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NASW Names New CEO to Lead Growing Social Work Profession

NASW has announced that Anthony “Angelo” McClain, PhD, LICSW, has been named as its new CEO and will lead efforts to grow and support the social work profession in the United States. He will succeed Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH, who has led the organization since 2001.

McClain joins NASW after serving six years as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. While there, he oversaw a budget of $850 million and a workforce of 3,500 employees to address reports of abuse and neglect for the state’s most vulnerable children, partnering with families to help them better nurture and protect their children.

Prior to that position, McClain was vice president and executive director of the New Jersey Division of Child Behavioral Health Service Center (Value Options) where he built and oversaw administrative, clinical, and quality management program infrastructures that increased access to behavioral health services for children and youths, including those in the juvenile justice system. His team also developed a Web-based information management system to improve real-time access to case information by child services personnel.

As vice president of network management and regional operations for the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, McClain developed and maintained a provider network capable of delivering high-quality, responsive services to 450,000 Mass Health members.

A native of Texas and an alumnus of Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, he holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from West Texas State University, a master’s degree in social work from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a PhD in social work from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. McClain is an adjunct faculty member in the Urban Leadership Program at Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work.

— Source: NASW