2024 Board of Directors

FFTA is proud to announce the newly elected leadership of its Board of Directors for 2024. The FFTA board is comprised of esteemed leaders in the field of health and human services from FFTA member organizations across North America.

View the full announcement here: https://conta.cc/3uZ850B 

Chairperson

Dr. Amy Strickler, Sr. Director of Quality Assurance & Contracts, Texas Family Care Network, Nederland, TX 

Vice Chairperson

Erin Keltner, MSW, LICSW, Vice President of Clinical Services, KVC West Virginia, Charleston, WV 

Strategy & Foresight Committee-Chairperson

Renee Brown, LPC, CSAC, President & CEO, DePaul Community Resources, Roanoke, VA

Board Development Committee-Chairperson

Louis E. GrowMiller, MSW, LSW, Philadelphia, PA

Fund Development Committee-Chairperson

Dr. Christina Vela, DPP, CEO, St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Boulder City, NV

Council of Chapter Chairpersons-Chairperson

Melinda Waterman, MA, State Manager, Blueprints, Parkersburg, West Virginia

Immediate Past President

Dr. Mechele Pitt Shipman, MSSW, LICSW, LCSW, CEO, Anu Family Services, Inc, Eau Claire, WI

Directors

Sue Evans, Chief Operating Officer, Walden Family Services, San Diego, CA

Brennon Graham, President & CEO, Growing Home Southeast, Cayce, SC

Hugo Villa, LMFT, CEO, The Village Family Services, North Hollywood, CA

Gianna Mulkay, Executive Director, Foster Love, Brea, CA

Doreen Chapman, MSW, LCSW, Senior Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD

Renay Crouse, LCSW, Executive Vice President, The Bair Foundation, New Wilmington, PA

Nichole Young, President/CEO, Omni Visions, Inc., Nashville, TN

Nancy Dorfman Schwartz, LCSW, Chief Operating Officer, Hephzibah Children’s Association, Oak Park, IL

Annette Gannaway-Hudson, SPHR, Executive Vice President of Administrative Services, Our Children’s Homestead, Naperville, IL

Kirsten Walker, MS-MSL, Vice President, Rise, Inc., Mesa, AZ

Mark Bouie, Ed.D.,MSW, Senior Vice President, Meritan, Inc., Memphis, TN

Brenda Chapin, MSW, LSW, Vice President of Programming, The Villages of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, IN