Meet the Fellows

Raine Arndt-Couch, JD, LCSW /LCSW-C, CCM

Dennis W. Boyd, Jr.

Lisa Castagnola, MA, MSW, LCSW
Case Manager at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers
Owner/Consultant of Mr. Boyd, LLC
CASS Program Director of New Alternatives Inc.
Arnold, MD
Jamaica, NY
San Diego, CA

Nickolas Davis

Jonathan Dennehy, LMSW

Arash Diba, LMSW
Behavioral Health Care Manager at WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Deputy Project Manager at Maximus Inc.
Program Coordinator at Housing Works
Orlando, FL
New York, NY
New York, NY

Antoinette “Annie” Grier, MSW

Amber Joiner-Hill, MSSW

Diamond Lee, MSW
Director of Community at Partnerships and Training Institute of Justice Research and Development (Florida State University)
Associate Policy Analyst at Chapin Hall
Associate Director of Regional Collaboration, SPA 8 at Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Tallahassee, FL
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA

Sangeun “Isabel” Lee, MSW, LSW

Haileigh Nelson, LMSW

Ria Rodney, MSW, BSN-RN
External Supervisor at Pennsylvania Health and Wellness
Director of Care Coordination at The Institute for Family Health
Registered Nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Harlem, NY
Brooklyn, NY

Grace Rudatsikira, MSW, LCSW-C, LICSW

Colleen Sinsky
Clinical Supervisor at The Salvation Army
Coordinated Entry System Coordinator at Homeless Leadership Coalition
Takoma Park, MD
Bend, OR
Meet the Mentors

Ruth Arumala, DO, MPH

Katharine Briar-Lawson, MSW, PhD

Grey Endres, DSW, MSW LSCSW LCSW
Obstetrician-Gynecologist at Texas Health
Dean Emeritus and Professor at the University at Albany State University of New York School of Social Welfare
Criminal Justice, Legal Studies & Social Work, Faculty Instructor at the Missouri Western State University
Mansfield, TX
Albany, NY
St. Joseph, MO

Lauri Goldkind, LMSW, PhD

Mark W. Lamar, MSW, MBA, LCSW

Antoine Lovell, MPA, LMSW, PhD (c)
Associate Professor at Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University
Executive Director, Office of Field Education at Rutgers University School of Social Work
Assistant Professor at Delaware State University School of Social Work
New York, NY
New Brunswick, NJ
New York, NY

Ron Manderscheid, PhD

Murali D. Nair, MSW, DSW, MS, PhD

Ijeoma Opara, PhD, LMSW, MPH
Executive Director of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors & National Association for Rural Mental Health
Clinical Professor at USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare
Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles, CA
Stony Brook, NY

La Shawn Paul, DSW, LCSW, ACSW

Todd Rofuth, MSW, LMSW, DSW

Linda Schmidt, MLPA, MSW, PhD
Owner and Therapist of Social Work Diva
Chair and Professor Department of Social Work Southern Connecticut State University
Assistant Professor at the Western Michigan University School of Social Work
Brooklyn, NY
New Haven, CT
Kalamazoo, MI

Nancy Wackstein, MSW

Marcella Wilson, PhD
Director, Community Engagement and Partnerships at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Transition to Success™