Diversity Committee
Facilitator: Amira Martin-Saltsman, LCSW-R
Description: The Diversity Committee is charged with developing policies and procedures to inform the practices of the organization in its pursuit to achieve equity, accessibility, representation, and meaningful participation of individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, gender, orientation, religious, ability, and immigrant backgrounds, within all aspects of the association.
Chair
Amira Martin-Saltsman, LCSW-R
Members
- Amy Hickey, MSW
- Kari Tabag, Ph.D., LCSW-R
- Sidra Chaudhary, LMSW
- Barry Davis, LCSW
- Stephanie Jackson, LMSW
- Veera Mookerjee, Ph.D., LMSW
- Orval Jewett, DSW, LCSW
Advocacy and Government Relations Committee
Facilitator: Megan Marshall, MSW
Description: The AGR Committee empowers NASW-NY members to lead the Chapter’s advocacy and policy work. Formed to revitalize our legislative efforts and ensure that social workers drive our agenda, the AGR Committee develops and executes the annual legislative agenda for the Chapter.
Chair
Megan Marshall, MSW
Members
- Allysha Bryant
- Bryan Jimenez
- Cheryl Mills
- Evangeline Wells
- Gina Corona
- Heleen Bennett (O'Malley)
- JP (Jennifer) Prettybull
- Kalli Kontos
- Lauren Ashe
- Mark Goodwin
- Michael Gelfand
- Misty Boldt
- Monique Murray
- Nichole Mina
- Orianna Webb
- Pilar Bonilla
- Rebecca Blanton
- Sierra Edwards
- Tymberly Canale
- Yael Monselise
Evelyn G. Williams, MSW (She/Her/Hers)
Policy Director
Political Action for Candidate Election (PACE)
Facilitator: Allysha Bryant
Description: NASW-NY PACE endorses and contributes to state and local candidates for elected office. NASW-NY PACE is responsible for working collaboratively with the state chapter to guide the process of endorsements, raise and distribute funds for political action, and mobilize social workers to vote by informing members of which candidates have been endorsed. Contributions to NASW-NY PACE are used to support state and local candidates who support NASW-NY’s policy agenda.
Chair
Christina Lesyk, LMSW, CHE
Members
- Allysha C. Bryant, LMSW
- Bryan Jimenez
- Christina Lesyk, LMSW, CHE
- Dana Andrews, LCSW
- Elaine Reid
- Erica Sandoval
- Helen Khealie
- Ismay Griffith
- Kristen Valletta
- Laura Limuli
- Mark J. Laster, ACSW
- Monique Murray
- Pilar Bonilla, MSW
- Rolanda Ward, Ph.D., MSW, MDiv
- Roschel Holland Stearns
- Shanequa Moore, LMSW
- Yael Monselise, LCSW
Ethics Committee
Facilitator: Eric Levine, DSW, LMSW, MSW
Description: NASW promotes the quality and effectiveness of social work practice. The CEC aids in providing appropriate ethics programming, in clarifying ethical dilemmas raised by the Board and its committees, and is responsible for providing education and training to NASW members in coordination with the National Ethics Committee (NEC) and the Office of Professional Review (OEPR).
Professional Review is a collaborative process between chapters and the national office to provide a peer review of alleged unethical conduct of its members. Volunteers from the NY CEC may represent the chapter in the proceedings of the National Ethics Committee, particularly those concerning New York social workers.
Chair
Eric Levine, DSW, LMSW, MSW
Members
- Eric Levine, DSW, LMSW, MSW
- Daria Hanssen, PhD, LCSW-R
- Barbara Ehrenpreis, LCSW
- Erik Ulrich, LCSW, ACSW
- Patricia Maxon, LMSW
- Kathryn Chernack, DSW, LCSW-R, BCD
- Virginia David, LMSW
- Nancy McKenna, LCSW
- Elaine Congress, DSW, LCSW
- Christine Fewell, PhD, LCSW, CASAC
- Lenora Colaruotolo, LMSW
- Shakira Kennedy, PhD, LMSW
The Office of Ethics and Professional Review provides individual ethics consultations as a benefit of NASW membership. These consultations are a free resource for members who encounter ethical dilemmas or have ethics-related questions.
Consultation services are designed to guide members through the relevant standards in the NASW Code of Ethics, as well as other considerations and resources to support ethical decision-making. While we can help you explore the ethical dimensions of an issue, we cannot make decisions on your behalf or provide definitive answers for specific situations.
Calls are answered on a first-come, first-served basis and are not pre-scheduled. If you reach voicemail, please leave a clear message with your name and number — we will return your call as soon as possible.
Due to high call volume, please allow up to 24 hours for a return call.
Phone: 1-800-742-4089
Consultation Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (ET)
Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification (CNLI)
Description: The Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification (CNLI) participates in developing a slate of candidates for chapter elections that reflect the Chapter’s Diversity Plan, inform all candidates and appointees of the duties and responsibilities of office, and assure a sound nomination process.
Throughout the year, CNLI Representatives are active members of their division’s steering committee and work closely with other division leaders to facilitate the engagement of new leadership. CNLI Chair is responsible for the leadership and coordination of the CNLI, to ensure it fulfills its responsibilities and provides quarterly committee reports to the Board of Directors, as well as filing required election documents to the NASW national office.
Members
- Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz, DSW, LCSW, SIFI
- Amira Martin-Saltsman, LCSW-R
- Riquelmy Lamour, LCSW
Social Work Awards Committee
Description: The Social Work Awards Committee (SWA) is responsible for ensuring the nomination and selection process is consistent, transparent, and unbiased each award season. The purpose of the Social Work Awards Committee is to celebrate the good work of social workers, raise awareness for the profession of social work, and highlight the tenants of social work ethics and values.
Chair
Jeanne Finch, DSW, MSW, LCSW-R
Members
- Darren Cosgrove, LMSW, PhD
- Sharon D. Mosley, LMSW
- Elaine Rinfrette, RN, PhD, LCSW-R
- Dorothy Schaefer, LMSW, CASAC-M
- Alison Smith, LCSW
- Allysha Bryant, LMSW
- The Social Work Awards Committee shall be formed at the beginning of each award cycle (i.e. in August for July awards the following year).
- Serving on the Social Work Awards Committee will disqualify members from being eligible to nominate or be nominated for any and all awards during any award season in which they serve.
- The Social Work Awards Committee shall be responsible for updating and maintaining the criteria for each award every award season.
- The Social Work Awards Committee is responsible for determining awardees based on a clear and transparent, unbiased, selection process.
- Maintain a committee for students to bring up issues that are most important to them and work on implementing plans and goals to address them.
- Help close the gap between students and the NASW.
- Develop more programs and events centering student voices and interests.
- Build closer relationships with colleges and universities to encourage student involvement in the NASW.
- Create subcommittees to accommodate students' interests and goals.
- Address student concerns about issues like internship opportunities and hours.