NASW Board of Directors
Treasurer and Compliance Officer

S. Ryan Estes, MBA, LCSW, LCAS, CCS

Ryan Estes is the Chief Operating Officer of Coastal Horizons, a leader in mental health and substance use treatment, justice services, child welfare, and integrated health programming. Ryan is charged with overseeing sixty million in programming and nearly seven hundred staff to meet the mission of healthier lives, stronger families, and safer communities. Ryan received his BA in Psychology from Wake Forest University, an MSW from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA from UNC-Wilmington. Ryan has been in the behavioral health field for over twenty years as a clinician and director. Ryan holds licenses in North Carolina as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist. Additionally, he is a Certified Clinical Supervisor with the NC Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board. Ryan is the Treasurer on the National Association of Social Work board and an alum of the Annie E. Casey Foundation Child and Family Fellowship. Ryan is a Governor appointed member to the North Carolina Social Work License and Certification Board. Ryan teaches part-time for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the College of Health and Human Services.