Ruth W. Massinga
Chief Executive Officer, The Casey Family Program
Ruth W. Massinga is chief executive
officer of The Casey Family Program, a Seattle-based, private operating
foundation that provides long-term foster care to more than 1,500
children in 13 States. She is immediate past chair and board member
of the Family Resource Coalition and sits on the boards of the
American Humane Association, The Center for Ethical Leadership
in Seattle, the Seattle Children's Home, the Seattle-King County
Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the board of advisors of
the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University.
She currently serves on the Urban Institute's Policy Advisory Board
on New Federalism. Former president of the American Public Welfare
Association (1989 - 90), Massinga was a congressional appointee
on the National Commission on Children (1988 - 93). From 1983 until
1989, she served as secretary of the Maryland Department of Human
Resources. Ms. Massinga holds a master's degree in social services
from Boston University.
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