Board of Directors
2022–2023 NASW-Illinois Chapter
Kenna Dunlap Johnson, MBA, MSW, LCSW
President, 2021–2023
Latesha Newson,MSW, LCSW
President-Elect, 2022–2023
Alison Leipsiger, MSW, LSW
Vice-President for Budget and Finance, 2021–2023
LaTasha Roberson-Guifarro, MSW, LCSW
Secretary, 2022–2024
Adana Cranfield, MSW, LCSW
Member At-Large, 2021–2023
Jennifer Gazda,MSW, LCSW
Member At-Large, 2022–2024
Olivia Gerrish, MSW, LCSW
Student Representative, 2022–2023
Sedona Smith, BSW
Student Representative, 2022–2023
Samantha Allen, MSW, LCSW
Calumet District Chair, 2022–2024
Michael Mallory, MSW, LCSW,
Chicago District Chair, 2020–2022, 2022–2024
Melissa Box, MSW, LCSW, LSOE, LSOTP
East Central District Chair, 2021–2023
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Jane Addams District Chair, 2022–2024
Jacki Brunk, LCSW
Northeastern Chair, 2022–2024
Diona Shelton, MSW, LCSW
Southern District Chair, 2021–2022, 2022–2024
Becka Ross, MSW, LCSW
Three Rivers District Chair, 2021–2023
Kimberly Palermo, MSW
West Central District Chair, 2021–2023
"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life."
—Jane Addams