GCSW SPONSORS
(2018-2020)
PREMIER SPONSORS
American Academy of Social Work and
Social Welfare
Arizona State University
New York University
University of Maryland
University of Washington
Washington University in St. Louis
SUSTAINING SPONSORS
Boston College
Boston University
Case Western Reserve University
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Fordham University
Michigan State University
Rutgers
The Ohio State University
University at Buffalo
University of Alabama
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Connecticut
University of Denver
University of Georgia
University of Houston
University of Illinois
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
University of Michigan
University of Missouri
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Southern California
University of Tennessee
University of Texas at Austin
CONTRIBUTING
SPONSORS
Loma Linda University
Sacred Heart University
Smith College
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Richard Barth
Marilyn Flynn
Raheem and Erika Lay
LEADERSHIP BOARD
Richard Barth, PhD
Chair, Executive Committee
Past President, AASWSW
Dean (Past) and Professor, University of
Maryland, School of Social Work
Marilyn Flynn, PhD
Executive Committee
Dean and Professor (Past), University of
Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck
School of Social Work
Michael Sherraden, PhD
Executive Committee
George Warren Brown Distinguished University
Professor, Washington University in St. Louis,
Brown School
Michael Spencer, PhD
Executive Committee
Presidential Term Professor, Director,
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander & Oceanic
Affairs, University of Washington, School
of Social Work
James Herbert Williams, PhD
Executive Committee
Director and Arizona Centennial Professor,
Arizona State University, School of Social Work
Darla Spence Coffey, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Council
on Social Work Education
Charles Lewis, PhD
President, Congressional Research Institute
for Social Work and Policy
Ron Manderscheid, PhD
Executive Director, National Association of
County Behavioral Health & Developmental
Disability Directors, National Association of
County Behavioral Health & Developmental
Disability Directors (NACBHDD)
Angelo McClain, PhD
CEO, National Association of Social Workers
Mary McKay, PhD
Niedorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean
of the Brown School, Washington University in
St. Louis, Brown School
Neil Guterman, PhD
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor, New
York University, Silver School of Social Work
Martell Teasley, PhD
Dean, University of Utah, College of Social Work
Trina Shanks, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty Associate, Survey
Research Center, Institute of Social Research,
University of Michigan, School of Social Work
Audrey Shillington, PhD
Dean, San José State University, College of
Health and Human Sciences
Kilolo Kijakazi, PhD
Fellow, Urban Institute
Wendy Garen
CEO, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Marvin Southard, DSW
Past Director, Los Angeles County Department
of Mental Health
DSW Chair, University of Southern California,
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Melissa Begg, ScD
Dean, Columbia University, School of Social Work
Benjamin Henwood, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Center for
Homelessness, Housing and Health Equity
Research, University of Southern California,
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Percy Howard, LCSW
President, California Institute for Behavioral
Health Solutions
Steve Anderson, PhD
Dean, University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana,
School of Social Work
Nancy Smyth, PhD
Dean, University at Buffalo, School of Social Work
Robert Sheehan
CEO, Community Mental Health Association
of Michigan
Gautam Yadama, PhD
Professor and Dean, Boston College, School
of Social Work
Edwina Uehara, PhD
Distinguished Advisory Board, Chair Emeritus
Professor and Ballmer Endowed Dean in Social
Work, University of Washington, School of
Social Work
J. David Hawkins, PhD
Distinguished Advisory Board
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
John Brekke, PhD
Distinguished Advisory Board
Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work
Research, University of Southern California,
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
James Lubben, PhD
Distinguished Advisory Board
Professor Emeritus, Boston College, School
of Social Work
King Davis, PhD | Emeritus
Founding Director for the Institute for Urban
Policy & Research Analysis and Mike Hogg
Endowed Chair (Emeritus), The University
of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of
Social Work
Sarah Gehlert, PhD | Emeritus
Dean and Ernest P. Larson Professor of Health,
Ethnicity and Poverty, University of Southern
California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of
Social Work
Luis Zayas, PhD | Emeritus
Dean, Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental
Health and Social Policy, The University of
Texas at Austin
Patricia White, MSW | Emeritus
Executive Director Emeritus, Fund for Social
Policy Education and Practice, Silberman
School of Social Work at Hunter College
Rowena Fong, EdD | Emeritus
Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor Emerita
in Services to Children and Families, The
University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks
School of Social Work
Yolanda Padilla, PhD | Emeritus
Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor
in Child Welfare, The University of Texas at
Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
Director, CSWE Center for Diversity and Social
and Economic Justice