Aging Initiative

Committee Membership and Structure

The Aging Initiative Committee is comprised of key stakeholders from public and private social service agencies and academic schools of social work. The goal of the committee is to develop and implement a sustainable statewide plan to increase the professional social work workforce and advance the quality of care for older Californians and their families.

The committee is divided into three workgroups: Curriculum Development, Workforce Development, and Capacity Development and Sustainability. The chair and the co-chairs lead the group and are guided by the Strategic Planning Workgroup.


Committee Chair
Mary Sawicki, Director
Calaveras County
Works & Human Services Agency

Committee Co-Chair
David Cherin, Director and Professor
Social Work Department
California State University, Fullerton

Coordinator
Kathy Sniffen
CalSWEC Aging Initiative


Pauline Abbott, Director
Institute of Gerontology
California State University, Fullerton

Wendy Aquin, Deputy Director
Adult Services
Orange County Social Service Agency

Ann Arneill-Py, Executive Officer
California Mental Health Planning Council

Chrystal Barranti, Associate Professor
Division of Social Work
Sacramento State University

Krista Brown, Project Coordinator
Adult Protective Services
Bay Area Academy
San Francisco State University

Laurel Brown, BASW Faculty
California State University San Bernardino

Adrienne Cedro-Hament, Board Liaison
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

John Cottrell, Directorr
Contra Costa County
Aging and Adult Services

Kathryn Crain
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Older Adult F.A.C.T.S Program

JoAnn Damron-Rodriquez, Adjunct Professor
University of California, Los Angeles

Sadhna Diwan, Associate Professor
School of Social Work
San Jose State University

Karin Elliot Brown, Director
School of Social Work
California State University,
Los Angeles

Cecilia Espinola, Director
Santa Cruz County
Human Resources Agency

Bruce Friedman, Director
Department of Social Work
California State University, Bakersfield

Dana Gaines

Michael Gardner, Associate Mental Health Specialist
California Mental Health Planning Council

Catherine Goodman, Professor
Department of Social Work
California State University, Long Beach

Rebecca Guider, Director
Adult Service and Assistance Programs
Orange County Social Services Agency

Rashmi Gupta, Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
San Francisco State University

Froylana Heredia-Miller, Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work and Social Ecology
Loma Linda University

Denise C. Hunt, Director
Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Glenda Jackson
San Bernardino County
Department of Aging & Adult Services

Slettie M. Jones, Supervising Psychiatric Social Worker
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Older Adults F.A.C.T.S Program

Diane Kaljian, Division Director
Sonoma County Human Services Department
Adult and Aging Division

Derrell Kelch, Executive Director
California Association of Area Agencies on Aging

Kathleen Kosche, Program Coordinator
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Older Adults F.A.C.T.S Program

Shirley Krohn, Senior Assembly Member
California Senior Legislature

Eva Lopez, Deputy Director
Adult Program Division
California Department of Social Services

Nancy Lopez, Administrative Manager
Riverside County Department of Aging

Rodger Lum, Director
Bay Area Academy
San Francisco State University

Dianne Mahan, Director of Field Education
School of Social Work
San Francisco State University

Paul Maiden, Director
School of Socia Work
University of South Florida

Betty Malks, Director
Santa Clara County Department of Aging & Adult Services

Roseanna McCleary, Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
California State University, Bakersfield

Pam Miller, Director
Yolo County Department of Employment & Social Services

Jong Won Min, Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
San Diego State University

Wendy Moore, Deputy Director
Human Services Agency
San Joaquin County

John Oliver, Director
Department of Social Work
California State University,
Long Beach

Stuart Oppenheim, Executive Director
Child & Family Policy Institute of California

Anne Petrovich, Associate Professor
Department of Social Work Education
California State University, Fresno

Lee Pullen, Program Manager
Marin County Adult Services

Molly Ranney, Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
California State University, Long Beach

Marianne Reagan, Social Services Supervisor
Santa Barbara County

Paul Riches, Executive Director
California Board of Behavioral Sciences

Barrie Robinson, Field Work Consultant/Lecturer
School of Social Welfare
University of California, Berkeley

Dianne Rush Woods, Chair
Department of Social Work
California State University, East Bay

Andrew Scharlach, Kleiner Professor of Aging
School of Social Welfare
University of California, Berkeley

Jean Schuldberg, Associate Professor/MSW Program Director
School of Social Work
Interdisciplinary Gerontology Program
California State University, Chico

Egon Stammler
Stanislaus County Community Services Agency

Rita Takahashi, Director
School of Social Work
San Francisco State University

Katy Tangenberg, Professor
MSW Program
Azusa Pacific University

Kevin Tsang, Chief
Department of Mental Health
Countywide Older Adult Program
Los Angeles County

Margaret Tynan, Director
Master of Social Work Program
California State University, Stanislaus

Katrina Williams, Social Work Training Specialist
County of Santa Clara

Debbie Winters, Mental Health Coordinator
School of Social Work
University of Southern California

Janlee Wong, Executive Director
NASW, California Chapter

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Last updated: November 19, 2009