2016 Board of Directors2016 Bylaws and Resolutions Committee2016 Continuing Competence Committee2016 Exam Committee2016 Finance Committee2016 Nominating Committee2016 Regi;atopm amd Standards Committee2016 Regulatory Education and Leadership Committee
(left to right) Meenakshi Budhraja (AR), Richard Silver (QC), Secretary Fran Franklin (DE), Past President Dorinda Noble (TX), Steven Pharris (TN), President M. Jenise Comer (MO), Anna Lyn Whitt (MS), Treasurer Mel Harrington (SD)
(left to right) Kristi Plotner (MS), Brian Carnahan (OH), Tim Brown (TX), chair Carla Moore (LA), Ebony Clarke (OR), Meenakshi Budhraja (AR), Board liaison, and Claude Leblond (QC)
(left to right) Kristi Plotner (MS), Brian Carnahan (OH), Tim Brown (TX), chair Carla Moore (LA), Ebony Clarke (OR), Meenakshi Budhraja (AR), Board liaison, and Claude Leblond (QC)
(left to right) Susanna Hendrickson (KS), Michelle Piper (AL), Ben Rosenberg (NY), Karen Slovak (OH), Debby Jones (BC), Mary Stebbins (VA), Tammy Dyson (BC), Miriam Balen (BC), Carl Hokanson (MN), Luz Alquicira (TX), Charu Stokes-Williams (HI), Bora Sunseri (LA), Kelli Cortes (GA), Adolpha Bassett (NC), Sharon Cutts (CT), Greg Winkler (WI), Stephanie Washington (TX), June Yee (AB)
(left to right) ASWB Treasurer/committee chair Mel Harrington (SD), Robert Showers (LA), Terri Marty (MO), Past President Dorinda Noble (TX), Janice James (KY)
(left to right) Sandy Barlow (FL), Anwar Najor-Durack (MI), and Barb Whitenect (NB), chair
(left to right) Richard Silver (QC), Board liaison, Jennifer Fulcher (MS), chair Laura Thiesen (AK), Mark Scales (NS), Elizabeth Pope (NC), Spencer Blalock (MS), Jacqueline Lowe (SC)
(left to right) Leisa Askew (AL), chair Merri-Lee Hanson (NB), Carolyn Szafran (KS), Kate Zacher-Pate (MN), Ginny Dickman (ID), Kenya Anderson (TN), and Steven Pharris (TN), Board liaison
Glenda McDonald AwardSunny Andrews Award

2016 Award Winner

David Hamilton, executive secretary of the New York Board of Social Work, was recognized with the Glenda McDonald Award for his years of dedicated service to licensed social workers, the social work board, and his supportive leadership within ASWB. Hamilton was presented the award by New York board member Carmen Collado. “He has been an inspiration to me,” said Collado, “in his dedication to our field. I truly admire his positive energy, his ethics, and high standards.”

2016 Sunny Andrews Award

Richard Gregory of the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) was recognized with the Sunny Andrews Award for more than ten years of service to the college’s regulatory efforts. ACSW Executive Director and Registrar Lynn King praised Gregory’s commitment to ACSW when she presented the award, saying that Gregory is well known “as a strong supporter of the role that regulation and mandatory registration play in serving and protecting the public.”