Advisory Committee

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Shirley J. Burks MA
Program Manager, UWM School of Continuing Education – Nonprofit
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Sumaiyah Clark MS
Milwaukee County Chief Equity Officer, Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services
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Patricia Clason RCC, CPS
Emotional Intelligence Speaker, Patricia Clason Coaching Associates
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Angela Kelber, MS.
Angela Kelber, MS
Continuing Education Assoc. Director
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Nieves Lopez
Human Services Program Coordinator, Lifecare and Early Intervention Services
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Paula Lumelsky
STRYV365
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Jessie Mayer
Administrative Coordinator, WCS
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Joshua Mersky Ph.D.
Professor, Co-director Institute for Child and Family Well-being. Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Travis Pinter Ph.D.
Senior Director of Specialized Services, Milwaukee Public Schools
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Julie Scott LPC
Trauma Informed Strategy and Practice Manager, Wellpoint Care Network
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James “Dimitri” Topitzes Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Director of Clinical Serves at the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being and Professor at the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Colleen Trevino PhD, FNP, AGACNP
Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)
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Julie Yeado, J.D.
Senior Director of Advocacy, Sojourner Family Peace Center
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UWM Team

Conference Coordinators
Nancy Nelson, Ph.D., MBA, OT, CHT | Provost’s Deputy for Continuing Education Conference Coordinator
Ron Wiza, Director of Multimedia and Conference

Conference Planning & Support
Angela Kelber, Continuing Education Associate Director
Liza Longhini, University Advancement Director
Wendy Norem, Associate Director, Marketing
Erik Peterson, Multimedia Designer
Megan Shea, Registration Supervisor
Drew Laser, Program Assistant

Questions? Please contact sce-humanservices@uwm.edu

Past Conferences

View some of our past conference speakers, topics, sponsors and photos.