Professional Advisory Committee
The purpose of the Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) is to assist the School of Social Work (SSW) in fulfilling its mission, particularly with respect to serving the needs of the people of Missouri and supporting public social services. The following are PAC members:
Chair, Professional Advisory Committee
Mr. Richard Matt - PAC Chair, President and CEO for the Missouri Alliance for Children & Families
Past Chair, Professional Advisory Committee
Ms. Lori Strong-Goeke - Past PAC Chair, Associate Director of Planning for the Missouri Division of Budget & Planning
Committee Members
Ms. Lynn Carter
Deputy Director
Missouri Department. of Mental Health
Ms. Jenise Comer
Director, Social Work Program
University of Central Missouri
Mr. Tim Decker
Director
Missouri Division of Youth Services
Ms. Nancy Griggs
Director, Court Services
Office of State Court Administrators
Ms. Marta Halter
Regional Director
Missouri Department. of Social Services
Mr. James Hunter
Director
MU Employee Assistance Program
Ms. Janis Irby
Director of Social Work
NW Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center
Ms. Nancie McAnaugh
Deputy Director
Missouri
Deptartment of Health and Senior Services
Ms. Laura Neal
Coordinator, Patient/Family Services
Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital
Ms. Paula Neese
Director, Children’s Division
Missouri Department of Social Services
Ms. Paula Richards
Bereavement Social Worker
Missouri River Hospice
Ms. Joylean P. Sampson
Professor of Sociology and Social Work
Lincoln University
Ms. Susan Schopflin
Directpr, Quality Improvement & Marketing
Family Counseling Center of Missouri, Inc.
Mr. Bill Siedhoff
Director, Deptartment of Human Services
City of St. Louis
Ms. Joan Upshaw
Owner
Social Work p.r.n.
Ms. Cindy Wilkinson
Deputy Administrator
Missouri Deptartment of Health & Senior Services
Dr. Elizabeth Wilson
Director & Asst. Professor, Social Work Program
William Woods University
