	Marian S. Harris, Ph.D., ACSW, LICSW, Co-Chair Marian S. Harris is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Tacoma, Social Work Program and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Washington, School of Social Work, Seattle. Read more...
	Ron Murphy, Co-Chair Ron Murphy has provided social work services to children, families and communities for over 35 years. He currently is the Senior Director - Strategic Consulting for Washington State for Casey Family Programs. Read more...
	Liz Mueller, Member Liz Mueller has over 20 years of insight and expertise in working with Tribal related affairs. She serves in the elected capacity as the Vice Chair of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. She is the Director of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Social Services Division, and she has been instrumental in the development of their 24 programs. Read more...
	The Honorable Judge Frank E. Cuthbertson, Member Judge Frank Cuthbertson is a Superior Court Judge in Pierce County Washington. He is a graduate of Duke University and Seattle University School of Law. Read more...
	Darryl Cook, Member Darryl Cook is the Supervisor of Planning, Program Development and Evaluation for the City of Seattle Human Services Department. He has over 20 years experience in public service at the State, Regional and Local level. Read more...
	Gwendolyn E. Lawson Townsend, Member Gwendolyn E. Lawson Townsend is the Chief Executive Officer of One Church, One Child of Washington State, Inc. now doing business as UJIMA Community Services - an adoption/permanency planning foster care/kinship care agency which specializes in recruitment, training, licensing, placement, and support of families for African American children. Read more...
	Toni Lodge, Member Toni Lodge currently is Executive Director of the NATIVE Project/NATIVE Health Clinic in Spokane, Washington. Read more...
	Rick Maib, Member Rick Maib was born in Yakima, WA and grew up on the Yakima Indian Reservation where his family farmed. He is the founding Director of A Place Called Hope located in Gig Harbor, Washington which provides children and family services including adoptions, therapeutic foster care programs and evidence based practices for special populations. Read more...
	Paola Maranan, Member Paola Maranan is the Executive Director of the Children's Alliance, an organization she has been involved with since 1993. Read more...
	Kimberly Mays, Member Kimberly Mays is a parent who was formerly involved in the child welfare system. She currently works for King County Juvenile Court as the Parent-to-Parent Program Coordinator. Read more...
	Mary O'Brien, Member Since 1986 Mary O'Brien has been Clinical Services Manager for Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic-Behavioral Health Services (BHS). She also is a licensed Mental Health Counselor who specialized in treating children and Hispanics. Read more...
	Deborah J. Purce, J.D., Member In May 2006, Deborah Purce was named Executive Staff Director for the Children's Administration within Washington State's Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Read more...
	Tyler Smith, Member Tyler Smith was born in Puyallup, Washington and raised in Tacoma. He entered the child welfare system at the age of 10 and lived in a number of different homes until he was permanently placed with a foster parent at the age of 12. Read more...