2010 Board of Directors

President
Viviane Ngwa, MSW, LCSW, Executive Director, The MENTOR Network, Matteson, IL

President-Elect
Dru Whitaker, CEO, SAFY, Delphos, OH

Treasurer
Rose Lopez, COO & V.P. of Finance, Growing Home Southeast, Cayce, SC

Secretary
Frank H. Crawford, Jr., M.Ed., Executive Vice President for Programs/Services, Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC

Member, Executive Committee
Marianne L. Werth, LCSW, Director of Foster Care , Adolescent & Family Growth Center, Inc ., Springfield, VA

Immediate Past-president
Kathy Joyner, Program Director, Omni Visions, Inc., Nashville, TN

Chairperson, Council of Chapter Chairs
Leah Williams, MRC/LPC, Program Mgr., Therapeutic Family Homes, Centers for Youth and Families, Little Rock, AR

Board Members
Kellie Armstrong, MSW, Vice President of Administrative Services, Arrow Child & Family Ministries, Spring, TX

Ken Bender, President/Executive Director, Boys Town North Florida, Tallahassee, FL

Sally Buchanan, Executive Director, Creative Community Services, Inc., Norcross, GA

Shaun Claxton, Executive Director, A Child's Oasis, Brampton, ON, Canada

Becky Connell, MSW, CAPSW, Director of Operations, Anu Family Services formerly known as PATH Wisconsin, Inc., Hudson, WI

Andre G. Cooper, MS, CEO, The Children's Home, Catonsville, MD

Michael DiBrizzi, CEO, Camelot Community Care, Inc., Clearwater, FL

Doug Fellrath, CEO, Choices for Life Foster Care, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK

Michelle Grabarczyk, LPC, State Manager, Youth Villages of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Angie Hamilton, MA, LPC, LSW, Senior Dir. for Treatment Foster Care and Community Based Services, Pressley Ridge, Crab Orchard, WV

Ben Kerman, Ph.D., Director of Research, Center for Effective Family Services and Systems, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, New Haven, CT

Brian F. Lynch, MSW, LCSW, Executive Director, Children's Community Programs of Connecticut, Inc., New Haven, CT

David Newell, ACSW, Regional Vice President, EMQ FamiliesFirst, Davis, CA

Ken Olson, LCPC, Regional Director of Foster Care and Community Programs, KidsPeace National Centers, South Portland, ME

F. Edward Sparks, ACSW, Executive Vice President, National Youth Advocate Program, Inc., Columbus, OH

Phyllis Stephenson, Regional Director, Easter Seals UCP of North Carolina, Gibsonville, NC

Jimmy L. Wilson, MSW, LMSW, Program Director, Meritan Stepping Stones, Carterville, GA

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