Biography Tanya Atkinson is the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI), Wisconsin’s largest nonprofit reproductive health care provider. Tanya began her career with PPWI as a community organizer in 2004, subsequently serving as the organization’s field director, vice-president of public affairs and education, vice-president of external affairs and chief external affairs officer. …
Biography Amanda graduated from the University of Wisconsin Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work in 2021 and earned her MSW at the University of Chicago in 2022. Amanda is a licensed clinical social worker at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. Currently, she works in the outpatient kidney transplant clinic. She began her medical social work career …
Biography Thomas Corbett, PhD ’88, is an Emeritus Senior Scientist at UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty and Emeritus faculty member of the School of Social Work. Now retired, during his long academic and policy career, Tom worked with governments at all levels including in Washington D.C. where he helped develop President Clinton’s welfare reform …
Biography Bill retired after a 39-year career with the State of Wisconsin providing oversight to counties as they administered economic, child support, and behavioral health programs. He currently is a Board of Supervisor member for Sheboygan County where he served as the Board Chair for five years and long-term (38 years) Town Chair of the …
Biography 2020-PresentFabiola Hamdan is a bilingual, bi-cultural senior social worker with Dane County Department of Human Services; she is the first Immigration Affairs Supervisor in the County. She has a M.S.S.W. from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. An immigrant from Bolivia, she is a strong advocate for the Immigrant community. Fabiola provides outreach and resources to …
Biography Frances Huntley Cooper, MSSW ’74, has been a dedicated social worker, community leader, and an activist retiree. A longtime social worker for Dane County Human Services, and administrator of Wisconsin’s Workers Compensation Division, Frances was the first African American elected as a mayor (Fitchburg) in Wisconsin. She serves as chair for the NAACP Afro-Academic, …
Biography Francesca Ipsaro, MSW, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Social Work, where she earned both her Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work with a concentration in Policy and Administration. Her professional experience spans higher education administration, legislative advocacy, and community organizing, with a focus on civic engagement, …
Biography 2022Meeryoung Kim has served as a Professor of Daegu University in Korea for 20 years. She founded the Institute of Aging in Daegu University and served as a chair for 8 years. She is actively involved in the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). In 2019, she received the GSA Fellow Award. She founded the …
Biography Kadijha focused on policy and administration during her graduate program and has been an advocate for progressive policies that promote social, racial, and reproductive justice. She is the Founder and Program Director of ECCHO (Engaging Communities to Change Health Outcomes) a civic engagement training program that seeks to improve community health outcomes by engaging those most impacted by generational and systemic …
Biography Anne Wackman Oros, BA ’72 grew up in Westchester County, New York, with a deep appreciation for the UW and her father’s Midwestern roots. She worked in social work before stepping away to become a full-time caregiver. She and her husband John Oros (BBA ’71) have fostered over 50 babies in their New Jersey …