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Social Workers in Elected Office

If you have any edits or additions to this list, please contact Rachel Boyer, MSW, LMSW, Public Policy Associate, at rboyer.nasw@socialworkers.org.

STATE	NAME	PARTY	OFFICE LEVEL	DISTRICT	CREDENTIAL
AK	Andi Story	D	State Legislature	34	MSW
AZ	Katie Hobbs	D	Governor	Arizona	BSW, MSW
CA	Caroline Menjivar	D	State Legislature	20	MSW
CA	Corey Jackson	D	State Legislature	60	MSW, DSW
CA	Graciela Ortiz		City/Municipal		MSW
CA	Jackie Wong		School Board	West Sacramento	MSW
CA	Karen Bass	D	City/Municipal	Los Angeles, Mayor	MSW
CA	Kimberly Warmsley		City/Municipal	6-Stockton	MSW
CA	Maria E. Cruz		School Board	Covina Valley	LCSW
CA	Martha Guererro	D	City/Municipal	Mayor	MSW
CA	Rose Munoz		School Board	Santa Barbara	MSW
CA	Sofya Bagdasaryan		School Board	Simi Valley	MSW, PhD
CA	Susan Talamantes Eggman	D	State Legislature	13	MSW, PhD
CA	Tony Thurmond	D	Statewide	Superintendent of Public Instruction	MSW, MLSP
CA	Vanessa Marrero		City/Municipal	13	MSW
CA	Veronia Vasquez	D	City/Municipal	Delano	MSW
CA	Walter Muneton		School Board	47	LCSW
CO	Emily Sirota	D	State Legislature	9	MSW
CO	Gretchen Rydin	D	Representative	House District 38	MSW
CO	Lisa Feret	D	Representative	House District 24	MSW
CO	Lisa Smith	D	City/Municipal	Arvada	MSW
CO	Tracy Kraft-Tharp	D	State Legislature	29	MSW
CT	Anne Hughes	D	State Legislature	135	MSW
CT	Catina Caban-Owen	D	School Board	Windhan	MSW
CT	Cristin McCarthy-Vahey	D	State Legislature	133	MSW
CT	Jillian Gilchrest	D	State Legislature	18	MSW
CT	Kim Shepardson Watson	D	School Board	Chair	MSW
CT	Mary Jane Lundgren	D	City/Municipal	New Milford	MSW
CT	Pamela Cranford	D	City/Municipal	Manchester	MSW
CT	Rick Lopes	D	State Legislature	6	MSW
CT	Steve Cassano	D	State Legislature	4	MSW
CT	Toni Edmunds-Walker	D	State Legislature	93	BSW, MSW
DE	Marie Pinkney	D	State Legislature		MSW
DE	Marlene Saunders		City/Municipal	Bridgeville	DSW, LMSW, MSW
DE	Nnamdi Chukwuocha	D	State Legislature	1	MSW
FL	Daryl Campbell	D	Representative	99	MSW
FL	Diane Scott		School Board	1	MSW, DSW
FL	John Legg	Reform	State Legislature	46	BSW
FL	Mitch Rosenwald	D	State Representative	98	MSW
FL	Steve Kornell	D	City/Municipal	5	MSW
GA	Evelyn Winn Dixon	D	City/Municipal	Riverdale, Mayor	MSW
GA	Shelly Hutchinson	D	State Legislature	107	MSW
HI	Ryan Yamane	D	State Legislature	37	MSW
HI	Haunani Apoliona	I	County/Borough		MSW
IA	Amy Croll		City Council Member	Urbandale	MSW
IA	Becca Bixler		Mayor	Inwood	MSW
IA	Bradley Cavanagh		City/Municipal	Dubuque, Mayor	MSW, BSW
IA	James Anderson	D	Human Rights Commission Chair		MSW
IA	Joel Fry	R	State Legislature	95	MSW
IA	Joni Dittmer	R	School Board	North Scott	MSW
IA	Kelli Soyer		School Board		MSW
IA	Mark D. Smith		Mayor	West Liberty	MSW
IA	Martha Anderson	D	State Legislature	36	MSW
IA	Nancy Z. Fett		School Board	4	MSW
IA	Ross Wilburn	D	State Legislature	46	MSW, BASW
IA	Susan Kosche Vallem		City/Municipal	Waverly	MSW
ID	Angenie McCleary	D	County/Borough	Blaine County	MSW
IL	Jackie Haas	R	State Legislature	79	MSW
IL	Karina Villa	D	State Legislature	25	MSW
IL	Lindsey LaPointe	D	State Legislature	19	MSW
IL	Lorraine Guerrero	D	School Board	Joliet #204	LCSW
IL	Marti Deuter	D	State Rep	45	MSW
IL	Nora Hernandez	D	State Rep	77	BSW
IL	Pamella Bess-Tabb		School Board	Galesburg #205	MSW, LSW
IN	Lori Goss-Reaves	R	Representative	District 31	DSW
IN	Oliver Davis	D	City/Municipal	At Large	BSW, MSW, DSW, LCSW, LICSW
KS	Carole Cadue Blackwood		School Board	Lawrence	LMSW
KS	Heather Meyer	D	State Legislature	29
KS	Kelly Jones		School Board	Lawrence	LMSW
KS	Susan Ruiz	D	Kansas House of Representatives	District 23	MSW
KS	Suzanne Wikle	D	Representative	10	MSW
KY	Lamin Swann	D	State Legislature	93	BSW
KY	Lindsey Burke	D	State Legislature	75	MSW
LA	Carolyn Hill	D	School Board		MSW
LA	Joseph Bouie, Jr.	D	State Legislature	97	MSW
LA	LaVonya Malveaux	D	City/Municipal	Village of Palmetto	BSW
LA	Ranord J Darensburg	D	Court	Statewide	MSW
MA	Ayesha Wilson	D	City Councilor	Cambridge City Council	MSW
MA	Barry Sanders	D	City/Municipal	Taunton	LICSW
MA	Brandy Fluker-Oakley	D	State Legislature	12th	BSW
MA	Brenda Noel	D	City/Municipal	6	MSW
MA	Denise Hurst	D	School Board	Springfield	MSW
MA	Irwin Nesoff		Select Board	Town of Hull select board	DSW
MA	Joanne M. Comerford	D	State Legislature	Northampton, Greenfield Town	MSW
MA	Karen Spilka	D	State Legislature	2	BSW
MA	Katrina Huff-Lamond	D	City/Municipal	Randolph	MSW
MA	Khrystian King	D	City/Municipal	Worcester	MSW
MA	Marc McGovern	D	City/Municipal	Cambridge	MSW
MA	Ronalee Ray-Parrott		Select Board	Salsbury select board	MSW
MA	Sara Neville	D	School Committee member	Chelsea	PhD in Social Work
MA	Sara Rodrigeus		School Board	Fall River	LICSW
MA	Sarah Phillips	D	School Board	3rd	MSW
MA	Sarai Rivera	D	City/Municipal	4	MSW
MA	Sheila Lyons	D	County/Borough	Barnstable	MSW
MA	Tom Lachiusa		Select Board	Longmeadow Select Board	MSW
MD	Joanne Waszczak		City/Municipal	Hyattsville, Council Member	MSW
MD	Melony Griffith	D	State Legislature	25	MSW
ME	Lori Gramlich	D	State Legislature	131	MSW
ME	Lydia Crafts	D	State Legislature	130	MSW
ME	Melanie Sachs	D	Representative	House District 102	MSW
ME	Michael Brennan	D	City/Municipal	36	MSW, BSW
MI	Alyshia Dyer	D	County Sheriff	Washtenaw County	MSW
MI	Ayesha Ghazi Edwin	D	City/Municipal	Ann Arbor	MSW
MI	Betsy Coffia	D	State Representative	103	BSW
MI	Carrie Rheingans	D	State Legislature	47	MSW
MI	Charlie Cavell	D	County/Borough	Pontiac	MSW
MI	Don Cooney	D	City Commissioner	Kalamazoo	PhD in Social Work
MI	Gabriela Santiago-Romero		Council Member	6	MSW
MI	Hillary Scholten	D	Congress	3	BSW
MI	Justin Hodge	D	County/Borough	5	LMSW, MSW
MI	Kimberly Edwards	D	State Representative	12	MSW
MI	Laura Sanders		Board Trustee	Dexter Township	MSW
MI	Lisa Coney	D	Saginaw County Commissioner	10	MSW
MI	Mary Sherzer	D	Trustee	At-Large	MSW
MI	Me'Chelle King		Council Member	Ward 1	MSW
MI	Nicole Brown		Mayor	Ypsilanti	MSW
MI	Rachel Osmer		Council Member	At-Large	MSW
MI	Rochelle 'Shelly' Vrsek	D	Board Trustee	Webster Township	MSW
MI	Rochelle Vrsek	D	City/Municipal	Webster Township	LMSW
MI	Ruth Johnson	R	State Legislature	14	MSW
MI	Stephanie Chang	D	State Legislature	1	MSW
MN	Angela Conley		County/Borough	4	BSW
MN	Emelie Rivera		City/Municipal	Bemidji	MSW
MN	Emily Larson	D	City/Municipal	Duluth	MSW
MN	Heather Edelson	D	State Legislature	49A	MSW
MN	Hodan Hassan	D	State Legislature	62A	MSW, BSW
MN	Jennifer Arneson		School Board	1	MSW
MN	Jess Hanson	D	State Legislature	56A	BSW
MN	Mary Granlund		School Board	Columbia Heights	MSW
MN	Paul Schnell		Corrections Commissioner		BSW
MN	Rafael Ortega	D	County/Borough	5	MSW, BSW
MN	Rhonda Pownell		City/Municipal	Northfield	BSW
MO	Aaron Crossley	D	State Legislature	29	LMSW
MO	Crystal Quade	D	State Legislature	132	BSW
MO	Elizabeth Fuchs	D	State Representative	80	MSW
MO	Keri Ingle	D	State Legislature	35	LMSW
NC	Alan Beck		School Board	Davidson County	BSW
NC	Emily Whitmire		Council District	2	MSW
NC	Graig Meyer	D	State Legislature	23	MSW
NC	Monique Holsey-Hyman		City/Municipal	Durham At-Large
NC	Paige Sayles		School Board	Franklin County	MSW
NC	Stephen J. Valentine	D	Durham County Board of Commissioners	Durham County	MSW
NC	Summer Woodside		School Board	Scotland County	MSW
NC	Sydney Batch	D	State Legislature	17	MSW
ND	Gretchen Dobervich	D	State Legislature	11	LBSW
ND	Tim Mathern	D	State Legislature	11	MSW
NE	John Fredrickson	D	State Senator District 20	20	MSW
NH	Charles McMahon	R	Representative	Rockingham - District 17	BSW
NH	Jim MacKay	D	State Legislature	Merrimack - 18	MSW
NJ	Eileen Cusack	D	City/Municipal	Atlantic Highlands	MSW
NJ	Emily Jabbour	D	City/Municipal	Hoboken	MSW
NJ	Maria Rondinaro	D	City/Municipal	Belmar	MSW
NJ	Teresa Kelly	D	Buena Vista Township	Hoboken	MSW
NM	Doreen Gallegos	D	State Legislature	52	MSW
NM	Gerald Ortiz y Pino	D	State Legislature	12	MSW
NV	Annie Wilson	I	School Board	2	MSW
NV	Carolyn Edwards	I	School Board	Clark County	MSW
NV	David Humke	R	County/Borough	Washoe	MSW
NV	Teresa Benitez-Thompson	D	State Legislature	27	MSW
NY	Arlene Soete		School Board	At Large	MSW, BSW
NY	Barrington R. Atkins	D	County/Borough	10	LMSW
NY	Betty J. Williams	D	Court	2	MSW
NY	Bonnie Berman		Library Board	At Large	MSW
NY	Carol Eason		School Board	At Large	LMSW
NY	Chantel Jackson	D	State Legislature	79	MSW
NY	Debra Mule	D	State Legislature	5	MSW
NY	Diane Y. Wray	D	Court	At Large	MSW
NY	Helene Gugerty	D	County/Borough	At Large	BSW
NY	Hilary Gingold	D	Court	At Large	BSW
NY	Hope Jay		School Board	North Seat	MSW
NY	Jaime R. Williams	D	State Legislature	59	MSW, BSW
NY	James J. Foley	R	County/Borough	17	LCSW-R
NY	Jody Geist		Library Board	At Large	MSW
NY	Julia Burgos		School Board	5	MSW
NY	Kara Hahn	D	County/Borough	5	MSW
NY	Lori-Ann Novello		Library Board	At Large	MSW
NY	Lourdes M. Ventura	D	Court	At Large	MSW
NY	Manny De Los Santos	D	State Assembly member	72	MSW
NY	Mary Kuhn	D	County/Borough	7	MSW
NY	Mathylde Frontus	D	State Legislature	46	PhD, LMSW, BSW
NY	Nicole Henderson		School Board	At Large	MSW
NY	Sharon M. J. Gianelli	D	Court	10	MSW
NY	Simone Holder-Daniel	D	School Board	2	MSW
NY	Steven Cymbrowitz	D	State Legislature	45	MSW
NY	Susan Parker	D	County/Borough	4	MSW
NY	Yversha M. Roman	D	County/Borough	26	BSW
OH	Karen Brownlee	D	State Representative	State Representative of OH-28	MSW
OH	Patricia Britt	D	City/Municipal	6	BSW
OR	Karina Guzman Ortiz		School Board	Salem-Keizer	MSW
OR	Tawna Sanchez	D	State Legislature	43	MSW
PA	Charles Marcinko		School Board	Region 1	MSW
PA	Diane Ellis-Marsegila	D	County/Borough	Commissioner	MSW
PA	Eileen Albillar		City/Municipal	Board of Supervisors	MSW
PA	John Blake	D	State Legislature	22	MSW
PA	Kevin Caridad	R	County/Borough	Council Member	DSW
PA	Sarah Graden	D	County/Borough	Council Member	MSW
PA	William Amesbury	D	County/Borough	Judge	MSW
RI	Justin Rolas	D	City/Municipal	Providence	MSW
SC	Gilda Cobb-Hunter	D	House of Representative	District 95	MSW
TN	Aftyn Behn	D	State Legislature	51	LMSW
TN	Dr. Carol B. Berz		City/Municipal	6	MSW
TN	Joe Pitts	D	City/Municipal	Mayor	BSW
TN	Stefanie Dalton		City/Municipal	Red Bank	LMSW
TX	Elliott Naishtat	D	State Legislature	49	MSW
TX	Jessica Ortega-Ochoa		City/Municipal	1	MSSW
TX	Sylvia Garcia	D	Congress	29	BSW
UT	Francis D. Gibson	R	State Legislature	65	MSW
UT	Sandra Hollins	D	State Legislature	23	MSW
VA	Elizabeth Guzman	D	State Legislature	31	MSW
VA	Kathy Tran	D	State Legislature	42	MSW
VT	Barbara Rachelson	D	State Legislature	Chittenden 6-6	MSW
VT	Brian Cina	D	State Legislature	Chittenden 6-4	MSW
VT	Tanya Vyhovsky	D	State Legislature	Chittenden Central	MSW, LICSW
WA	Alicia Rule	D	Representative	LD42	MSW
WA	Amy Miller		Council Member	Council Position #2 appointed 2023, Council Position #5 elected 2024	MSW
WA	Iris Guzmán		Deputy Mayor, Council Position #6	Position 6, city of Seatac	MSW
WA	Katie Favela		City/Municipal	Ridgefield	LICSW
WA	Maame Bassaw		Councilmember	Position 1	MSW
WA	Tam Dinh		School Board	Mercer Island	MSW, BSW
WA	Tina Orwall	D	Representative	LD33	MSW
WI	Don Mowry		County/Borough	Eau Claire	DSW
WI	Jeanne Nutter		County/Borough	Trempealeau	MSW
WI	John Tate II		City/Municipal	Racine 3	MSW
WI	Kate Beaton		City/Municipal	At Large	BSW
WI	Nick Smiar	D	County/Borough	Eau Claire	PhD
WY	Floyd Esquibel	D	State Legislature	44	MSW, BSW
WY	Jerry Iekel	R	State Legislature	29	MSW, BSW