Leadership
Grand Challenges Network Leadership
Grand Challenges Leadership Board
Richard Barth, PhD, MSW (Chair, Executive Committee)
Past President, AASWSW
Professor and Past Dean
University of Maryland School of Social Work
rbarth@ssw.umaryland.edu
Marilyn Flynn, PhD (Executive Committee)
Dean and Professor (retired)
Suzanne Dworak-Peck, School of Social Work
University of Southern California
mflynn@usc.edu
Michael Sherraden, PhD (Executive Committee)
George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
sherrad@wustl.edu
Michael S. Spencer, PhD (Executive Committee)
Presidential Term Professor
Director, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander & Oceanic Affairs
University of Washington School of Social Work
mspenc@uw.edu
James Herbert Williams, PhD (Executive Committee)
Director and Arizona Centennial Professor
Arizona State University
School of Social Work
james.herbert1@asu.edu
Darla Spence Coffey, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Council on Social Work Education
dcoffey@cswe.org
Charles Lewis, PhD
President
Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy
celewisjr@crispinc.org
Ron Manderscheid, PhD
Executive Director, National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors
National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD)
rmanderscheid@nacbhd.org
Angelo McClain, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
National Association of Social Workers
naswceo@naswdc.org
Mary McKay, PhD
Niedorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
mary.mckay@wustl.edu
Neil B. Guterman, MSW, PhD
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
nguterman@nyu.edu
Martell Teasley, PhD
Dean and Professor
University of Utah, College of Social Work
martell.teasley@utah.edu
Trina R. Shanks, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute of Social Research
University of Michigan, School of Social Work
trwilli@umich.edu
Audrey Shillington, MPE, MSW, PhD
Dean
College of Health and Human Services, San José State University
Audrey.Shillington@sjsu.edu
Robert Sheehan, MSW, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Community Mental Health Association of Michigan
rsheehan@cmham.org
Benjamin Henwood, LCSW, PhD
Associate Professor & Director
Center for Homelessness, Housing and Health Equity Research & University of Southern California, Suzanne Doworak-Peck School of Social Work
bhenwood@usc.edu
Steve Anderson,MSW, PhD
Dean and Professor
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, School of Social Work
sandersn@illinois.edu
Melissa Begg, ScD
Dean and Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work
cssw-dean@columbia.edu
Gautam Yadama, MSSA, PhD
Dean and Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
gautam.yadama@bc.edu
Marvin Southard, LCSW, DSW
Past Director & DSW Chair
LA County Department of Mental Health & University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
casasouthard@aol.com
Nancy Smyth, MSW, PhD
Dean and Professor
University at Buffalo, School of Social Work
swdean@buffalo.edu
Percy Howard, LCSW
President and CEO
California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions
phoward@cibhs.org
Emeritus Members
Edwina Uehara, PhD (Chair Emeritus)
Professor and Ballmer Endowed Dean in Social Work
University of Washington, School of Social Work
sswdean@uw.edu
Karina Walters, PhD
Professor, Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar Co-director, IWRI
University of Washington, School of Social Work
kw5@uw.edu
Sarah Gehlert, PhD
Past President, AASWSW
Dean, University of Southern California
College of Social Work
gehlert@usc.edu
Luis H. Zayas, PhD
Dean and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy
University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
dean-ssw@austin.utexas.edu
Patricia White, MSW
Executive Director, Fund for Social Policy Education and Practice
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
pw182@hunter.cuny.edu
J. David Hawkins, PhD
Social Work Endowed Professor in Prevention
University of Washington Social Development Research Group
jdh@uw.edu
Jeffrey Jensen, PhD
Philip and Eleanor Winn Endowed Professor Emeritus
Denver University, Graduate School of Social Work
jeffrey.jenson@du.edu
Rowena Fong, EdD
Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and Families
University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
rfong@austin.utexas.edu
James Lubben, DSW
Professor Emeritus
Boston College, School of Social Work
james.lubben@bc.edu
King Davis, PhD
Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy
University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
king.davis@austin.utexas.edu
Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D.
Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education and Distinguished Teaching Professor
University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
ddinitto@mail.utexas.edu
