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
Mary Carpenter, Director
Division of Protection and Permanency

Vice Chair

Dr. Alger M. Studstill, Jr, Executive Director
Social Services Adminstration

Executive Committee Members

Main State Representative
Angie Schwarts, Deputy Director
CA Department of Social Services Children and Family Services Division

Main State Representative
Daisy Hartsfield,
Hawaii DHS Social Services Division (SSD) Administrator

Main State Representative
Gail Geohagen-Pratt, Associate Commissioner
New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Main State Representative
Jodi Hill-Lily
Deputy Commissioner , CT

Main State Representative
Deborah Shroshpire M.D, Director
OK Department of Human Services Child Welfare Services

Main State Representative
Aprille Flint-Gerner, Acting Director
OR Department of Human Services Child Welfare Programs

Main State Representative
Laura Opfer,
Deputy Director of Policy & Legislative Services

Main State Representative
Mr David Reed, Deputy
Indiana Department of Child Services

Main State Representative
Jeffrey Van Deusen, Deputy Director
Office of Families and Children

Main State Representative
Laval Miler-Wilson
OCYF Deputy Secretary

Main State Representative
Tony Nease,
Director of Federal Programs

Main State Representative
Andrea Sanders, Commissioner
MI Department of Child Protection Services

Main State Representative
Nikole Cox,
Director of the Division of Family Services

Main State Representative
Katherine Stoehr,
First Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families

Main State Representative
John Elliot
Child Welfare Director

Main State Representative
Demetrius Sterling, Senior Deputy Director
Children Services Administration

Local Representative
Rebecca Palatino, Deputy Director
Allegheny County Children Youth and Families Department

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

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

County Representative
Nick Henderson, Child Welfare Director
Sterns County Dept. of Health and Human Services

Back-Up Representative
Debi Knecht,
Deputy Director of CW Programs