State Representatives

The Director-at-Large is the primary Board of Director liaison for the State Representatives and is happy to assist and answer questions for them. Currently, the Director-at-Large overseeing the State Representatives is Camille Faunda. If you are interested in becoming a State Representative, please contact Camille. You can also review a copy of the job description here. 

AOSW State Representatives

ALABAMA
Chelsea Kroll, LGSW, OSW-C
East Alabama Medical Center Cancer Center
Email: [email protected]

ALASKA
Marie J. Lavigne, LCSW, OSW-C
Anchorage, AK 99508
Email: [email protected]

ARIZONA
Nicole McCallister
Ironwood Cancer & Research Center
(602) 332-9089
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Email: [email protected]

ARKANSAS

Harold Dean, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
North Little Rock, AR
Email: [email protected]

CALIFORNIA
Leslie Duket, MSW, LCSW
Sutter Cancer Center
Email: [email protected]

COLORADO
Erica Berge
Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology Ongology; Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
Denver, CO
Email: [email protected]

CONNECTICUT
Amy DePaolo, LCSW, OSW-C
Praxair Cancer Center/Danbury Hospital
Email: [email protected]

DELAWARE
Michelle Bailiff, LCSW, OSW-C
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
Email: [email protected]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA/NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Jennifer Bires, LICSW, OSW-C
Executive Director, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
Email: [email protected]

FLORIDA
Latanya Ruiz, LCSW MSW
FSOSW Liaison
Florida Hospital Waterman
4000 Waterman Way
Tavares, FL 32778
Email: [email protected]

Brittany Hahn
Orlando Health Cancer Institute
Mental Health Therapist
Email: [email protected]

GEORGIA
Bryan Miller, LCSW, OSW-C
Atlanta Cancer Care
affiliated with Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
Email:  [email protected]

HAWAII
Jodi Shaw, LSW, CCM, CT
Kaiser Permanente Continuing Care
Email: [email protected]

IDAHO 
Vacant

ILLINOIS
Michelle Mohn
(708) 770-9863
Email: [email protected]

Shari Robesky
(217) 222-6550
Email: [email protected]

INDIANA
Katie Tremel, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Cancer Support Community
Email: [email protected]

IOWA 
Stacey Papacostas, LMSW 
UnityPoint Health – John Stoddard Cancer Center 
Des Moines, IA
Email: [email protected]

Nancy Yeisley 
Unity Point Nassif Community Cancer Center
Cedar Rapids, IA
Email: [email protected]

KANSAS 
Dona Snead, LSCSW
Lawrence, KS 66209
Email: [email protected]

KENTUCKY
Leah Walton, LCSW
Program Director
Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana, an Affiliate of the Cancer Support Community
Email: [email protected]

LOUISIANA
Dana Carbo, LCSW
Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute
Oncology Social Worker
Email: [email protected]

MAINE
Colleen O'Connor, LCSW
Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute
100 Campus Dr, Ste 121
Scarborough, ME 04074
Email: [email protected]

Kailie Sullivan, LCSW, OSW-C
Dempsey Centers for Quality Cancer Care
29 Lowell St., 5th Floor
Lewiston, ME 04240
Email: [email protected]

MARYLAND 
Billie Ferguson, LCSW-C
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute
Email: [email protected] 

MASSACHUSETTS
Eileen K. Joyce, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Email: [email protected]

MISSISSIPPI 
Vacant.

MISSOURI
Heather Burns, MSW, LCSW, CCTP
Gateway to Hope
Email: [email protected]

MONTANA
Jeinnfer Finn, LSCW
Billings, MT
Email: j[email protected]

NEBRASKA 
Lori Simpson, MSW, OSW-C
CHI Health Henry Lynch Cancer Center 
Omaha, NE
Email: [email protected]
 

NEVADA
Susan Shapiro Duncan
Nevada Cancer Institute
Email: [email protected]

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

NEW JERSEY
Lisa McLaughlin , MSW, LSW
Cooper Cancer Institute
Email: [email protected]

NEW MEXICO
Jamie McDonald
Albuquerque, NM
Email: [email protected]

NEW YORK
Claire Ralli
NY Oncoogy Hematology
Email: c[email protected]

NORTH CAROLINA
Betsy G Clark LCSW OSW-C
Levine Cancer Institute Survivorship and Integrative Oncology
Carolinas HealthCare System
Concord NC 28025
704-403-2393
[email protected]

NORTH DAKOTA
Vacant

OHIO
Susan Fugett, MSW, LISW-S, OSW-C, CSW-G
Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center
Columbus, OH, 43221
614-293-6886 Office
Email: [email protected]

Jane Dabney, MSW, LISW-S, OSW-C
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
(216) 445-2483
Email: [email protected]

OKLAHOMA
Vacant.

OREGON
Andrea Lehman, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Oncology Social Worker
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute - Community Hematology Oncology
971-262-9806
Email: [email protected]

PENNSYLVANIA
Rosie Nagy MSS, LSW, OSW-C
Temple Health
[email protected]

RHODE ISLAND
Vacant.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Raquel Serrano, MSW, LMSW, OSW-C
McLeod Cancer Clinic
Florence, SC
Email: [email protected]

SOUTH DAKOTA
Melanie Hericks, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Avera Cancer Institute
Sioux Falls, SD
605-322-3034
[email protected]

TENNESSEE
Lindsay S. Bridges LMSW
Medical Social Worker
Ascension 
Email: [email protected]

TEXAS
Deb Newton
US Oncology
Email: [email protected]

UTAH
Bekah Jefferys
Intermountain Cancer Center
Logan, UT
Email: [email protected] 

VERMONT
Stephanie Fraser, MSW
University of Vermont Cancer Center
Email: [email protected]

VIRGINIA
Julie Ackerman, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Inova Life with Cancer
Fairfax, VA
Email: J[email protected]

WASHINGTON
Abigail McNeil
Overlake Cancer Center
Bellevue, WA 98004
(765) 215-7595
Email: [email protected]

WEST VIRGINIA
Jessica Ford
WVU Cancer Institute
Email: [email protected]

WISCONSIN
Linda Glaudell, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's
Milwaukee, WI
Email:  [email protected]

WYOMING
Lynnette Gaertner 
Jackson, WY
Email: [email protected]