All of our board members volunteer their time and expertise to our five committees:

Executive, Hall of Distinction (HoD), Archival Collections & Oral Histories (ACOH), Membership, Operation, Governance & Finance (MOGF), Diversity, Outreach and Development (DOD) and Program & Events (PE)

CSWA’s board is made up of social workers with a broad array of experience across all sectors of our profession including education, clinical/mental health, policy, social justice advocacy, research, healthcare child welfare and law.

Additionally, the contributions of social welfare historians, librarians and archivists have been instrumental. We would not be where we are today without them.

Below is our wonderful team and the committee on which they volunteer their expertise.

Board Members

  • Maurice Hudson

    PRESIDENT COMMITTEE: PE (CHAIR)

  • Victor Manalo

    EXTERNAL VICE-PRESIDENT
    COMMITTEE(S): MOGF & HALL OF DISTINCTION

  • Linda B. Sewerbridges-Williams

    BOARD SECRETARY COMMITTEE(S): MOGF & PE

  • Gary Bess

    COMMITTEE(S): HALL OF DISTINCTION (CO-CHAIR)

  • Dorothy Fleisher

    COMMITTEE(S): PE. ACOH

  • Barbara Hitchcock

    COMMITTEE(S): ACOH, MOGF & PE

  • Raquel Ibarra

    COMMITTEE(S): DOD (CHAIR), MOGF

  • Barrett "Barry" Johnson

    COMMITTEE(S): MOGF (CO-CHAIR)

  • Elise Johnson

    COMMITTEE(S): ACOH (CHAIR), DOD & PE

  • Jennifer Pippard

    COMMITTEE(S): PE

  • Nikola Alenkin

    COMMITTEE(S): MOGF (CO-CHAIR) & ACOH

  • Marni Straine

    COMMITTEE(S): PE & MOGF

  • Wendy Ashley

    COMMITTEE(S): HOD

  • David Foster

    COMMITTEE(S): HOD

  • Nancy Lim-Yee

    COMMITEE(S): HOD (CO-CHAIR) & DOD

  • Robert Hernandez

    EX - OFFICIO USC LIAISON

  • Alma Fowlkes

    COMMITTEE(S): PE

  • Bethany Jo Murray

    COMMITTEE(S): DOD & ACOH

  • Suzanne "Sue" Dworak-Peck

    COMMITTEE(S): HOD

  • Amephea Johnson

  • Poco D. Kernsmith

  • Christina Wong

    COMMITTEE(S): HOD

  • Helen Maxwell

    COMMITTEE(S): MOGF & PE

  • Jared Charney Cohen

    PROGRAM ASSISTANT
    COMMITTEE(S): MOGF

  • Danielle Howard

    PROGRAM ASSISTANT
    COMMITTEE(S): DOD & PE

Introducing the wonderful students who provide support to each CSWA committee: