Executive Committee
President, 2009-12
Chris Vaughan, Ph.D. '06
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Chris is currently in private practice in Washington, DC, with a focus on group and couples therapy as well as private supervision/consultation and teaching. He has been writing and presenting on group composition and difficult outcomes. His theoretical foundation continues to be in relational/psychodynamic theories with a feminist metaperspective. Increasingly, he is interested in how psychodynamic theories work with other traditionally oppositional theories such as CBT and evidence-based practice, as well as advances in psychoneurbiology. He views his role on the Executive Committee as continuing a critical relationship with the School and the profession at-large.
In his free time, Chris is an avid triathlete competing in Ironman events. Because of this, he has a growing interest in the role psychological factors play in the internal life of the athlete.
Vice President 2012-13
Daniel Sapoznick, M.S.W. '03
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Daniel is a School for Social Work MSW Class of 2003 graduate currently working in San Francisco, California. He manages a team of clinicians who run San Francisco's 24 hour parental stress warmline (a program of the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center). Daniel is an avid runner, rollerblader, and aspiring bee-keeper.
Treasurer, 2010-13
Shawna Reeves, M.S.W.'03
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Shawna Reeves lectures on social welfare policy analysis at the Master of Social Work Program at San Jose University. For the past seven years, Shawna has helped seniors fight back against financial predators. She has presented on predatory lending and investment scams at conferences throughout the country and engaged in legislative advocacy at the local, state and national levels. In December 2011 Shawna was featured in an article appearing in the Journal of Progressive Human Services titled: "Social Work in the Campaign Against Predatory Consumer Financing: An Interview with Shawna Reeves." Her current interests are enhancing consumer protections for reverse mortgages, blocking financial predators from senior centers, and using social media to raise awareness of elder abuse.
Chair, Annual Fund
Yvette Colon, M.S.W. '90
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Yvette Colon is a Psychosocial Specialist at the MetaCancer Foundation, a non-profit national resource and support organization serving people affected by metastatic/advanced cancer. She teaches at the Eastern Michigan University School of Social Work and the S.S.W. Certificate Program in End of Life Care. A long-time supporter of the School, Yvette has served on the Alumni Association Executive Committee twice before, as the Region I Representative (New England) and as Chair of the Alumni of Color Standing Committee. She is currently serving as the SSW Annual Fund Chair.
Chair, 1918 Fellowship Society
Clara Genetos, M.S.S. '54
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Clara Genetos' professional career included positions at Jacobi Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center located in the Bronx and affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. At MMC, she was the Chief Psychiatric Social Worker and was actively involved in the training of Smith students on placement there. Since her graduation in 1954, Clara has remained devoted to Smith and as Vice President co-chaired the planning of the 65th Anniversary Celebration. She has been a member of the 1918 Fellowship Society Committee for many years and in the fall of 2009 was appointed the Chairperson.
Chair, Nomination Committee, 2012-15
Phoebe Harris Millman, M.S.W. '03
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Phoebe is the Assistant Program Director for Oakland Public School Programs at the Seneca Family of Agencies in Oakland, California. Since graduating from Smith College School for Social Work in 2003, she has worked in the field of school-based mental health, with experience providing services to children, teens, and families within public school settings in the Bay Area. In her current role, in addition to administrative and clinical oversight of the program, she focuses on the importance of mental health consultation to school partners, with the goals of improving individual outcomes and overall school climate.
Chair, Alumni of Color Standing Committee, 2010-13
Natasha Bobb-Semple, M.S.W. '99
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Natasha Bobb-Semple graduated from the School for Social Work in 1999 and since then she has worked for five years with Visiting Nurse Services where she provided therapy to adults and children who had been infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. Natasha's team was able to go to Barcelona, Spain and present at the International AIDS conference a poster presentation on homecare issues regarding people with HIV/AIDS. For the past several years, Natasha has worked in an inpatient children's psychiatric unit and also see patient's in a clinic part time. One of her most rewarding experiences to date has been being a mentor for School for Social Work' students of color. This has allowed her to encourage other students through the Smith SSW experience.
Region I Representative (New England)
Vacant
Region II Representative, 2011-14 (Mid-Atlantic)
Gabrielle Holder, M.S.W. '03
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Gabrielle is the school counselor at Stuart Hall School for Boys in San Francisco. She previously served as a school social worker at the Horace Mann School in New York, New York and King and Low-Heywood School in Stamford, Connecticut. She has extensive experience working with a multitude of age groups from young children through adolescents and young adults. She has developed a range of workshops that bridge school and family life through parenting partnerships in independent schools. Gabrielle remains keenly interested in issues concerning ethnic and racial identity development, maternal mental health and mindfulness training. She is certified to teach children’s yoga and has utilized mind/body awareness practices with clients. She is an avid runner and an enthusiastic culinary creator. She is a recent transplant to the East Bay area of California, though will continue to spend a portion of the year in New York.
Region III Representative, 2012-15 (South)
Carolyn Stevenson, M.S.W. '04
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Carolyn is in private practice in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in individual and couples counseling. After graduating from Smith College School for Social Work in 2004, she completed a two-year, post-graduate, clinical fellowship at Harvard University. In addition to this training, she received a Master of Divinity from Harvard University. Her interests include intersubjectivity, diversity, and narrative therapy.
Region IV Representative, 2011-14 (Mid-West)
Fanny Gutierrez-Meyers, M.S.W. '03
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Fanny graduated from the Smith School for Social Work in 2003 and has worked with children, adolescents and families in a variety of settings including a therapeutic day school, residential treatment center, and an outpatient group practice. Currently, she provides group therapy, family therapy and case management services for adolescents in a partial hospitalization program in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fanny has provided staff trainings in Life Space Crisis Intervention and is a field instructor for the University of Michigan School of Social Work. She lives in Detroit, Michigan and is excited to provide support for Smith alumni and students in the Midwest region.
Region V Representative, 2012-15 (West)
Melissa Lopez, M.S.W. '05
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Melissa Lopez, M.S.W., LCSW is currently working in private practice focusing on marriage/cuoples work and grief and loss. Her private practice is located in Pasadena, California. She works with community agencies and organizations throughout the year facilitating support groups, presentations and workshops such as a yearly support group she facilitates in Spanich for survivors of breast cancer. She routinely presents on the ritual of Dia de los Muertos and its use in culturally-affirming grief work. Additionally she provides clinical supervision for the PALS for Health program titles "Alas", which focuses on educating and linking the Latino Spanish-speaking community to mental health services. A great deal of her work and focus has been working with people of color, LGBTQI populations and people living with HIV/AIDS.
