About the Instructor
Dr. Karen E. Goodenough, PhD, MSW, LGSW, has been Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers - Minnesota Chapter since 2018. She received her BSW from St. Olaf College, MSW from Augsburg University, and PhD in social work from the University of Minnesota. Dr. KG is a skilled supervisor, trainer, and macro practitioner. She has worked in direct practice, non-profit program management, and consulted in evaluation, data utilization, and strategic planning. She has supervised, coached, and trained interns, volunteers, contractors, board members, and staff from various professional backgrounds, and has provided hundreds of hours of training in such areas as supervision, ethics, policy advocacy, leadership, budgeting, evaluation, and research. She has also served as adjunct faculty in numerous BSW and MSW programs throughout Minnesota. Dr. KG has focused much of her research and advocacy efforts on social work licensure and regulation, and Chairs the NASW Licensure Taskforce and represents NASW on the Social Work Interstate Compact Commission.