Board of Directors
Responsibilities
The Board of Directors shall govern the affairs of CSWE and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges of CSWE, subject to the provisions of law and these bylaws. The Board shall
- annually review and approve the programs, plans, and budgets of CSWE, and hold all governance and program units accountable for their activities;
- bear responsibility for monitoring and reporting annually to the membership on an affirmative action plan;
- approve a schedule of membership dues;
- decide whether to adopt the educational policies developed by the Commission on Educational Policy;
- have authority to formulate specific policies necessary for oversight of the affairs of CSWE;
- order and adopt priorities;
- receive and review resolutions passed at annual membership meetings and report to the membership on actions taken on resolutions;
- conduct an annual performance review of the President/CEO; and
- meet at least twice a year.
Chair
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Saundra H. Starks
Chair
Most Recent Past MSW Program Director at Western Kentucky University
Chair-Elect
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Hilary Weaver
Chair-elect
State University of New York, University of Buffalo
Vice Chair-Secretary
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Halaevalu Vakalahi
Vice Chair/Secretary
Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu
Treasurer
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Susan Carol Mapp
Professor & Department Chair
Elizabethtown College
Member
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Monique Apple
Undergraduate Program Representative
Oglala Lakota College
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Joan Blakey
Associate Professor
Tulane University
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Kristin Bolton*
Chair, Commission on Research
University North Carolina Wilmington
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Darla Spence Coffey*
President/CEO
CSWE
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Shirley Gatenio-Gabel*
Chair, Commission on Educational Policy
Fordham University
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Makeba Thomas Green
Chair & Associate Professor
Bowie State University
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April Jones
Department Head
Tuskegee University
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Jenny L. Jones
Dean & Professor
Clark Atlanta University
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Debra Lavender-Bratcher
Graduate Faculty Representative
Texas Tech University
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Mavis Major
Practice Representative
Renown Regional Medical Center
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Lori Messinger
Dean, College of Social Work
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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Deana F. Morrow*
COA Representative
West Virginia University
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Anthony Patrick Natale*
CMPD Representative
University of Oklahoma
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Michael Allen Robinson*
CDSEJ Representative
University of Georgia
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Vanessa Robinson-Dooley
Graduate Faculty Representative
Simmons University
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Patricia Saleeby
Undergraduate Faculty Representative
Bradley University
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Shannon L. Rudisill
Executive Director
Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
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Rebecca Thomas*
Chair, Council on Global Social Work Education
University of Connecticut