Interview with Valerie Arendt

Along with my new segment, "This Doesn't Just Happen!", you can listen to my interview with Valerie Arendt. Valerie is the Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers North Carolina (NASW-NC), where she leads the association’s efforts to advance the profession of social work in North Carolina. She is a registered lobbyist and actively lobbies North Carolina lawmakers on behalf of the members of NASW-North Carolina Chapter.

Valerie has her Master of Social Work and Public Policy degrees from the University of Minnesota. She has a wide breadth of social work experience includes a focus on refugee and immigrant families, early childhood education, women and youth education, affordable housing, and nonprofit management. She was the career columnist for the national New Social Worker Magazine for three years and strives to help new professionals successfully transition into their social work careers.