AGESW Board Members serve three calendar year terms (January through December), except for student representatives who serve three academic year terms (July through June).
Officers:
Erin L. Robinson, PhD, MSW, MPH (President)
Current term: 2022-2025 (Vice President, President)
Past terms: 2020-2022 (Member-at-large)
Associate Professor
University of Missouri, School of Social Work
robinsonel@missouri.edu
Allison Gibson, MSW, PhD (Vice President)
Current term: 2023-2026 (Member, Vice President)
Associate Professor
Saint Louis University, School of Social Work
Allison.gibson@slu.edu
Hyunjin (Gina) Noh, PhD, MSW (Treasurer)
Current term: 2024-2027 (Member, Treasurer)
Professor
University of Alabama, School of Social Work
hnoh1@sw.ua.edu
Brianna V. Garrison, PhD, LCSW-S (Secretary)
Current term: 2023-2026 (Member-at-large, Secretary)
Past term: 2022-2023 (Member-at-Large)
Associate Professor
Southern Connecticut State University, School of Social Work
garrisonb3@southernct.edu
Board Members:
Tamika Baldwin-Clark, PhD, LCSW-S, LCDC
Current term: 2023-2026
Assistant Professor
Prairie View A&M University, Department of Social Work
tcbaldwin-clark@pvamu.edu
Todd D. Becker, PhD, LMSW
Current term: 2024-2027
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
btodd@wustl.edu
Laneshia Conner, PhD
Current term: 2025-2028
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky, College of Social Work
Laneshia.Conner@uky.edu
Dimitra Galbierz (PhD Student Representative)
Current term: 2025-2027
PhD Student
St. Louis University, School of Social Work
dimitra.tziarli@health.slu.edu
Jennifer Greenfield, PhD, MSW
Current term: 2023-2026
Associate Professor
University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work
Jennifer.Greenfield@du.edu
Jooyoung Kong, PhD, MSW
Current term: 2023-2026
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work
jkong7@wisc.edu
Nancy Kusmaul (Past President)
Current term: 2022-2025 (President, Past President)
Past terms: 2016-2018 (Member-at-large), 2019-2021 (Vice President)
Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore County, School of Social Work
nkusmaul@umbc.edu
Abbie Latimer, PhD, LCSW, APHSW-C
Current term: 2022-2025
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Abbie.latimer@uky.edu
Kathy Lee Siepker, PhD, LCSW, CDP
Current term: 2024-2027
Associate Professor
University of Texas Arlington, School of Social Work
kathy.lee@uta.edu
Christina Matz, PhD
Current term: 2024-2027
Associate Professor
Boston College, School of Social Work
christina.matz@bc.edu
Uche Nwatu (PhD Student Representative)
Current term: 2025-2027
PhD Student
University of Alabama, School of Social Work
ulnwatu@crimson.ua.edu
Shannon Power, LCSW, ACHP-SW (PhD Student Representative)
Current term: 2025-2027
PhD Candidate
University of Georgia, School of Social Work
shannonpower@uga.edu
Karla Washington, PhD, LCSW
Current term: 2023-2026
Associate Professor
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
kwashington@wustl.edu
AGESW Pre-Dissertation Program:
Cara L. Wallace, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C (Co-Director)
Current term: 2023-2025
Professor
Saint Louis University, Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
cara.wallace@slu.edu
Stephanie P. Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C (Co-Director)
Current term: 2023-2025
Professor
Bowling Green State University, School of Social Work
swladko@bgsu.edu
Journal of Gerontological Social Work:
Robin P. Nering, PhD, MSW (Editor-in-Chief)
Current term: 2022-2026
Chair and Professor
Indiana State University, Department of Social Work
robin.nering@indstate.edu
Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, LCSW (Managing Editor)
Current term: 2024-2028
Professor Emerita
St. Louis University, School of Social Work
marla.bergweger@slu.edu
AGESW Committees (To be updated regularly)
Membership Committee
This committee is responsible for membership renewal and for the recruitment of new members.
Todd Becker, Chair
Erin Robinson
Awards Committee
This committee is responsible for soliciting and reviewing nominations for the AGESW awards given out at the BPD and the GSA conferences
OPEN, Chair
Keith Anderson
Rita Chou
Sung-wan Kang
Patricia Kolb
Nancy Kusmaul
Amanda Lehning
Conferences Committee
This committee is responsible for planning the AGESW events at the CSWE, GSA & BPD conferences
Erin Robinson, Chair
Allison Gibson
Hyunjin Noh
Communications Committee
Lin (Helen) Jiang, Chair
Jay Kayser (Newsletter Editor)
Erin Robinson (President)
OPEN (Social Media)
OPEN (Website)
Fundraising Committee
Nancy Kusmaul, Chair
Marla Berg-Weger
Tracy Schroepfer
Tiffany Washington
Tam Perry
Vivian Miller
Sara Sanders
Joan Davitt
Erin Robinson
Funding Advisory Board
Nancy Kropf, PhD
Nancy Hooyman, PhD
Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD
Election Committee
This committee is responsible for managing the yearly AGESW Board elections.
Brianna Garrison
OPEN
Roundtable Committee
Daniel Kaplan (Chair)
Terri Lewinson
Karen Bullock
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Voting AGESW Board Member Representatives
Nancy Kusmaul, President (2022- )
Erin Robinson, Vice-President (2022- )
Brianna Garrison, Secretary (2022- )
Voting JGSW Members (to be clarified at the JGSW Executive Committee)
Robin Nering
Consulting (non-voting) members:
Robin Bonifas, Editor-in-Chief
Marla Berg-Weger, Managing Editor
Megumi Inoue, Associate Editor
Vivian Miller, Media Editor (2022- )
Nancy Kusmaul, Past President
