EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

NAPCWA is governed by a group of up to 25 local and state child welfare leaders, covering all ACF regions. New members of the Executive Committee members are invited annually and approved by the chair and group at large.

Executive Committee

Chair
Sheila Poole, Commissioner
New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Immediate Past Chair

Jamie Sorenson, Child Welfare Director
MN Dept. of Human Services Child Safety and Permanency Division

Executive Committee Members

Region I (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

Representative
Mr. Joseph Ribsam, Director
NH Department of Health and Human Services Division for Children, Youth and Families

Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI)

Representative
Ms. Sheila Poole, Commissioner
NY State Office of Children and Family Services

Representative
Ms. Lisa Ghartey Ogundimu, Deputy Commissioner
NY State Office of Children and Family Services Division of Child Welfare and Community Service

Representative
Ms. Stephanie Gendall
NYC Administration for Children's Services

Region III (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV)

Representative
Mr. Jon Rubin, Deputy Secretary
Office of Children, Youth, and Families

Representative
Mr. Michael Becketts, Director
Fairfax County Director of Department of Family Services

Representative
Ms. Jacki Hoover, Deputy Director
Allegheny County Children Youth and Families Department

Region IV (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)

Representative
Ms. Mary Carpenter, Director
Division of Protection and Permanency

Representative
Ms. Paige Rosemond, Child Welfare Director
Wave County NC Deptartment of Health and Human Services

Representative
Ms. Karen Jointer Bryant
Deputy State Director of Child Welfare Systems

Region V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

Representative
Mr. Jamie Sorenson, Child Welfare Director
MN Department of Human Services Child Safety and Permanency Division

Representative
Mr. David Reed, Deputy
Indiana Department of Child Services

Representative
Mr. Jeffrey VanDeusen, Deputy Director
Office of Families and Children

Representative
Mr. Chip Spinning, Director
Franklin County Family and Child Services

Region VI (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)

Representative
Ms. Deborah Shroshpire M.D. & Justin Brown, Director
OK Dept. of Human Services Child Welfare Services

Region VII (IA, KS, MS, NE)

Representative
Ms. Stephanie Beasley, Director
Division of Children and Family Services

Region VIII (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)

Representative
Mr. Dan Makelky, Director
Douglas County (CO) Department of Human Services

Region IX (AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU)

Representative
Mr. Greg Rose, Assistant Director
CA Department of Social Services

Representative
Ms. Angie Schwartz, Deputy Director
CA Department of Social Services Children and Family Services Division

Representative
Ms. Mimari Hall, Federal Program Manager
HI Department of Human Services Child Welfare Services Branch, Social Services Division

Representative
Mr. Mike Faust, Director
Arizona Department of Child Safety

Region X (AK, ID, OR, WA)

Representative
Ms. Rebecca Jones Gaston, Director
OR Department of Human Services Child Welfare Programs