Network Leadership
Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth
J. David Hawkins, PhD
Endowed Professor of Prevention
Founding Director, Social Development Research Group
University of Washington, School of Social Work
jdh@uw.edu
Jeffrey M. Jenson, PhD
Philip D. and Eleanor G. Winn Professor for Children and Youth at Risk
University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work
jeffrey.jenson@du.edu
Close the Health Gap
Michael S. Spencer, PhD
Presidential Term Professor; Director, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander & Oceanic Affairs
University of Washington, School of Social Work
mspenc@uw.edu
Karina L. Walters, PhD
William P. and Ruth Gerberding Endowed University Professor and Associate Dean for Research
University of Washington, School of Social Work
kw5@uw.edu
Stop Family Violence
Richard P. Barth, PhD
Dean and Professor
University of Maryland, School of Social Work
rbarth@ssw.umaryland.edu
Patricia Kohl, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
pkohl@wustl.edu
Shanti J. Kulkarni, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College of Health & Human Services
skulkar4@uncc.edu
Jill T. Messing, PhD
Associate Professor
Arizona State University, School of Social Work
Jill.Messing@asu.edu
Advance Long and Productive Lives
Guillermo Ernest Gonzales, PhD
Assistant Professor
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
geg2000@nyu.edu
Jacqueline James, PhD
Co-Director of the Boston College Center on Aging & Work, Research Professor in the Boston College Lynch School of Education
Boston College, School of Social Work
jacquelyn.james@bc.edu
Christina Matz-Costa, PhD
Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
matzch@bc.edu
Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD
Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
morrow-howell@wustl.edu
Michelle Putnam, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Simmons College, School of Social Work
michelle.putnam@simmons.edu
Eradicate Social Isolation
Sandra E. Crewe, PhD
Professor and Dean
Howard University, School of Social Work
secrewe@howard.edu
Erika Sabbath, ScD
Assistant Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
erika.sabbath@bc.edu
Suzanne Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
Wayne State University, School of Social Work
fb7139@wayne.edu
Michelle R. Munson, LMSW, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
michelle.munson@nyu.edu
End Homelessness
Benjamin F. Henwood, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
bhenwood@usc.edu
Deborah K. Padgett, PhD
Professor and McSilver Faculty Fellow
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
Professor of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
deborah.padgett@nyu.edu
Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment
Susan P. Kemp, PhD
Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor
University of Washington, School of Social Work
spk@uw.edu
Lisa Reyes Mason, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee, College of Social Work
mason@utk.edu
Lawrence A. Palinkas, PhD
Albert G. and Frances Lomas Feldman Professor of Social Policy and Health, and Director, Behavior, Health and Society Research Cluster
University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
palinkas@usc.edu
Harness Technology for Social Good
Brendan Beal, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Montevallo, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
brendanbeal99@gmail.com
Stephanie Cosner Berzin, PhD
Dean
Simmons University, College of Social Sciences, Policy & Practice
berzin@simmons.edu
Claudia J. Coulton, PhD
Distinguished University Professor and Lillian F. Harris Professor of Urban Social Research
Case Western Reserve University, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
claudia.coulton@case.edu
Shari Miller, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
University of Georgia, School of Social work
semiller@uga.edu
Melanie Sage, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of North Dakota, School of Social Work
Melanie.sage@UND.edu
Jonathan Singer, PhD
Associate Professor
Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work
jsinger1@luc.edu
Promote Smart Decarceration
Matthew W. Epperson, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration
mepperson@uchicago.edu
Carrie Pettus-Davis, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Justice Research and Development
Florida State University, College of Social Work
cpettusdavis@fsu.edu
Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality
Laura Lein, PhD
Katherine Reebel Collegiate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan, School of Social Work
Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
leinl@umich.edu
Jennifer L. Romich, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Washington, School of Social Work
romich@uw.edu
Trina R. Shanks, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan, School of Social Work
trwilli@umich.edu
Build Financial Capability for All
Julie Birkenmaier, PhD
Professor of Social Work
Saint Louis University, College for Public Health & Social Justice
birkenjm@slu.edu
Jin Huang, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Saint Louis University, College for Public Health & Social Justice
jhuang5@slu.edu
Margaret S. Sherraden, PhD
Professor Emerita
University of Missouri–St. Louis, School of Social Work
sherraden@umsl.edu
Research Professor
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
msherraden@wustl.edu
Achieve Equal Opportunity and Justice
Rocío Calvo, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
Rocio.calvo@bc.edu
Jorge Delva, PhD
Dean
Boston University School of Social Work
Director and Paul Farmer Professor, Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH)
jdelva@bu.edu
Martell Teasley, PhD
Dean
The University of Utah, College of Social Work
martell.teasley@utah.edu