This is a list of current and former elected officials in the United States who are social workers by education/training in an accredited social work program.

The list includes members of either the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of the United States federal government, as well as any elected official of state and local governments.

Federal government Executive There has never been a social worker president or vice president of the United States.

Judicial

Legislative Current Sylvia Garcia Hillary Scholten Former Debbie Stabenow Karen Bass Susan A. Davis Luis V. Gutierrez Barbara Lee Carol Shea-Porter Kyrsten Sinema Niki Tsongas

State/local

+NameStatePartyPositionArea or districtType of social work degreeAndi StoryAKDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 34MSWKatie HobbsAZDemocraticGovernorArizona (statewide)BSW, MSWNikki PerezCAMayorBurbankMSWSofya BagdasaryanCASchool board memberSimi ValleyMSW, PhDKaren BassCADemocraticMayorLos AngelesMSWMaria E. CruzCASchool board memberCovina ValleyLCSWSusan EggmanCADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 13MSW, PhDMartha GuerreroCADemocraticMayorMSWCorey JacksonCADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 60MSW, DSWBarbara LeeCADemocraticMayorOaklandMSWVanessa MarreroCACity council memberDistrict 13MSWCaroline MenjivarCADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 20MSWWalter MunetonCASchool board memberDistrict 47LCSWRose MunozCASchool board memberSanta BarbaraMSWGraciela OrtizCACity council memberMSWTony ThurmondCADemocraticSuperintendent of Public InstructionCalifornia (statewide)MSW, MLSPVeronica VasquezCADemocraticMayorDelanoMSWKimberly WarmsleyCACity council memberStockton, District 6MSWJackie WongCASchool board memberWest SacramentoMSWTracy Kraft-TharpCODemocraticState legislatorDistrict 29MSWLisa SmithCODemocraticCity council memberArvadaMSWEmily SirotaCODemocraticState legislatorDistrict 9MSWCeci MaherCTDemocraticState senatorDarien, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Stamford, Weston, Westport & WiltonMSWKai BeltonCTDemocraticState representativeMiddletownMSWToni WalkerCTDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 93BSW, MSWJillian GilchrestCTDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 18MSWAnne Meiman HughesCTDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 135MSWRick LopesCTDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 6MSWCristin McCarthy-VaheyCTDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 133MSWNnamdi ChukwuochaDEDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 1MSWMarie PinkneyDEDemocraticState legislatorMSWMarlene SaundersDEMayorBridgevilleDSW, LMSW, MSWSteve KornellFLDemocraticCity council memberDistrict 5MSWJohn LeggFLReformState legislatorDistrict 46BSWMitch RosenwaldFLDemocraticMayorOakland ParkPhD, LCSWDiane ScottFLSchool board memberDistrict 1MSW, DSWShelly HutchinsonGADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 107MSWEvelyn Winn DixonGADemocraticMayorRiverdaleMSWHaunani ApolionaHIIndependentCounty council memberMSWRyan YamaneHIDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 37MSWJames AndersonIADemocraticHuman Rights Commission chairMSWBradley CavanaghIAMayorDubuqueBSW, MSWJoni DittmerIARepublicanSchool board memberNorth ScottMSWNancy Z. FettIASchool board memberDistrict 4MSWJoel FryIARepublicanState legislatorDistrict 95MSWKelli SoyerIASchool board memberMSWSusan Kosche VallemIACity council memberWaverlyMSWRoss WilburnIADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 46BASW, MSWAngenie McClearyIDDemocraticCounty commissionerBlaine CountyMSWPamella Bess-TabbILSchool board memberGalesburg District 205MSW, LSWMartha (Marti) DeuterILDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 45MSWLorraine GuerreroILDemocraticSchool board memberJoliet District 204LCSWJackie HaasILRepublicanState legislatorDistrict 79MSWLindsey LaPointeILDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 19MSWKarina VillaILDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 25MSWOliver DavisINDemocraticCity council memberAt-largeBSW, MSW, DSW, LCSW, LICSWCarole Cadue BlackwoodKSSchool board memberLawrenceLMSWKelly JonesKSSchool board memberLawrenceLMSWHeather MeyerKSDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 29Susan RuizKSDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 23LICSWLindsey BurkeKYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 75MSWLamin SwannKYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 93BSWJoseph Bouie Jr.LADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 97MSWRanord J. DarensburgLADemocraticJudgeStatewideMSWCarolyn HillLADemocraticSchool board memberMSWLaVonya MalveauxLADemocraticMayorVillage of PalmettoBSWJo ComerfordMADemocraticState legislatorNorthampton, GreenfieldMSWBrandy Fluker OakleyMADemocraticState legislator12th SuffolkBSWKatrina Huff-LamondMADemocraticCity council memberRandolphMSWDenise HurstMADemocraticSchool board memberSpringfieldMSWKhrystian KingMADemocraticCity council memberWorcesterMSWSheila LyonsMADemocraticCounty commissionerBarnstable CountyMSWMarc McGovernMADemocraticMayorCambridgeMSWIrwin NesoffMASchool board memberHullDSWBrenda NoelMADemocraticCity council memberDistrict 6MSWSarah PhillipsMASchool board memberDistrict 3MSWSarai RiveraMADemocraticCity council memberDistrict 4MSWSara RodriguesMASchool board memberFall RiverLICSWBarry SandersMADemocraticCity council memberTauntonLICSWKaren SpilkaMADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 2BSWAyesha WilsonMADemocraticSchool board memberCambridgeBSW, MSWMelony G. GriffithMDDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 25MSWShireka McCarthyMDCity council memberSeat PleasantBSW, MSW, LGSWJoanne WaszczakMDCity council memberHyattsvilleMSWJamila WoodsMDDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 26MSWMichael BrennanMEDemocraticCity council memberDistrict 36BSW, MSWLydia CraftsMEDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 130MSWLori GramlichMEDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 131MSWCharlie CavellMIDemocraticCounty commissionerPontiacMSWStephanie ChangMIDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 1MSWBetsey CoffiaMIDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 14BSWAyesha Ghazi EdwinMIDemocraticCity council memberAnn ArborMSWJustin HodgeMIDemocraticCounty commissionerDistrict 5LMSW, MSWRuth JohnsonMIRepublicanState legislatorDistrict 14MSWFaith Redwine-OtienoMIDemocraticCounty commissionerWashtenaw CountyLBSWCarrie RheingansMIDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 47MSWHillary ScholtenMIDemocraticU.S. representativeMichigan’s 3rd congressional districtBSWRochelle VrsekMIDemocraticCity council memberWebster TownshipLMSWJennifer ArnesonMNSchool board memberDistrict 1MSWAngela ConleyMNCounty commissionerDistrict 4BSWHeather EdelsonMNDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 49AMSWMary GranlundMNSchool board memberColumbia HeightsMSWJessica HansonMNDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 56ABSWHodan HassanMNDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 62ABSW, MSWEmily LarsonMNDemocraticMayorDuluthMSWRafael OrtegaMNDemocraticCounty commissionerDistrict 5BSW, MSWRhonda PownellMNCity council memberNorthfieldBSWEmelie RiveraMNCity council memberBemidjiMSWPaul SchnellMNCommissioner of correctionsBSWAaron CrossleyMODemocraticState legislatorDistrict 29LMSWKeri IngleMODemocraticState legislatorDistrict 35LMSWCrystal QuadeMODemocraticState legislatorDistrict 132BSWSydney BatchNCDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 17MSWAlan BeckNCSchool board memberDavidson CountyBSWMonique Holsey-HymanNCCity council memberDurham (at-large)Graig R. MeyerNCDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 23MSWPaige SaylesNCSchool board memberFranklin CountyMSWSummer WoodsideNCSchool board memberScotland CountyMSWGretchen DobervichNDDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 11LBSWTim MathernNDDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 11MSWJim McKayNHDemocraticState legislatorMerrimack 18MSWCharles McMahonNHRepublicanState legislatorRockingham 17BSWEileen CusackNJDemocraticCity council memberAtlantic HighlandsMSWEmily JabbourNJDemocraticCity council memberHobokenMSWTeresa KellyNJDemocraticMayorBuena Vista TownshipMSWMaria RondinaroNJDemocraticCity council memberBelmarMSWDoreen GallegosNMDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 52MSWJerry Ortiz y PinoNMDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 12MSWTeresa Benitez-ThompsonNVDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 27MSWCarolyn EdwardsNVIndependentSchool board memberClark CountyMSWDavid HumkeNVRepublicanCounty commissionerWashoe CountyMSWAnnie WilsonNVIndependentSchool board memberDistrict 2MSWBarrington R. AtkinsNYDemocraticCounty legislatorDistrict 10LMSWBonnie BermanNYLibrary board memberAt-largeMSWJulia BurgosNYSchool board memberDistrict 5MSWSteven CymbrowitzNYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 45MSWCarol EasonNYSchool board memberAt-largeLMSWJames J. FoleyNYRepublicanCounty legislatorDistrict 17LCSW-RMathylde FrontusNYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 46BSW, LMSW, PhDJody GeistNYLibrary board memberAt-largeMSWSharon M. J. GianelliNYDemocraticJudgeDistrict 10MSWHilary GingoldNYDemocraticJudgeAt-largeBSWHelene GugertyNYDemocraticCounty legislatorAt-largeBSWKara HahnNYDemocraticCounty legislatorDistrict 5MSWNicole HendersonNYSchool board memberAt-largeMSWSimone Holder-DanielNYDemocraticSchool board memberDistrict 2MSWChantel JacksonNYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 79MSWHope JayNYSchool board memberNorth seatMSWMary KuhnNYDemocraticCounty legislatorDistrict 7MSWDebra MuleNYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 5MSWLori-Ann NovelloNYLibrary board memberAt-largeMSWSusan ParkerNYDemocraticCounty legislatorDistrict 4MSWYversha M. RomanNYDemocraticCounty legislatorDistrict 26BSWArlene SoeteNYSchool board memberAt-largeBSW, MSWLourdes M. VenturaNYDemocraticJudgeAt-largeMSWBetty J. WilliamsNYDemocraticJudgeDistrict 2MSWJaime R. WilliamsNYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 59BSW, MSWDiane Y. WrayNYDemocraticJudgeAt-largeMSWPatricia BrittOHDemocraticCity council memberDistrict 6BSWKarina Guzman OrtizORSchool board memberSalem–KeizerMSWTawna SanchezORDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 43MSWEileen Hartnett AlbillarPAClerk of courtsBucks CountyMSWWilliam AmesburyPADemocraticJudgeMSWJohn BlakePADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 22MSWKevin CaridadPARepublicanCounty council memberDSWCharles MarcinkoPASchool board memberRegion 1MSWDiane Ellis-MarsegilaPADemocraticCounty commissionerMSWSarah GradenPACounty council memberMSWJustin RolasRIDemocraticCity council memberProvidenceMSWGilda Cobb-HunterSCDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 66MSWAftyn BehnTNDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 51LMSWCarol B. BerzTNCity council memberDistrict 6MSWStefanie DaltonTNCity council memberRed BankLMSWJoe PittsTNDemocraticMayorBSWSylvia GarciaTXDemocraticU.S. representativeTexas’s 29th congressional districtBSWElliott NaishtatTXDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 49MSWJessica Ortega-OchoaTXCity council memberDistrict 1MSSWFrancis D. GibsonUTRepublicanState legislatorDistrict 65MSWSandra HollinsUTDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 23MSWElizabeth GuzmánVADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 31MSWKathy TranVADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 42MSWBrian CinaVTDemocraticState legislatorChittenden 6-4MSWBarbara RachelsonVTDemocraticState legislatorChittenden 6-6MSWTanya VyhovskyVTDemocraticState legislatorChittenden CentralMSW, LICSWTam DinhWASchool board memberMercer IslandBSW, MSWKatie FavelaWACity council memberRidgefieldLICSWTina OrwallWADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 33MSWAlicia RuleWADemocraticState legislatorDistrict 42MSWKate BeatonWICity council memberAt-largeBSWDon MowryWICounty commissionerEau Claire CountyDSWJeanne NutterWICounty commissionerTrempealeau CountyMSWNick SmiarWIDemocraticCounty commissionerEau Claire CountyPhDJohn Tate IIWICity council memberRacine District 3MSWFloyd EsquibelWYDemocraticState legislatorDistrict 44BSW, MSWJerry IekelWYRepublicanState legislatorDistrict 29BSW, MSW

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