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NACSW Leadership

Per NACSW’s bylaws, leadership of NACSW is vested in a Board of Directors composed of at least nine NACSW members elected by the membership for three-year terms.

Board of Directors 2026

 


Angela Gaddis, LCSW, Ph.D., MSW
Professor, Liberty University
President

Willis Byas, LLMSW
Clinician, Cass Family Clinic
Associate Pastor, Harbor of Hope, SDA
Vice-President

Kenneth Larimore, Ph.D., LISW-S
Assistant Professor, Mount Vernon Nazarene University – MSW program
Adjunct professor, Walden University
Adjunct professor, Indiana Wesleyan University
Covenant Church, Grove City, Ohio
Treasurer

Elizabeth Patterson Roe, Ph.D., LISW-S
Professor, Malone University
Secretary

Bertha DeJesus, DSW, MSW
Professor, Millersville University

Patiya Freely, Ph.D., MSW
Director, Community Healing Resource Center Program

Lucy Huh, M.A.
Ph.D. Candidate, Baylor University

Carla MacDonald, Ed.D., MSW/MBA, ACSW, LSW
Emeritus Associate Professor of Social Work, Huntington University

Jim Raines, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor, CSUMB

Cathleen Saunders, BSW
Student Representative, Eastern University

June Tyson, LCSW-R, LISW-C
Member, 988 Suicide/Crisis Hotline
CEO, Creating Meaning Counseling Services

Melody Zuniga, Ed.D., MSW
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Baylor University

Financial Statements

Most Recent IRS 990 (2024)

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