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NASW Statement on the Passing of Former CEO Elizabeth “Betsy” J. Clark, PhD, MPH, ACSW

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June 5, 2020
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Photo: Law & Order Actress Tamara Tunie (R) and Dr. Betsy Clark (L) Credit: @socialworkspeak

It is with great sadness that NASW announces the passing of former CEO Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark, PhD, MPH, ACSW. On behalf of NASW’s Board of Directors, staff, members, partner organizations and supporters, we extend our deepest sympathies to Betsy’s family. NASW team members and volunteers who had the opportunity to work with Betsy remember her as an innovative and inspirational leader who introduced the social work profession to many new allies in the health care field, increased national public awareness of social workers, and expanded NASW’s role in the international social work community.

During Dr. Clark’s tenure (2001-2013) she rebuilt the profession’s largest membership organization and convened two Social Work Congress events in 2005 and 2010, setting long-term collaborative goals for the profession. She also coordinated the introduction of the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act into the U.S. Congress; oversaw the profession’s first national research study of the social work workforce; and helped build NASW’s for-profit insurance entity, NASW Assurances Services, Inc. (ASI), to financially support the association and expand its member benefits.

“Betsy understood that strategic partners in government, philanthropy and corporations could help NASW achieve its goals,” says NASW Chief Executive Officer Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW. “As the first President of the then-newly established NASW Foundation, she invited new allies to support our mission and she expanded NASW’s commitment to our nation’s veterans. An unwavering champion for social workers in health care, she created opportunities where others only saw barriers. Betsy Clark made an enormous difference for the profession.”

Before becoming the head of NASW, Dr. Clark held the position of Executive Director of the New York State Chapter of NASW. Prior to that, she was the Chief Operating Officer for The March…Coming Together to Conquer Cancer, a national public awareness and grassroots organizing campaign, which was endorsed by 1,500 cancer-related groups and culminated in a massive march in Washington, DC. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) hosted the event

Prior to NCCS, Dr. Clark held overlapping positions at the Albany Medical Center and Albany Medical College. She served as Director, Division of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, leading patient services, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology.

Dr. Clark wrote extensively on psychosocial oncology issues including cancer survivorship, cancer education, loss and grief, and caregiver burnout. She served as the President of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, Chair of the National Hospice Foundation, Vice Chair of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and Secretary of C-Change, Collaborating to Conquer Cancer. In 2015 in recognition for her outstanding contributions to social work, she was elected an NASW Social Work Pioneer

NASW President Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, PhD, LCSW said, “In my conversations with Betsy about the future of social work, she emphasized the importance of recapturing who we are as social workers and as a profession. She believed that instead of being focused on ‘function’ we should identify as professional social workers who have a valuable skill and knowledge set that can be brought to bear in a variety of settings. Social work is the profession of hope, she said.”

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The Clark family will hold private services for Betsy in New York and Pennsylvania. Contributions may be made in her memory to:

Seamon Wilsey Funeral Home

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

NASW Foundation Memorial & Tribute Fund

Cards and letters for Betsy’s family may be sent to the NASW Foundation, 750 First Street, NE, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20002

“Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is as indispensable, none so powerful as hope.” -Charles Sawyer

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