Meet the Fellows
Luliana “Lana” Charles, LMSW
Grace Downs, LCSW
Kate Gascoine, MSW, MPA
Social Worker (Children’s Defense Team), Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights
Program Coordinator, Mount Sinai Health Partners
Engagement Coordinator, Auberle
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Pittsburgh, PA
Lucero Huayhua, MSSW
Haley Ingersoll, MSW
Silas W. Kelly, LMSW
System Support Specialist, Integral Care
Consultant, Center for Patient Partnerships
CEO/Founder, Kelsunn Communications, Inc.
Austin, TX
Pittsburgh, PA
Copiague, NY
Caitlin Krenn, LCSW
Mark Liptrap, MS, MSW, LCSW, CTT
Haileigh Nelson, LMSW
*2nd Year Fellow*
Clinical Supervisor, Women in Need, Inc.
Social Worker, Monongalia County Health Department, Quick Response Team
Director of Care Coordination, Institute for Family Health
Jersey City, NJ
Morgantown, WV
New York, NY
Ria Rodney, MSW, BSN-RN
*2nd Year Fellow*
Brie Scolaro, LMSW
Elsie Silva, MSW
Registered Nurse, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Co-Director, Aspire Psychotherapy
Medical Social Worker, The Elizabeth Hospice
Brooklyn, NY
New York, NY
San Diego, CA
Chloe Walker, JD, MSW
Terrel White, MPA, MSW
Ian G. Williams, LMSW
Supervising Attorney, Children’s Immigration Law Academy
Philanthropy Officer, Wayne State University, College of Nursing
EAP Counselor, NYC Office of Labor Relations
Houston, TX
Detroit, MI
New York, NY
Meet the Mentors
Katharine Briar-Lawson, MSW, PhD
Grey Endres, MSW, DSW, LSCSW, LCSW
Shay Everitt, MSW
Dean Emeritus and Professor, University at Albany State University of New York School of Social Welfare
Assistant Professor, Social Work, Missouri Western State University
Senior Advisor for Child Care/Pre-K Partnerships, Texas Workforce Commission
Albany, NY
St. Joseph, MO
Houston, TX
Lauri Goldkind, LMSW, PhD
Dennis Kao, MSW, PhD
Mark W. Lamar, MSW, MBA, LCSW
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University
Associate Professor, Carleton University School of Social Work
Executive Director, Office of Field Education, Rutgers University School of Social Work
New York, NY
Ottawa, ON
New Brunswick, NJ
Antoine Lovell, MPA, LMSW, PhD Candidate
Ron Manderscheid, PhD
Seth J. Meyer, LMSW, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
Executive Director, National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors; National Association for Rural Mental Health
Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State University
New York, NY
Washington, D.C.
New York, NY
Damekia Morgan, DSW, LMSW
Ijeoma Opara, PhD, LMSW, MPH
Todd Rofuth, MSW, LMSW, DSW
Assistant Professor, Southern University at New Orleans School of Social Work
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare
Professor/Chair, Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University
New Orleans, LA
Stony Brook, NY
New Haven, CT
Linda Schmidt, MLPA, MSW, PhD
Marcella Wilson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University School of Social Work
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Transition to Success™
Kalamazoo, MI
Pasadena, MD
