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FACULTY & STAFF

Faculty and staff affiliated with the Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children are listed below, including:

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

Diane DePanfilis, PhD, MSW
Director, Ruth H. Young Center for Families & Children
Professor, Associate Dean for Research
ddepanfilis@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3609

Dana Burdnell Wilson, MSW, LCSW
Deputy Director
dwilson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1121

Dawntrell Thomas
Administrative Assistant
dthomas@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3014

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PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Cathy Fisher, MSW, LCSW-C
Project Director
Atlantic Coast Child Welfare Implementation Center

cfisher@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1442

Debra Linsenmeyer, LCSW-C
Educational Director
Title IV-E Education for Public Child Welfare Program
dlinsenmeyer@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3439

Leslie Rozeff, MSSW
Program Director of the Child Welfare Academy
lrozeff@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2059

Frederick Strieder, PhD, LCSW-C
Director of Family Connections/Clinical Associate Professor
fstrieder@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5479

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACULTY AND STAFF
(Child Welfare AcademyTraining Program & Title IV-E Public Child Welfare Education Program)

Child Welfare Academy Faculty & Staff

Teri Benson, MSW
Foster Parent Training Coordinator
tbenson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-0721

Cynthia O. Carter
Program Administrative Specialist
ccarter@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-4141

Michael Demidenko, LCSW-C
Training Program Manager
mdemidenko@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2318

Karen Edwards
Information Management Support Associate
kedwards@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8571

Felecia Holley, JD, MSW, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor
fholley@ssw.umaryland.edu

410-706-4133

Valencia Hagler
Administrative Assistant
vhagler@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3637

Kelley MacMillan, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
kmacmillan@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5121

Eileen Morgan
Administrative Assistant
emorgan@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3637

Christina Schiavone, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor
cschiavone@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-4137

Carmita Vogel, LGSW
Clinical Instructor
cvogel@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2316

Michelle Willis, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor
mwillis@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2321

Title IV-E Faculty & Staff

Mary Allman, LCSW-C
Adjunct Liasion
mallman@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1396

Gisele Ferretto, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor
gferretto@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-6934

Mary Ann Galeano
Progarm Administrative Specialist
mgaleano@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8342

Carnell Windley-Ginn, LCSW0-C
Faculty Field Instructor
Prince George's County
cwindley-ginn@ssw.umaryland.edu
301-909-2161

Phyllis Gorham
Adminstrative Assistant
pgorham@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1396

Jonathan Greene, MSW
Academic Coordinator
Baltimore City DSS
jgreene@ssw.umaryland.edu
443-423-5783

Debra Linsenmeyer, LCSW-C
Educational Director
Title IV-E Education for Public Child Welfare Program
dlinsenmeyer@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3439

Rhett Meneely, LGSW
Academic Coordinator
Anne Arundel County DSS
rmeneely@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-897-3966

Barbara Nathanson, LCSW-C
Faculty Field Instructor
Montgomery County DHHS
bnathanson@ssw.umaryland.edu

Cynthia Park, MSW
Faculty Field Instructor
Anne Arundel County DSS
cpark@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-897-3965

Charlene Reilly, LCSW-C
Academic Coordinator
Baltimore County DSS
creilly@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-853-3102

Laurie Richardson, LCSW-C
Clinical Instructor
LRichardson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-2236

Charlette Charles-Ringgold, LCSW-C
Faculty Field Instructor
Baltimore City DSS
cringgold@ssw.umaryland.edu
443-423-5848

Lena Rose, LGSW
Academic Coordinator
Prince George's Co. DSS
lrose@ssw.umaryland.edu
1-301-909-2157

Tina Spriggs
Administrative Assistant
Prince George's Co. DSS
tspriggs@ssw.umaryland.edu
1-301-909-2150

Amy Craig-VanGrack, LCSW-C
Faculty Field Instructor
Prince George's Co. DSS
acraig-vangrack@ssw.umaryland.edu
1-301-909-2158

Donald Vince,LCSW-C
Faculty Field Instructor
Baltimore County DSS
dvince@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-853-3101

Anthony Winder
Administrative Assistant
Baltimore City DSS
awinder@ssw.umaryland.edu
443-423-5782

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FACULTY AND STAFF ENGAGED IN RESEARCH

Haksoon Ahn
Research Assistant Professor
hahn@ssw.umaryland.edu

410-706-4704

Kieva Bankins, MSW
Research Specialist
kbankins@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1089

Richard P. Barth, PhD, MSW
Dean of the School of Social Work, Professor
rbarth@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7794

Jacqueline Booth
Research Specialist
jbooth@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-4183

Charlotte Bright, Ph.D, MSW
Associate Professor
cbright@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3605

Caroline Burry, Ph.D, MSW
Associate Professor
cburry@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3509

Leigh Casey
Program Coordinator
lcasey@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-6392

Amy Cohen -Callow, Ph.D, MSSW
Clinical Instructor
acohen@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1086

Trenette Clark, PhD, LCSW
Research Assistant Professor
tclark@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-4705

Shantel Closson
Research Specialist
sclosson@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1390

Kathryn Collins, Ph.D, MSW, BSW
Associate Professor
kcollins@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-0814

Llewellyn Cornelius, Ph.D
Professor
lcornelius@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7610

Joy Ernst, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work, and
Director, Social Work Program
of Hood College
ernst@hood.edu

Nina Esaki
Research Assistant Professor
410-706-6349
nesaki@ssw.umaryland.edu

Kevin Frick
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Health Policy & Management
KFrick@jhsph.edu
410-614-4018

Elizabeth J. Greeno, Ph.D, LCSW-C
Research Assistant Professor
egreeno@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-4259

Geoffrey Greif, DSW, MSW
Professor
ggreif@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3567

Gillian Gregory, MSW, LGSW
Research Coordinator
ggregory@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7133

Donna Harrington, Ph.D, BA
Professor & Chair, Doctoral Program
dharrington@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3136

R. Anna Hayward, MSW
Research Specialist
ahayward@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7141

Karen Hopkins, Ph.D, MSW
Associate Professor
khopkins@ssw.uamryland.edu
410-706-1496

Sarah Kaye, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
skaye@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3827

Bethany Lee, Ph.D, MSW
Assistant Professor
blee@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3809

Michael Lindsey, Ph.D, MSW
Assistant Professor
mlindsey@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8781

Pamela Love-Manning
Associate Professor, Bowie State

plove-manning@bowiestate.edu

Heidi Melz
Research Specialist
hmelz@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-6337

Jessica Moore
Research Assistant
jmoore@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1099

Karen Rice, MSW
Graduate Research Assistant
krice@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1105

Rebecca Sander
Research Specialist
rsander@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3372

Tanya Sharpe, Ph.D, MSW
Assistant Professor
tsharpe@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3829

Terry Shaw, Ph.D, MSW, MPH
Assistant Professor
tshaw@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-3811

Corey Shdaimah, L.L.M., PhD
Assistant Professor
Academic Coordinator, MSW/JD Dual Degree Program
cshdaimah@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7544

Deborah Svoboda
Graduate Research Assistant
dsvoboda@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-4401

Laura Ting, PhD, LCW-C
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
Department of Social Work
LTing@umbc.edu
410-455-2085

Shelly A. Wiechelt,Ph.D.,LCSW-C,CCDC
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
School of Social Work
wiechelt@umbc.edu
410-455-2137

Crystal D. Williams, LMSW
Graduate Research Assistant
cwilliams@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1077

Kristen Woodruff, MSW, LGSW
Graduate Research Assistant
kwoodruff@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1100

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BEST PRACTICE SERVICES FACULTY AND STAFF

Family Connections Clinical & Community Services Personnel

Jessica Cantley, MSW
Research Coordinator
jcantley@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-8716

Maureen Harkness, MSW, LCSW-C
Field Instructor
mharknes@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7475

Sasha Mitchell, MSW
Academic Coordinator
smitchell@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1461

Patricia Noel, MSW, LGSW
Field Instructor
pnoel@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-1463

Frederick Strieder, PhD, LCSW-C
Director of Family Connections/Clinical Associate Professor
fstrieder@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-5479

Kevin Wade, MSW, LCSW-C
Field Instructor
Kwade@ssw.umaryland.edu
410-706-7045

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Family Connections SSW Interns

Christopher Beegle
David DeLamatre
Charlene Easter
Ruby Esonu
Sveltlana Filimonov
Joy-Ann Hogue

Shauntisha A. Pilgrim
Ashleigh Roberts
Leslie Sherrod
Commia Thompson
Natasha Henry
Vanyce Forbs-Jones

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Family Connections Community Advisory Committee

Qismat Alim
Pastor, Payne Memorial AME Church

Jennie Bloom   
Associate Dean
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work

Nathaniel Branson  
Adjunct Faculty Field Liaison  
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work

Pauline Boldin   
University of Maryland Medical Systems

Charlotte Clemens  
Pastor, Shiloh AME Church

Reba Cornman  
University of Maryland Baltimore
Dept. of Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program

Earlene Ham
Grandparent

Deborah Harburger
Maryland Child & Adolescent Mental Health Institute/Innovations Institute

Jaia Lent
Generations United

Earlene Merrill  
Director
Maryland Kinship Care Resource Center

Susan Patry
Southwest Senior Center

Nellie Powers
Program Director
Baltimore Child and Adolescent Response System

David Pruitt   
Chair, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Department of Child Psychiatry

Natasha Ramberg  
Healty Start
Baltimore City

Sarah Reed                             
Grandparent

Leslie Seid-Margolis  
Chairperson 
Maryland Disability Law Center

Stacy Smith   
Director, Southwest Consortium
Baltimore's Success by Six Partnership

Pauline Squirrel                                  
Grandparent

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Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children
University of Maryland School of Social Work  -  525 West Redwood Street  -  Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410.706.3014  -  Training Program: 410.706.3637  -  Fax: 410.706.3133  -  Email: ryc@ssw.umaryland.edu

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