Who's Involved

1. Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service: Partnership Program for Professionalism in Elder Care

   Project Director: Patricia Brownell, PhD, MSW

   Coordinator of Field Instruction: Juanita Carrillo, PhD

   Field Site and Instructors:

   • NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA) - Barbara Zeni, LMSW
   • NYC Human Resource Administration (HRA) Home Care Services Program - Yvonne Robinson, MSW
   • DFTA Elderly Crime Victims Resource Center - Paula Meyeroff, LMSW
   • HRA Adult Protective Services Quality Assurance - Dan Devlin, LMSW

2. Ohio State University (OSU) College of Social Work E.L.D.E.R.S - Enhancing Learning and Development through Elder Rural Services

   Principal Investigator: Virginia Richardson, PhD

   Director of Field Education: Nezettia Stevens, LISW, ACSW

   Primary Field Instructors:

   • Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging - Lisa Durham, MSW, LISW
   • Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging - Diane Kubocvik, MSW, LISW

   Field Site and Instructors:

   • Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging - Carol Schenk, MSW, LISW
   • Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging - Cynthia Baum, MSW, LISW
   • Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging - Betty Ault, MSW, LISW

3. University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work

   Principal Investigator: Anna Faul, PhD

   Director of Practicum: Noell Rowan, PhD, LCSW, CADC, ACSW

   Faculty Field Liaison: Guardia Care Fiduciary Services - Becky Smith, MSSW

   Field Sites and Instructors:

   • Hospice, Bridges Center - Barry Cecil, M.Ed, LPCC, FT
   • Hospice, Bridges Center - Lynn Powell, MSW, LCSW
   • Baptist Hospital East - Nancy Campisano, MSSW, CSW
   • Baptist Hospital East - Susan Lawson, MSSW
   • Baptist Hospital East - Lori Ledford, MSSW
   • Division of Aging Services Cabinet for Health and Human Services - Mike Weinrauch, MSW
   • Division of Aging Services Cabinet for Health and Human Services - Phyllis Culp, RN, MSW
   • KIPDA Area Agency on Aging - Brenda Pursur, MSSW, MRE
   • Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, Geriatric Evaluation Team, University of Louisville - Jane Thibault, PhD, MSSW, MA

4. University of Maine School of Social Work

   Project Director: Lenard Kaye, DSW

   Co-Project Director and Field Coordinator: Nancy Kelly, MSW

   Project Coordinator and Field Instructor: Marjie Harris, MSW

   Primary Sites and Field Instructors:

   • Substance Abuse Services, Acadia Hospital - Karen Martin, LMSW
   • Maine Center for Integrated Rehabilitation - Robert Nabozny, LCSW

   Rotating Sites and Supervisors:

   • Charlotte White Center - Betty Carolin, LCSW
   • Mount St. Joseph - Karen Fatz, LCSW
   • Social Service Department, Eastern Maine Medical Center - Penny Gray, LCSW
   • Hancock County HomeCare - Patty Herklotz, LCSW
   • Bureau of Adult and Elder Services, Maine Department of Human Services - Martha Higgins, MSW
   • Center on Aging, University of Maine - Lenard Kaye, PhD
   • Director of Volunteer Services, Eastern Agency on Aging - Roberta Macko
   • Brewer Rehabilitation Center - Denise O'Connell LCSW
   • Dorthea Dix Psychiatric Center - Phil Walton, MSW
   • Healthy Peninsula Project - Barbara Peppy, LCSW

5. University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work (start date 1/06)

   Principal Investigator: Rafael Engel, PhD

   Co-Principal Investigator: Sandra Wexler, MSW - Program Director

   Co-Principal Investigator and Director of Field Education: Patricia Kolar, MSW

   Field Sites and Instructors: forthcoming…

   • Allegheny County Department of Aging
   • Jewish Family and Children's Service
   • Ursuline Center, Inc
   • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UMPMC)
   • UMPMC Western Psychiatric Institutes and Clinics
   • Veteran's Administration
   • Southwest Pennsylvania Partnership on Aging

6. University of Utah College of Social Work: Hartford Practicum Partnership Program (HPPP)

   Principal Investigator: Amanda Barusch, MSW, PhD

   Project Director: O' William Farley, PhD

   Project Coordinator: Francis Wilby, MSW

   Practicum Coordinator: Mark D. de St. Aubin, MSW

   Field Sites and Instructors:

   • Flex-Care - Loraine Bunker, LCSW
   • Veteran's Administration - Ken Jones, LCSW
   • Utah Legal Services - Tantalisa Clayton, JD
   • Valley Mental Health - Natalie Thornley, LCSW
   • Salt Lake Council on Aging - Peter Hebertson, MS
   • LifeCare - Lyn Samsel, MS
   • AARP - Kate Fielder

7. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Social Work

   Dean: Frank Baskind, PhD

   Principal Investigator and Director of Field Instruction: Timothy Davey, PhD

   Instructor: Michael Evans, MSW

   Field Sites and Instructors:

   • Hospice House and Support Care - Barbara Graebener, MSW
   • Mary Washington Hospital - Joe Johnson, MSW
   • Beth Sholom Continuing Care - Deidre Arnowitz, MSW
   • Hospice Support Care - Stephanie Shea, MSW
   • Crater Community Hospice - Karen Reynolds Gill, MSW
   • Senior Connections - Marjorie Boynton, MSW
   • Jewish Family Services - Paula Futrell, MSW

8. Consortium: St. Louis University Department of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis George Warren Brown School of Social Work, University of Missouri in St. Louis School of Social Work: The Gateway Gerontological Education in Non-Traditional Internships through multi-University Sponsorhip (GENIUS) Proejct

   Principal Investigator: Julie Berkenheimer, MSW

   Co-Principal Investigator and Director of Field Education: Estelle Rochman, MSW, LCSW, BCD

   Co-Principal lnvestigator: Joseph Pickard, PhD, LCSW

   Director of Field Education (University of Missouri, St. Louis): Patricia Rosenthal, MSW, LCSW

   Field Sites and Instructors:

   • Crown Center for Senior Living - Nikki Goldstein, MSW
   • Alzheimer's Association - Cheryl Wingbermuehle, MSW
   • St. Louis Area on Aging - David Sykora
   • Long Term Care Ombudsman Program - Richard Cavanagh
   • Cardinal Ritter Senior Services - William J. Obermark, ACSW, LCSW
   • Department of Veterans Affairs GRECC - Nina Timmosa for John Morley