President

2002-2003 Debra Schreiner - Owatonna

2003-2005 Anne McInerney – St. Paul

2005-2007 Jeri Nomeland – Thief River Falls

2007-2009 Heather Alden Pope – St. Paul

2009-2011 Stephanie Ochocki – Anoka-Hennepin

2011-2013 Tammie Knick – Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop

2013-2015 Christy McCoy - St. Paul

2014-2016 Nancy VanHorne - Prior Lake-Savage

2017-2019 Liz Kruger Hommerding - New London - Spicer

2019-2021 Molly Fox - Mankato

2021-2023 Sherry Murphy - East Grand Forks 

2023-current  Julie Campanelli - 

President - Elect

2002-2003 Anne McInerney – St. Paul

2004-2005 Jeri Nomeland – Thief River Falls

2006-2007 Heather Alden Pope – St. Paul

2008-2009 Stephanie Ochocki – Anoka-Hennepin

2010-2011 Tammie Knick – Gibbon-Fairfax Winthrop

2012-2013 Christy McCoy - St. Paul

2014-2015 Nancy VanHorne - Prior Lake-Savage

2016-2017 Liz Kruger Hommerding - New London - Spicer 

2018-2019 Molly Fox - Mankato

2020-2021 Sherry Murphy - East Grand Forks

2025-2026 Abby Pierce

Past President

2003-2004 Debra Schreiner – Owatonna

2005-2006 Anne McInerney – St. Paul

2007-2008 Jeri Nomeland – Thief River Falls

2009-2010 Heather Alden Pope – St. Paul

2011-2012 Stephanie Ochocki – Anoka-Hennepin

2013-2014 Tammie Knick – Gibbon-Fairfax Winthrop

2015-2016 Christy McCoy - St. Paul

2017-2018 Nancy VanHorne - Prior Lake-Savage

2019-2020 Liz Kruger-Hommerding

2021-2022 Molly Fox

2023-2024 Sherry Murphy

Secretary

1997-2001 Laura Tanz – Minneapolis

2001-2003 Heidi Sandmeier – Wayzata

2003-2006 Lori Hinrichs

2006-2008 Linn Ostberg - Minneapolis

2008-2011 Deb Brecht - Owatonna

2011-2014 Nancy VanHorne - Prior Lake-Savage

2014-2016 Kathy Lombardi Kimani - St. Paul

2016-2018 Christy McCoy - St. Paul

2018-2019 Sherry Murphy

2019-2024   Courtney Stenseth - MN Transition Charter School

2025-current Nadine Rooney

Treasurer

1989-1992  Lisa Du Bois-Schmitz – Roseville

1992-1995  Kathleen Lowry – Prior Lake

1995-1997  Paul Neuman – Glydon-Felton

1997-2002  Rose Ann Parks – Plymouth

2002-2023 Susanne Schroeder - Owatonna

2023-current Brianna Nelson - 

Corresponding/Membership Secretary

1974-1975  Judy Freitag

1975-1977  Janet Prekker – Minneapolis

1976-1990

1990-2003  Ranna Hansen LeVoir

2003-current  Susanne Schroeder - Owatonna

Professional Development Chair

2016-2023  Dan Porter, ISD 916

2023-current Abby Refsland & Kate Adams, 

Legislative Chair

2017 - current  Christy McCoy, St. Paul Schools

Executive Secretary

1973-1977  Donald Rinkenberger – Minneapolis

1977-1978  Richard Erickson – Minnetonka

1978-1981  Donald Rinkenberger – Minneapolis

1981-1989  Eleanor Felker - Minneapolis

Members Serving on the Midwest Council

1994-1998  Elaine Kirk – President

2002-2006  Kathy Lowry – President

2002-2006  Anne McInerney – Vice President

2010  Kathy Lowry – Career Achievement Award

2010-2013  Heather Alden Pope - Treasurer

2016 -          Heather Alden - President

2018 -2021 Nancy VanHorne - Treasurer

2023 - current Sherry Murphy - Secretary

Members Serving on the School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) Board

2007-2010  Anne McInerney – Midwest Representative

2010-2012  Anne McInerney – Standards and Practice Representative

2010-2014  Michelle Alvarez – President-Elect and President

2014-2017  Anne McInerney - President

2020-2023  Christy McCoy - President

2021 -2023  Stephanie Ochocki - Midwest Council Representative

Click here to download a complete list of Past Board Members. If you have any corrections or additions to the information listed please email the MSSWA president.