Board of Directors
Darlyne Bailey, PhD., LISW
- Professor and Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College
- Co-President, Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work
- Co-Chair, Advancing Critical Anti-Racism Dialogues for Action (ACARDA)
- Founder and Director of the Social Justice Initiative
- Board Chair, National Human Services Assembly
Terry Mizrahi, PhD, MSW
- Professor Emeritus, Silverman School of Social Work at Hunter College
- Co-President, Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work
Altaf Husain, PhD, MSSA
- Associate Professor and chair of the Community, Administration and Policy Practice concentration in the Howard University School of Social Work, in Washington DC
- Co-chair, Islam and Muslims track of the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education
- Founder and former co-chair of the Immigrants and Refugees cluster of the Society for Social Work and Research
- Former co-chair of the Race, Ethnicity and Immigration cluster of the Society for Social Work and Research
- Member of the Society for Social Work and Research membership committee
- Founding member of the CSWE Religion and Spirituality Working Group.
- Society for Social Work and Research Fellow inducted in 2020.
- Member of the National Ethics Committee of the National Association of Social Workers.
- Founding Vice President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
- Member of the founding board of directors of The Conscious Kid Library
- Former Vice President and then two-term national President of the Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada
- Vice President of the Islamic Society of North America
- Advisory board member of the Peaceful Families Project
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Diane Bessel, PhD, LMSW, CNM
- Associate Professor, MSW Program Director, and Chair, Social Work & Sociology at Daemen University
- Board Member, Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work
- Chair, Resources
- Founder/Director, Institute for Government & Nonprofit Innovation, Training, & Evaluation (IGNITE)
Shalay Jackson, DrPH, MSW
- Associate Teaching Professor at Florida State University
- Board Member, Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work
- Chair, Macro Careers
- Board Member, Association for Community Organization and Social Action (ACOSA)
- Board Member, Social Work Student Network Advisory Board
- Social Leadership Field Liaison
Monica Leisey, PhD, MSW
- Professor and Chairperson, School of Social Work at Salem State University
- Board Member, Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work
- Co-Chair, Advancing Critical Anti-Racism Dialogues for Action (ACARDA)
- Board Member, Association for Community Organization and Social Action (ACOSA)
- Governance Convener
- Associate Editor, Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping
Mimi Abramovitz, DSW, MSW
- Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy, Emerita at Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, City University of New York
- Board Member, Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work (Convener, Policy Project)
- Board Member, Influencing Social Policy (ISP)
- Co- Leader, National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign (Voting is Social Work)
- Member, Association for Community Organizing and Social Action ( ACOSA)
- Leadership Team, Social Welfare History Group
Isabel Sangeun Lee, PhD, LSW, CCM
Isabel is a licensed social worker and a certified case manager and has been working with Asian immigrants in Pennsylvania to provide culturally appropriate health services. Isabel is actively involved in community engagement and worked with the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia to fight against anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic. She conducted research projects on Asian community engagement and its relation to public health measures, among other topics. Isabel will graduate in 2024 at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College.