Professor, Distinguished University Scholar & PhD Program Director, University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work and Family Science Present

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Family and Community Well-Being, University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, 2018-present

Evaluation Lead, Children’s Bureau funded Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD), 2016-present

Co-Principal Investigator, SAMHSA funded Center for Promoting Resilience and Recovery of Youth Trauma (CPRR), 2012-present

Consultant & Faculty, Child and Family Policy Institute of California (CFPIC), 2013-present

Consultant, James Bell Associates (JBA), 2008-present

President-Elect, President, Immediate Past President Board of Directors, International Association for Relationship Research (IARR), 2016-2022

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2020-2023                   

Editorial Board Member, Families in Society, 2018-Present

Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Society for Social Work Research, 2017-Present

Editorial Board Member, Social Service Review, 2017-2022

Editorial Board Member, Personal Relationships, 2016-2024; Associate Editor, Personal Relationships, 2008-2012

Associate Editor, Training and Development in Human Services, 2011-2017; Editorial Board Member, 1999-2010

Editorial Board Member: Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2004-present

Board of Directors, Cabbage Patch Settlement House 1999-2005; 2007-2012; 2017-2022

Executive Advisory Council, National Staff Development and Training Association, 2016-2019

Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, 2016-Present

Bingham Fellow “Investing in West Louisville’s Path to Prosperity,” Leadership Louisville Center, 2014

Board of Trustees, Louisville Collegiate School, 2005-2014; Vice President Executive Committee, 2012-2014

Board of Directors, Leadership Louisville Center, 2002-2005

Bingham Fellow “Imagining a Greater Louisville,” Leadership Louisville Center, 2002

Board of Directors, Urban Neighborhood Centers Alliance of Louisville (UNCAL), 1999-2003; 2008-2012    

Bingham Fellow “Raising Healthy Kids and Developing a Productive Workforce”, Leadership Louisville Center, 1999

Leadership Louisville Class of 1998, Leadership Louisville Center, 1997-1998

Board of Directors, Junior League of Louisville, Asst. VP Membership, 1992-1993; VP Membership, 1994-1995; President-Elect, 1997-1998; President, 1998-1999

Board of Directors, Community Coordinated Child Care, 1987-1993; Secretary Executive Committee, 1990-1992