List of American elected officials who are social workers
This is a list of current and former elected officials in the united states who are social workers by education/training in an accredited social work program.
The list includes members of either the legislative executive or judicial branches of the federal government. as well as any elected official of state and local governments.
This list may be incomplete please help updating if you can.
Federal government
Executive
there was never a president or vice president who was a social worker
Judicial
Congress
- current
- former
- Debbie Stabenow[2]
- Karen Bass
- Susan A. Davis
- Luis V. Gutierrez
- Barbara Lee
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Niki Tsongas
State/local
format: state/name/party/ position/Area or district/type of social work degree
- AK Andi Story D State Legislature 34 MSW[3]
- AZ Katie Hobbs D Governor Arizona BSW, MSW
- CA Nikki Perez Mayor Burbank MSW
- CA Sofya Bagdasaryan School Board Simi Valley MSW, PhD
- CA Karen Bass D City/Municipal Los Angeles, Mayor MSW
- CA Maria E. Cruz School Board Covina Valley LCSW
- CA Susan Talamantes Eggman D State Legislature 13 MSW, PhD
- CA Martha Guererro D City/Municipal Mayor MSW
- CA Corey Jackson D State Legislature 60 MSW, DSW
- CA Barbara Lee D City/Municipal Oakland, Mayor MSW
- CA Vanessa Marrero City/Municipal 13 MSW
- CA Caroline Menjivar D State Legislature 20 MSW
- CA Walter Muneton School Board 47 LCSW
- CA Rose Munoz School Board Santa Barbara MSW
- CA Graciela Ortiz City/Municipal MSW
- CA Tony Thurmond D Statewide Superintendent of Public Instruction MSW, MLSP
- CA Veronia Vasquez D City/Municipal Delano MSW
- CA Kimberly Warmsley City/Municipal 6-Stockton MSW
- CA Jackie Wong School Board West Sacramento MSW
- CO Tracy Kraft-Tharp D State Legislature 29 MSW
- CO Lisa Smith D City/Municipal Arvada MSW
- CO Emily Sirota D State Legislature 9 MSW
- CT Ceci Maher D State Senator Darien, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Stamford, Weston, Westport & Wilton MSW
- CT Kai Belton D State Representative Middletown MSW
- CT Toni Edmunds-Walker D State Legislature 93 BSW, MSW
- CT Jillian Gilchrest D State Legislature 18 MSW
- CT Anne Hughes D State Legislature 135 MSW
- CT Rick Lopes D State Legislature 6 MSW
- CT Cristin McCarthy-Vahey D State Legislature 133 MSW
- DE Nnamdi Chukwuocha D State Legislature 1 MSW
- DE Marie Pinkney D State Legislature MSW
- DE Marlene Saunders City/Municipal Bridgeville DSW, LMSW, MSW
- FL Steve Kornell D City/Municipal 5 MSW
- FL John Legg Reform State Legislature 46 BSW
- FL Mitch Rosenwald D City/Municipal Oakland Park, Mayor PhD, LCSW
- FL Diane Scott School Board 1 MSW, DSW
- GA Shelly Hutchinson D State Legislature 107 MSW
- GA Evelyn Winn Dixon D City/Municipal Riverdale, Mayor MSW
- HI Haunani Apoliona I County/Borough MSW
- HI Ryan Yamane D State Legislature 37 MSW
- IA James Anderson D Human Rights Commission Chair MSW
- IA Martha Anderson D State Legislature 36 MSW
- IA Bradley Cavanagh City/Municipal Dubuque, Mayor MSW, BSW
- IA Joni Dittmer R School Board North Scott MSW
- IA Nancy Z. Fett School Board 4 MSW
- IA Joel Fry R State Legislature 95 MSW
- IA Kelli Soyer School Board MSW
- IA Susan Kosche Vallem City/Municipal Waverly MSW
- IA Ross Wilburn D State Legislature 46 MSW, BASW
- ID Angenie McCleary D County/Borough Blaine County MSW
- IL Pamella Bess-Tabb School Board Galesburg #205 MSW, LSW
- IL Martha (Marti) Deuter D State Legislature District 45 MSW
- IL Lorraine Guerrero D School Board Joliet #204 LCSW
- IL Jackie Haas R State Legislature 79 MSW
- IL Lindsey LaPointe D State Legislature 19 MSW
- IL Karina Villa D State Legislature 25 MSW
- IN Oliver Davis D City/Municipal At Large BSW, MSW, DSW, LCSW, LICSW
- KS Carole Cadue Blackwood School Board Lawrence LMSW
- KS Kelly Jones School Board Lawrence LMSW
- KS Heather Meyer D State Legislature 29
- KS Susan Ruiz D State Legislature 23 LICSW
- KY Lindsey Burke D State Legislature 75 MSW
- KY Lamin Swann D State Legislature 93 BSW
- LA Joseph Bouie, Jr. D State Legislature 97 MSW
- LA Ranord J Darensburg D Court Statewide MSW
- LA Carolyn Hill D School Board MSW
- LA LaVonya Malveaux D City/Municipal Village of Palmetto BSW
- MA Joanne M. Comerford D State Legislature Northampton, Greenfield Town MSW
- MA Brandy Fluker-Oakley D State Legislature 12th BSW
- MA Katrina Huff-Lamond D City/Municipal Randolph MSW
- MA Denise Hurst D School Board Springfield MSW
- MA Khrystian King D City/Municipal Worcester MSW
- MA Sheila Lyons D County/Borough Barnstable MSW
- MA Marc McGovern D City/Municipal Cambridge MSW
- MA Irwin Nesoff School Board Hull DSW
- MA Brenda Noel D City/Municipal 6 MSW
- MA Sarah Phillips D School Board 3rd MSW
- MA Sarai Rivera D City/Municipal 4 MSW
- MA Sara Rodrigeus School Board Fall River LICSW
- MA Barry Sanders D City/Municipal Taunton LICSW
- MA Karen Spilka D State Legislature 2 BSW
- MA Ayesha Wilson D School Board Cambridge BSW, MSW
- MD Melony Griffith D State Legislature 25 MSW
- MD Shireka McCarthy City Council Seat Pleasant BSW, MSW, LGSW
- MD Joanne Waszczak City/Municipal Hyattsville, Council Member MSW
- MD Jamila Woods D State Legislature District 26 MSW
- ME Michael Brennan D City/Municipal 36 MSW, BSW
- ME Lydia Crafts D State Legislature 130 MSW
- ME Lori Gramlich D State Legislature 131 MSW
- MI Charlie Cavell D County/Borough Pontiac MSW
- MI Stephanie Chang D State Legislature 1 MSW
- MI Betsey Coffia D State Legislature 14 BSW
- MI Ayesha Ghazi Edwin D City/Municipal Ann Arbor MSW
- MI Justin Hodge D County/Borough 5 LMSW, MSW
- MI Ruth Johnson R State Legislature 14 MSW
- MI Faith Redwine-Otieno D County Washtenaw LBSW
- MI Carrie Rheingans D State Legislature 47 MSW
- MI Hillary Scholten D Congress 3 BSW
- MI Rochelle Vrsek D City/Municipal Webster Township LMSW
- MN Jennifer Arneson School Board 1 MSW
- MN Angela Conley County/Borough 4 BSW
- MN Heather Edelson D State Legislature 49A MSW
- MN Mary Granlund School Board Columbia Heights MSW
- MN Jess Hanson D State Legislature 56A BSW
- MN Hodan Hassan D State Legislature 62A MSW, BSW
- MN Emily Larson D City/Municipal Duluth MSW
- MN Rafael Ortega D County/Borough 5 MSW, BSW
- MN Rhonda Pownell City/Municipal Northfield BSW
- MN Emelie Rivera City/Municipal Bemidji MSW
- MN Paul Schnell Corrections Commissioner BSW
- MO Aaron Crossley D State Legislature 29 LMSW
- MO Keri Ingle D State Legislature 35 LMSW
- MO Crystal Quade D State Legislature 132 BSW
- NC Sydney Batch D State Legislature 17 MSW
- NC Alan Beck School Board Davidson County BSW
- NC Monique Holsey-Hyman City/Municipal Durham At-Large
- NC Graig Meyer D State Legislature 23 MSW
- NC Paige Sayles School Board Franklin County MSW
- NC Summer Woodside School Board Scotland County MSW
- ND Gretchen Dobervich D State Legislature 11 LBSW
- ND Tim Mathern D State Legislature 11 MSW
- NH Jim McKay D State Legislature Merrimack - 18 MSW
- NH Charles McMahon R State Legislature Rockingham - 17 BSW
- NJ Eileen Cusack D City/Municipal Atlantic Highlands MSW
- NJ Emily Jabbour D City/Municipal Hoboken MSW
- NJ Teresa Kelly D Buena Vista Township Hoboken MSW
- NJ Maria Rondinaro D City/Municipal Belmar MSW
- NM Doreen Gallegos D State Legislature 52 MSW
- NM Gerald Ortiz y Pino D State Legislature 12 MSW
- NV Teresa Benitez-Thompson D State Legislature 27 MSW
- NV Carolyn Edwards I School Board Clark County MSW
- NV David Humke R County/Borough Washoe MSW
- NV Annie Wilson I School Board 2 MSW
- NY Barrington R. Atkins D County/Borough 10 LMSW
- NY Bonnie Berman Library Board At Large MSW
- NY Julia Burgos School Board 5 MSW
- NY Steven Cymbrowitz D State Legislature 45 MSW
- NY Carol Eason School Board At Large LMSW
- NY James J. Foley R County/Borough 17 LCSW-R
- NY Mathylde Frontus D State Legislature 46 PhD, LMSW, BSW
- NY Jody Geist Library Board At Large MSW
- NY Sharon M. J. Gianelli D Court 10 MSW
- NY Hilary Gingold D Court At Large BSW
- NY Helene Gugerty D County/Borough At Large BSW
- NY Kara Hahn D County/Borough 5 MSW
- NY Nicole Henderson School Board At Large MSW
- NY Simone Holder-Daniel D School Board 2 MSW
- NY Chantel Jackson D State Legislature 79 MSW
- NY Hope Jay School Board North Seat MSW
- NY Mary Kuhn D County/Borough 7 MSW
- NY Debra Mule D State Legislature 5 MSW
- NY Lori-Ann Novello Library Board At Large MSW
- NY Susan Parker D County/Borough 4 MSW
- NY Yversha M. Roman D County/Borough 26 BSW
- NY Arlene Soete School Board At Large MSW, BSW
- NY Lourdes M. Ventura D Court At Large MSW
- NY Betty J. Williams D Court 2 MSW
- NY Jaime R. Williams D State Legislature 59 MSW, BSW
- NY Diane Y. Wray D Court At Large 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 Eileen Hartnett Albillar Clerk of Courts Bucks County MSW
- PA William Amesbury D County/Borough Judge MSW
- PA John Blake D State Legislature 22 MSW
- PA Kevin Caridad R County/Borough Council Member DSW
- PA Charles Marcinko School Board Region 1 MSW
- PA Diane Ellis-Marsegila D County/Borough Commissioner MSW
- PA Sarah Graden D County/Borough Council Member MSW
- RI Justin Rolas D City/Municipal Providence MSW
- SC Gilda Cobb-Hunter D State Legislature 66 MSW
- TN Aftyn Behn D State Legislature 51 LMSW
- TN Dr. Carol B. Berz City/Municipal 6 MSW
- TN Stefanie Dalton City/Municipal Red Bank LMSW
- TN Joe Pitts D City/Municipal Mayor BSW
- TX Sylvia Garcia D Congress 29 BSW
- TX Elliott Naishtat D State Legislature 49 MSW
- TX Jessica Ortega-Ochoa City/Municipal 1 MSSW
- 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 Brian Cina D State Legislature Chittenden 6-4 MSW
- VT Barbara Rachelson D State Legislature Chittenden 6-6 MSW
- VT Tanya Vyhovsky D State Legislature Chittenden Central MSW, LICSW
- WA Tam Dinh School Board Mercer Island MSW, BSW
- WA Katie Favela City/Municipal Ridgefield LICSW
- WA Tina Orwall D State Legislature 33 MSW
- WA Alicia Rule D State Legislature 42 MSW
- WI Kate Beaton City/Municipal At Large BSW
- WI Don Mowry County/Borough Eau Claire DSW
- WI Jeanne Nutter County/Borough Trempealeau MSW
- WI Nick Smiar D County/Borough Eau Claire PhD
- WI John Tate II City/Municipal Racine 3 MSW
- WY Floyd Esquibel D State Legislature 44 MSW, BSW
- WY Jerry Iekel R State Legislature 29 MSW, BSW
References
- ^ https://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Political-Action-for-Candidate-Election-PACE/Social-Workers-in-Congress
- ^ https://multibriefs.com/briefs/nasw/pp-bro-28917.SWinCongress.pdf
- ^ https://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Political-Action-for-Candidate-Election-PACE/Social-Workers-in-State-and-Local-Office