A Dream and a Plan

A Woman’s Path to Leadership in Human Services

Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella, JD, MSW, ACSW, is professor and chair of the Department of Social Work at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut. A national leader in social work education, she has served as president of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors and numerous other boards. She has published in the areas of child welfare, social work history, and social work with communities and groups.

Karen S. Haynes, PhD, MSW, is president of California State University-San Marcos. She previously served as president of the University of Houston–Victoria and as dean of the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work. She is secretary/treasurer of the board of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the author of numerous articles on political social work and three books on leadership and social work.