For a full lineup of CWDA’s 2012 Conference sessions and
speakers, see the on-site program brochure. The
following list is limited to speakers who
shared visual presentations.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Illuminating Poverty – Shining a Constructive Light on Child
Welfare
Health Care Reform – Where are we and where are we going?
To Higher Education, Vocational Training and Beyond – Helping
Transitional-Age Youth
- Jon Nibbio, Chief Operations Officer and Director of Clinical
Services, Family Care Network, Inc.
- Tracy Schiro, Assistant Director, San Luis Obispo County
Department of Social Services
- Jennifer Bransford-Koons, Assistant Deputy Director, North
Region, San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency
- Kris Brown, Deputy Director for Aging and Disability
Programs, Napa County Health and Human Services Agency
- Krista Brown, Project Coordinator, APS Training Project,
Academy for Professional Excellence
- Mary Counihan, retired APS Manager, San Francisco Human
Services Agency
Advances in Poverty Research – Quantifying Benefits of Safety Net
Programs
- Danna Fabella, Project Director, Linkages
- Stuart Oppenheim, Executive Director, Child and Family Policy
Institute of California
- Alma Vega, Linkages Coordinator and Welfare-to-Work Program
Manager, Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
- David Yada, Linkages Coordinator and Child Welfare Services
Manager, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family
Services
New Opportunities for Working Together in a Realigned World
- Dianne Cummins, Special Advisor to Governor Jerry Brown
- San Francisco City and County
- Trent Rhorer, Executive Director, San Francisco Human
Services Agency
- Wendy Still, Chief Adult Probation Officer, City and
County of San Francisco
When Ends Don’t Meet – Debt and its Implications for Low-Income
Women
- Kathy Houle, Program Manager, Calaveras County Works and
Human Services Agency
- Shelly Hance, Executive Director, Amador Tuolumne Community
Action Agency
- Jeannie Hayward, Director, The Resource Connection
- Deldee Kittrell, Eligibility Supervisor, Calaveras County
Works and Human Services Agency
- Karen Pekarcik, Executive Director, First 5 Calaveras
- Francis Yuen, Professor for the Division of Social Work,
California State University, Sacramento
Racial and Ethnic Disparities – Examining Risk Factors for
Involvement with Child Welfare Services
Transforming Services for a Changing Population
- Chris Mathias, Director, Title IV-E Stipend Program, CalSWEC
- Andrew Scharlach, Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
- Fernando Torres-Gil, Professor of Social Welfare and Public
Policy, University of California, Los Angeles; Director, UCLA
Center for Policy Research on Aging
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Empowering our Youth to Reach their Maximum Potential
Looking Forward – Demographic Change, Economic Uncertainty, and
the Future of the Golden State
- Manuel Pastor, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity,
University of Southern California; Director, USC Program for
Environmental and Regional Equity
There’s an App for That
- Phil Ansell, Acting Chief Deputy Director, Los Angeles County
Department of Public Social Services
- Evelyn Huang, Lecturer, Stanford Hasso Plattner Institute of
Design
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services’
Experience with d.school
- Carol Mitchell, Deputy Director of Adult Services, Orange
County Social Services Agency
- Wendy Aquin, Division Director for Adult Services and
Assistance Programs, Orange County Social Services Agency
- Candice Gomez, Interim Executive Director of Programs for
Seniors and Persons with Disabilities, CalOptima
- Ellen Schmeding, Assistant Deputy Director for Operations,
San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency
- Jim Rogers, Manager, San Bernardino County Children and
Family Services
- Phil Tardanico, Supervising Social Service Practitioner, San
Bernardino County Children and Family Services
- Kimberly Foley, 2012 Health and Human Services Summer Intern,
California Legislative Analyst’s Office
- Erika Li, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst, California
Legislative Analyst’s Office
- Ryan Woolsey, Fiscal and Policy Analyst, California
Legislative Analyst’s Office
How can we Increase Coverage of Poverty by the Media?
- Juliet Webb, Deputy Director, Child Welfare Division, Tulare
County Health and Human Service Agency
- Charles Wilson, Senior Director and Sam and Rose Stein
Endowed Chair in Child Protection, Chadwick Center for Children
and Families, Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego
- Daniela Boykin, Assistant Director, CUNY Accelerated Study in
Associate Programs
- Lesley Leppert-McKeever, Director, Borough of Manhattan
Community College, CUNY Accelerated Study in Associate Programs
- Penelope Clarke, Executive Liaison, CWS/CMS Automation, CWDA
- DeAnna Avery-Motikeit, Director, San Bernardino County,
Children and Family Service
- Kevin Gaines, Chief of the Child Protection and Family
Support Branch, California Department of Social Services
- Cathy Turner, County Consultant, CWS-NS, Office of Systems
Integration
Vocational Justice – Addressing the Employment Needs of Formerly
Incarcerated People
Friday, October 5, 2012
- Frank Benest, Former City Manager of Palo Alto, California,
and Senior Advisor for Next Generation Initiatives for the
International City/County Management Association
- Tom Austin, Vice President, Gartner
Reaching the Chronically Homeless
