeding, The Adoption Exchange
Jacqueline Bartko, The Adoption Exchange
Tara Barrett, The Adoption Exchange
Sandie Anderson, The Adoption Exchange
Kate Billman, The Adoption Exchange
Rachel S Tibbetts, The Adoption Exchange
E.A. Jurenovich, MS, LCPAA, LPC, LMFT, Abrazo Adoption Associates
Elizabeth Styron-Fuller, Louisiana State Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)
Courtney Lake, The Adoption Exchange
REBEKAH RAY, The Adoption Exchange
Kathy Searle, The Adoption Exchange
Jill Crewes, The Adoption Exchange
Yubisan Ventura, The Adoption Exchange
Cherie Langlinais , VPSB
Katrina George, The Adoption Exchange
Michele Fried, Adoption STAR, Inc.
Danielle Weisberg, LCSW, Westchester Institute for Human Development
Lauren Kapuranis, The Adoption Exchange
Roberto Macias Sanchez, Bennioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Shelly Linenberger , The Adoption Exchange
Leslie Pate Mackinnon, LCSW, Private Practitioner, Over Four Decades Working w/ Youth
Chrissey Buckley, The Adoption Exchange
Susan Siegeltuch, lcsw, acp, Children and Family Services
Debra Thornton, MSW, Los Angeles, Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)
Chris D. Butler, Iberville Parish Department of Children and Family Services (Retired)
Nanette Garrett , Foster Kinship
James B Deshotels, Jr, Foster Care Supervisor (Retired)
Kristin fasy, The Adoption Exchange
Danielle Ivanovich, The Adoption Exchange
Tristanne Walliser, LMSW, Little Flower Children and Family Services
Michelle Rolfsmeyer, Fostering Change for Children
Mollie Warren , Denver Department of Human Services
Sabrina Marie Petrie, Former Foster Youth
Barbara Dobbyn, MSW, Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families, (Retired)
Joanna Leff, Good Shepherd Services
Chelsea Taylor, The Adoption Exchange
Toni Cardenas, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Child Advocacy Center
Martha W. Hulbert, M.A., , President & Founder, Truth In Adoption Maine Org.
Brittany Fielding, The Adoption Exchange
Sara Bennett, The Adoption Exchange
Samuel Rubenzahl, Rubenzahl, Knudsen & Associates Psychological Services
Renee Jonason, The Adoption Exchange
Ilena Robbins, LMSW , Lawyers for Children
Brooks Kaskela, The Adoption Exchange
Therese Roe Lund, MSSW, Action for Child Protection
Maya Brodziak, Lawyers for Children
Catherine Macaluso, Graham Windham
Anne Wills, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (Retired)
Dixie van de Flier Davis, Ed.D., The Adoption Exchange
Sandra R. Davis, North American Council on Adoptable Children
Christine Lawton, Child Protective Services
Jessica Roe, The Adoption Exchange
Mary McFadden, New York City Department of Education
Lyndsey Womack, The Adoption Exchange
Jennifer Miller, ChildFocus
Marian Davidson-Amodeo, Director, Child Development Center, JBFCS (Retired)
Darla L Henry , Darla L Henry Associates Inc/ 3-5-7 Model
Kecia Sakazaki, Aging Up
Lisa Berndt, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital
Christie Appelhanz, Children’s Alliance of Kansas
Hope James, Samaritas
Madison Sandoval-Lunn , Youth Team Network
anne harvey , Boston, Court Appointed Special Advocate
Julie Minor MSW, LCSW, La Rabida Children's Hospital
Amanda Peters, Saint Francis Community Services
Donna Smith, Foster Care Advocate
Mitzi Monson, Ember Hope Trainer and Foster Parent
Katie Benn, Kids Care Club
Jessica Holzwart MSW, Colorado Department of Human Services
Tammy Sandoval, Alaska Child Welfare Academy
Jennifer Arculeo, SCO Family of Services
Amanda Peterman, LCMFT, Private Practice
Naoma McCosley, Adoptive Parent of 11 Children Through DSS
Janice Goldwater, Adoptions Together/FamilyWorks Together
Kate Oliver, A Healing Place
Kaitlin Tufts, HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services
Jill Wynn, New York Department of Education
Monya J Ward, Department of Children & Families
Karen Willhite LISW-S, Franklin County Children Services
Anna Breen, Department of Children & Families, Foster Parent
Christine, Prince Geoge Count Department of Social Services (Retired)
Carolyn E Pooler, Adopted Person
Connie L Gray, Foster Care Alumni of America, Texas Chapter
Alice Burba, Child Welfare Training Consultant
Kevin A. Campbell, Center on Family Finding and Youth Connectedness
Lori J Higginbotham, LCSWC-C, Baltimore City, Department of Social Services
Roque Gerald Psy.D., Child Welfare Professional (Retired)
Jan McCarthy, Retired
Susan M. Berkowitz LCSW-C, Transformations Psychotherapy Services, LLC
Adam Pertman, National Center on Adoption and Permanency
Jessica Levy, LMSW, SCO Family of Services
Lizette Ubides, Responsive Recovery, LLC
Valerie Oren-Stewart, Washington Adoption Reunion Movement
Jeanette Maines, Franklin County Children Services
Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT, Experience Courage Therapy
Hope freed, Private Practice
Jacqueline T, LCSW, New York City, Foster Care Prevention
Wanda Frankel, JBFCS
Fabienne Parker, Kansas Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
Ellen Deal, AM, LSWAIC, MHP, Institute for Family Developers
April A. Lilly, LCSW, Child Welfare Practitioner
Madeline Taylor, MSW , Yolo Health and Human Services Agency
Sue Cherney, Retired
Jennifer scheib, Native American Youth and Family Center
Allison Berwald, New York City LGBTQ Youth Agency
Jordan Fox-Kemper, LICSW, Resilient Sisterhood Project
Acey A Mercer, Choices Counseling & Consulting
Dorothy (Dede) Hill, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Karen Stormann, Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services
Nikki Potter, MSW, International Adoption Agency
Colleen Steppa, MSW, LGSW, Family Social Worker
Sheila Collins, Humanity
Gabrielle Dean, Right Turn
Timothy Crumley, LMHC, Psychotherapist
Julia Decanio , Acadia
Rhonda Bills, Department of Health and Human Resources
Nicole Schroeder, Good Samaritan
Lorelei Schaffhausen LCSW, Retired
Kaley Berlin, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital
Wanda Brewer , Walden
Stephanie Pargas, UHS
Ellen Kaye Trahan, LCSW, Retired
Virginia Vitzthum, Youth Communication
Laura Tice, Choices Counseling & Consulting
Stacy Marchessault Burnett, The Adams Center
Jacquelyn Hutton, Child Protection Worker
Christine Linn, Youth Services
Barbara Poncelet , The RedCo Group
Patricia Noon, Choices Counseling & Consulting
Tracy Defina, Eastern University
Raquel Chandler, Social Worker for Social Services Children and Family Services (Retired)
Limaya Atembina, Westat
Erin Pixley Thurston, LCSW, Rochester Regional Health/Healthy Moms
Lauren Lipps, MSW, Social Worker
Elizabeth Condrey, LMSW, Choices Counseling
Patricia K. Cronin, LCSW-C, The Family Tree
Claudia Johnson, MA, Princeton Seminary and Oregon Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Programs
Deborah Weisinger, PsyD, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Don Phelps MSW, PhD, LCSW, Social Worker, Naperville, Il
B. Sue Epstein, Psychologist/Psychoanalyst
Debra Abrams, LSW, MIP
Amber Brookman , FamilyWise Services
Donovan Fones, School Based Mental Health Program
Alyse Scanlon, LCSW
Rebecca Bilodeau, MSW Student, Boston University
Heather Mills, Choices Counseling and Consulting
Kathy MacDonald, LICSW,
Michelle Helmer, Ramsey County Child Protection
Kristianna Fontes Callahan, MSW, LICSW, School Social Worker; Former Child Protection Worker
Nancy Caro Hollander, PhD, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
Rachel Fell, LMSW
Sarah Lusardi, MSW
Shelley Tinney, Florida Department of Children and Families
Juliana Scherer , Silver Lining Mentoring
Amy L Brodsky , Cleveland Clinic
Athena Marsden , Former Foster Child/State of Washington, DCYF, Social Worker
Jennifer Carson , Voices for Children Montgomery
Francha T. Davis, Voices for Children Montgomery
Lyn Ariyakulkan, MSW, Independent Consulting
Francha Davis
Elizabeth Haas, LICSW, Private Practitiioner
Laurel M. Silber, Psy.D., Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia
DAVE Stewsrt, Departmetn of Social Services, Prince Georges County (Retired)
Becky Reichel, MSW, LISW, KIPP Minnesota
Sherri Michel-Singer, Child Welfare Worker (Retired)
Barbara Putyra, Childrens Bureau
Peyton Kinnaird MA, LPCS, SEP, Private Practice
Alexandra Rosenberg, LCSW, Gosnold Inc.
Deborah Wenzel, Educator-MCPS
Nicole Elliot , Veteran Health
Carmen E Spooner, Social Worker
Yolanda Dixon, Compass Clinical
Judy Hu, Judy Hu Counseling
Loretta McNeil, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
Gretchen Kishbaugh, Ph.D., Private Practice
N Rose Gaston, MSW, Hennepin Healthcare
Colleen M. Locke, Retired Social Worker
Francesca Longo, SRCD
Brittany Almaraz, MD, Crossroad Health Center
James Haskins, LICSW, Baystate
Clay Jones, M.Ed., IMH-E(III), The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health
Katharine Hill, St. Catherine University- University of St. Thomas
Colleen Shannon, MSW, LICSW, The Children’s Room, Center for Grieving Children and Teens
Jessica Holt-Woehl , LSW
Melena Anderson, MSW, LSW, State of New Jersey, Division of Child Protection and Permanency
Lauren Nicole Clookie, WIN Family Services
Pamela L. Smelser, LCSW-C , Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency
Kate Henneberry, LCSW, HopeWell, Inc.
Sophie Hansen, Boston Children’s Hospital
Joanne Featherston, MSW, LICSW, Spectrum Health Systems
Ann E. Haman, M.A., M.S.W., LCSW-C, Mental Health/Private Practice
Sylvia Romero, MSW, PhD, C-SSWS, Retired
Tracey Drummond , WIN Family Health
Lara Quiles, Department of Children & Families
Jean Davis, Solo Practitioner, Child Welfare
Ashley Huie, Nsuh
Trinidad de jesus Arguello, Mental Health Clinical Social Worker
Betsy Abrams , Deptartment of Human Services, Cambridge, MA
Valerie Laabs-Siemon, Wisconsin Psychoanlytic Society
Lara Bruce, Butler Institute for Families
Sara McKlugell, JD, MSW, Minnesota Judicial Branch
Allison White, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
Ellen B Luborsky, Ph.D., Independent Private Practice
Allison Litzenberg, Social Worker
Melissa Román , Child Welfare
Katie Facchinello , Colorado Department of Human Services
Kara Swedlow , Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
Dr. Shreeve PsyD, MA, MACP, LMHC, LPC, Northwest Psychological Associates PLLC
Veronica Santos , Department of Children and Family Services
Maria Mendoza, Department of Children and Family Services
Deborah Weatherston, Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health
Jessica R. Kendall, ICF
Sheila Fitzgerald, Department of Children and Families
Christelle Thaw-Bolton, MEd, YWCA
Chelsea Galioto , The Kennedy Center
Cary Cain, MPH, RN, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston
Elizabeth Bernstein, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
Sarah Wilson , Clinica Family Health
Kaitlyn Basile, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Katherine Stephanadis, LMSW, QSSW, KIPP New Orleans Schools, Clinical Social Worker
Wanda Classen, MSW, LCSW,
Elizabeth Kuzyk, Department of Children and Families
Kathryn Tsagronis , Boston University
Sharon Brown, RN, MSN, APRN, PC Associates, Reno, Nevada
Cristina Costa, LICSW, Private Practice Therapist
Elisa Kawam, NASW-NM
Susan Grundberg, MSW, MPA, Independent Child Welfare Consultant
Ruth Lijtmaer, PhD, CPPNJ
Kelly Emmett, Department of Children and Families
Yesenia Arellano, Department of Children and Families
Kathleen Shine-O’Brien. LMHC, Private Psychotherapy Practice
Jessica Kuilan, Magna's Haven, Inc.
Chelsea Welch, Simmons College
Skyler Cruz, Social Worker
Cassandra Edwards, Retreat Healthcare
Ellen mcCurkey, Boston University MSW ‘05, MPH ‘06
Jacqueline Coplin , Maryland Dept of Human Resources (Retired)
Lela Zaphiropoulos, Women's Therapy Centre Institute
Thomas W. Murphy, LCSW, Institute of Professional Practice Inc.
Sherry M. Sukol, Ph.D., Private Practice
Audey Lee, Children First, Inc.
Angela Tucker, The Adopted Life
Bill Gettman, Northern Rivers Family of Services
Bridget Hughes, Hetrick-Martin Institute
Susan Kautz, Bellefaire
Melodie Peet, Institute of Professional Practice
Erin Peterson, Boston Medical Center
Maria L. Quintanilla, MSW, LCSW, Latino Family Institute
Payel Mukherjee, SOS Children's Village India
Fatima Mirza, PhD, MSW, Center for Pastoral Counseling of Virginia
Elijah Nella, LMFT, Choices Consulting and Counseling
Cyndy Fontaine, State Child Welfare Rhode Ilsand (Retired)
Erin Teeter, Wichita Children's Home
Maggie Grace Keil, NASW-NM
Suzanne Kearney, LCSW,
Sebastian Christopher Lyons, MSW, Washington State Children’s Administration
Christina Smith, Department of Children Youth and Families
Peggy Aguilar, Lawyers for Children
Anna Lindberg Cedar, MPA, LCSW, Licensed Psychotherapist
Kim C Eithun, Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System
Leslie Griffith, MIAIMH Member
Laura Taylor, Madison Adoption Associates
Zack Fried, Adoption STAR
Julie Frick, LMSW, Trauma Specialist
Kathleen Herrick, LMSW, Retired - Eaton Regional Education Services Agency
Lindsey Philpot, CDSS
Margo Siegel,LMSW, PLLC, 0
Lisa Robinson, LLMSW, Clinical Therapist
Melanie Martin, LMSW, CCS, Detroit
Susan Stackpoole, LCSW, BCD, Summit Psychological
Phyllis Charles, Georgia Avenue Family Support Collaborative
Susan Stackpoole,LCSW, BCD, Summit Psychological
R Garcia, SMMC
Sarah Whitledge , Private Practice Mental Health Therapy
Benjamin Scott, KYUMH
Deborah Peyton Taylor, MSN, RN, Pediatric and Adult Pallative/Hospice Care
Philip Gilyanna,
Amy Fairchild, LCSW, Tangipahoa Parish School System
Moses Farrow ,
April Dinwoodie , June in April LLC
Ellen Kshn, Human Rights Campaign
Susan Kautz, Bellefaire
Alexis Koch, Lexi Koch Life Coach
Anna Stone, Social Worker and Administrator (Retired)
Kevin Donohue, Mental Health Association of Rockland County, NY
Donna Hornsby, Social Work Solutions
Angela Braxton, Family Consultant , Authenticus LLC
Sophia Pazos, LCSW,
Cortney Bolt, National Association of Social Workers
Joy S Rosenthal, Esq, Rosenthal Law & Mediation
Penelope L. Maza, PhD, Independent Consultant
Lamont Carver, Special Education Teacher
Gaye Gibson, RN, MS, PsyD, Here & Tao Hypnotherapy
Lisa Catalfamo , South Glens Falls CSD and Upstate New York Migrant Advocacy Network
kathleen crotty, Teacher-New York State (Retired)
Sandy Varndell , OutSupport, Inc
Elizabeth J Hatcj, Nurse
Pat Griesi, PS/MS 46
Margery , Lally
James Gardner sr, In This Policy
Louisa Footman, SEED School of Maryland
Michele Stans,
Sara Campbell , Milfrod Counseling Inc.
Peter Digre, MSW, MPA, DMn., Consultant
Barbara Barriere, Mother and Grandmother
Rosmary Pezzuto, Camp Fire Patuxent Area
Debbie Oliva ,
Bethany Daly Miller, LCSW-C,
Amanda Johnson, American Citizen
Mary Gayle Adams , NACAC
Geraldine M Henry, Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother
Amy Klatzkin, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist
Matthew Goldman, Swarthmore College, Alumnus
Jacqueline Smollar, Independent Consultant
Pamela Schachter, MS Ed., Consultant in Special Education
Elizabeth S Cole, Elizabeth S Cole Associates
Melanie Sarah Francis, LCSW,
Giancarlo Pia, LMSW, National Heritage Academies
Mary S Harvey,
Susan Murray,
Leah W. Jennings, Parent of Five
Caitlin Sellers, CDS Therapy
Jeannie DiBenedetto, Academy of Mount St. Ursula
Sister Lynn Caton, CSJ, Sister of Saint Joseph, Brentwood
Vickie Hainbach, School District of Lancaster
Peter R Correia III, FCC Consulting
Margaret Molitor, Social Worker
Susan Magazine, Consultant
Tammy Davis Follins, Christus St. Patrick Hospital
Jennifer Schierlman , KS
Michelle Clawson, LCSW, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Sarah Coats, Social Worker
Pamela Robbins, KFAPA
Mallorie Hurlbert ,
Rev. Richard A Shockey, Church of the Nazarene
Ilene Minor,
Greta Averbach, LCSW, MA, Southern Maine Center for Autism
Jo Ellen Layne, Social Worker/Educator/Therapist (Retired)
Mary Elizabeth Rider, MSW, Rider Consulting
Amy Hecht, PhD, Hecht Ribas Group
Alanna Navitski, Catskill Wheelhouse School
Kellie Henderson,
Jennifer Stokes, Dayton, OH
Patricia L Misher LCSW,
Amy Otey, SFCS
Lila Redmount, LCSW, Independent Practitioner
Rachel Stompoly, LBSW, KVC Behavioral Healthcare
Etta Lappen Davis, Etsky Consulting, Bolton MA
Danielle Lerro, CIS 303
Claudia shanley, Smith College, School of Social Work Alumni
Morgan Skye Pisco, CIS 303
Aubrey Devore, MA, LPC, NCC, CPT, Keyhole Counseling & Wellness
Molly Tierney ,
Daniel Busso, Ed.D, Frame Works Institute
Diane Koehler, Social Worker (Retired)
Nicole Williams, LMSW, KP
Anika Schenck-Fontaine, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, National Crittenton
Francesca Longo, SRCD
Deacon Leonel Briseno, Diocese of Las Cruces
Ann Robertson, Robertson Immigration Law Firm
Vanessa Schneider, MUSC
David Eugene Piccus, Piccus 4 Color, Inc. - Color Training
Christie Byrd, Community Mental Health Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Sarah Koenen, University of Iowa (Student)
Mallorie Hardesty,
Alejandra Alvarado, Mosaic Family Counseling Center Inc.
Elizabeth Rose-Marini, University of California, LA, Medical Center, Psychiatric Inpatient Social Worker
Sara Lien
Judith Rosenblatt, LCSW, Lincoln
Ari E. Fox, LCSW-R, Cope With School NYC
Justine Woolner Wise, Gender Wellness Center
Lisa Goldblatt grace, LICSW, MPH, My Life My Choice
Ann Kutzler, Benedictive Health Center
Amy McDannald
Antonia Bercovici, PhD
Cara Worden, Ann Arbor Public Schools
Karri Biehle, Coach
Rolando J Fuentes MSW
Stacy Sterling, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Division of Research
Allan Adler
Margaret Swanson, MSW
Tyesha Kincade, BPHC
Russell Holstein, Psychology Private Practice
Sara Noone , Nativity Preparatory School (Boston)
Theresa J. Elders, LCSW, Formerly with US Peace Corps
Emily Hutchinson, MSSW, Retired
Barbara Eisold, Cardozo
Abby LeClair, LICSW, NASW
Kelly Ranasinghe, Henderson and Ranasinghe LLP
Erica Nichole Vasquez
Laura Brandt, MSW
Cassandra George
Tami Gouveia, Committee to Elect Tami Gouveia
Miriam Braude
Angela Le Beau
Sonia Velazquez
Amanda Moon, MSW, LCSW, TC Harris School
Julie Reinhart, Bend Lapine Schools
Joan Frank
Tamra Hopkins, High Desert Montessori
Valerie O’Brien , UCD
Susan O’Connor, Author, National Speaker
Bowles , Kristin Bowles and Associates
Kenia Leon, LCADC, LMFT, Nevada Department of Corrections
Tonia Burk
Andrea Black, ULM
Hongkham Sornsena, UWM
Elizabeth Baez, Apollo Theatet Foundation/Academy
Maria Ramirez Leyva
Rolando Cantú, Voto Latino at The American University
Ilene Beninson, Mindful Living
Margaret Hendrickson
Mary Schmitt, Retired
Susan David, Summit Academy North Elementary School
Linda Caurdy-Bess, Beaumont Hospital
Elizabeth Radenbaugh
Christine Zimmerman, NASW Member
Kristine Buffington