Committee Members

The California Social Work Hall of Distinction Committee is comprised of social work leaders from universities and social work organizations throughout the state.

Dr. Colleen Friend, Interim Co-Chair, Hall of Distinction
Professor and Interim Director, School of Social Work, California State University, Los Angeles
cfriend@calstatela.edu

Ms. Nancy Lim-Yee LCSW, Interim Co-Chair, Hall of Distinction
Co-founded the Asian and Pacific Islander Social Work Council, a council of the National Association of Social Workers
Program Director, Chinatown Child Development Center, San Francisco Department of Public Health, retired

Gary Bess, Owner of Gary Bess Associates provides grant writing, program evaluation, and consultation to nonprofit and government agencies

Suzanne Dworak-Peck, CSWA Board Member, Ambassador, International Federation of Social Workers

David Foster, Director and Founding Member, California Regional Training Academy Development and Implementation Project. Staff Director, Central California Area Social Services Consortium (CCASSC). California State University, Fresno

Esther Gillies, Past President, CSWA; USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Clinical Associate Professor, retired

Anita Harbert, Professor Emeritus and former Director, San Diego State University

Jim Kelly, Past President, NASW-CA and NASW National

Peter Allen Lee, Director and Professor, School of Social Work, San Jose State University

Victor Manalo, President of the Board of Directors of NASW, California Chapter

Catharine Ralph, Past President NASW-CA, Field Consultant and Title IV-E Project Coordinator, University of California, Berkeley, retired

Deborah Son, Executive Director, NASW-CA

 

Past members of the Committee

  • Chauncey Alexander
  • Marie Angell
  • Mike Austin
  • Ruth Britton
  • Ronald Boltz
  • Frances S. Caple
  • Benjamin Cuellar
  • Doreen Der-McLeod
  • Jill Duerr Berrick
  • Tessie Cleveland
  • Simon Dominguez
  • Ellen Dunbar
  • Frances Lomas Feldman
  • Manuel Fimbres
  • Neil Gilbert
  • Greta Glugowski
  • Catherine Hutto-Gordon
  • Lindsay James
  • Jeff Jue
  • James Karls
  • Jim Lubben
  • Joseph Nunn
  • June Simmons
  • Jewelle Taylor-Gibbs
  • Monika White
  • Kim Gaghagen
  • Janlee Wong

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