Elizabeth Black
MSW
Arkansas, United States
Elizabeth Black MSW
Midwest Regional Vice President
Little Rock, AR
Since 2021, Elizabeth has been the Midwest Regional Vice President at Public Knowledge®. Her work for 30 years has concentrated on leadership and management, public policy, practical approaches to change and implementation, and social justice in child welfare. She has focused on ensuring that children are safely and permanently cared for within their own families and communities throughout her career.
Additionally, she is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for Alia, a Minnesota-based non-profit aiming to inspire national change within child welfare. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Office of Child Permanency at the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) in Nashville. She was also a part of the federally funded Permanency Innovations Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Team (PII-TTAP).