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Chapter Board of Directors

Current Board Officers

Featured below are the current NASWCO Chapter Board Officers. You may find information on additional board members at Region/Student Representatives and Committee Chairs.

To reach a Board Officer please contact the Chapter Office via the Contact Us form on this website.

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President (2024-2026)

Dr. Amanda Marsh Baranski, LCSW (she/her)

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Dr. Baranski has been a social worker for over 12 years, practicing in Colorado for 11 of those years. She has worked in the micro, mezzo, and macro realms as a medical social worker, private practitioner, social work educator, and NASW-CO member. Dr. Baranski is passionate about NASW-CO and has been involved with the Chapter in various capacities for the last ten years. She has served as a Denver Region Representative, Board Vice President, and for the past three years, a Co-Chair of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee. In this role, Dr. Baranski has promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion within the NASW Colorado Chapter by bringing people together, targeting Colorado social workers’ specific needs, and most recently, acting to create an open educational resource for Colorado social workers to bring to their places of employment (coming soon!). Dr. Baranski is committed to continuing this critical work as Board President. Social workers are essential to the fabric of our community(ies), and Dr. Baranski is committed to advocating for our rights and interests. She will ensure that social workers have the resources and support to do their jobs safely and effectively.

Vice President (2024 - 2026)

Danielle Willis, MSW, LCSW, LAC (she/her)

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I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Addictions Counselor. I have worked within the mental health field for the last 20 years. I am currently the Director of Behavioral Health for Colorado Health Network (CHN). I am also an adjunct instructor at Colorado State University’s School of Social Work program as I previously earned my MSW from Colorado State University. I have a background working with individuals living with HIV/AIDS, chronic illness and addictions, and I have also worked in school social work settings. My teaching and leadership is infused with inclusive and socially just ways to address addictions, stigma, collaboration and resilience. Within my Director role, I support services to patients living with HIV and harm reduction participants through collaborative efforts to provide low-barrier behavioral health care to people that use drugs.

I have increased access to care through CHNs clinical programs by developing and seeking funding for integrated care and overall BH services that reduce stigma and see the human. I have held the NASW Colorado Vice President role for the last 2 years, and prior to that, I served as the Northern Region Representative for NASW Colorado’s Board of Directors for 4 years. I am excited about the possibility of continuing my board service in the role of VP. I received the CSU College of Health and Human Services Non-Tenure Track Early Career Teaching Award for 2019. I have had the opportunity to share my addictions work through many presentations at Colorado State University and at the larger community level, and I look forward to continuing to serve the Colorado social work community as Vice President of the NASW-CO Board of Directors.

Secretary (2023 - 2025)

Jae McQueen, MSW, LCSW (she/her)

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Jae has been a member of NASW for over 25 years, previously serving as Secretary and President for the Colorado Chapter. In her experience, Jae has participated in the NASW Modernization Task Force and continues to follow the Association’s growth and change. It is important to Jae that we question the way things have “always been done” and challenge ourselves to find new ways of advocating with communities and for our profession. Jae’s social work experience includes working in child welfare, juvenile justice, K-12 education and higher education. She spent the first eight years of her career at Savio, then worked at Denver Public Schools as a Child Protection School Social Worker for five years, and then moved to the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work for nine years as a Clinical faculty member. Most recently, Jae returned to direct practice as a school social worker and currently serves as the Assistant Director of Mental Health in Cherry Creek Schools. In all of these positions, Jae has centered equity and disruption of systemic disproportionalities.

As Secretary, Jae values the chance to engage the voices of social workers across the state of Colorado. She believes NASW’s role is multi-faceted; ranging from professional development to support practice at the micro, mezzo and macro levels to advocating for systems change at the local, state and national levels.

About the NASW-CO Chapter Board

The Board of Directors is made up of Chapter members who are voted into position by their fellow members. Chapter elections take place annually, although only part of the Board is replaced each year.

Board positions include the Officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, and every other year a President-Elect. The Board also includes Region Representatives. In addition, Committee Chairs are also involved in the Board as non-voting members.

See a listing of job descriptions for each of the Board positions.

View the Colorado Chapter Charter, which replaced the By Laws in July 2016.