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Dorinda Noble, PhD, LCSW Dr. Dorinda N. Noble is a proud social worker who began her career in child welfare services after graduating from Tulane University with her MSW. After several years focused in child welfare, Dorinda began a career in social work education, first heading the undergraduate program at Texas Tech University and then earning her doctorate in social work from University of Texas-Austin. She joined the faculty of the Graduate School of Social Work at Louisiana State University, where she served as MSW Director. Texas State University then persuaded her to join their School of Social Work, which she directed for 15 years. Her major areas of interest are supervision and social work regulation. In Louisiana, Dorinda was appointed by two different governors to the Board of Social Work Examiners. The Texas governor appointed her to the Texas Board when she moved to Texas State. During all these years of social work regulation, she was active in the Association of Social Work Boards, which she eventually served as President. Though she retired from Texas State in 2016, Dorinda continues to teach supervision courses. She has agreed to join the Social Work Program at NCU as Program Director and Field Director on an interim basis. Dorinda, who lives in Lakeway, Texas, is active in several singing groups and loves to travel. She will be going to New York City this fall to sing with a chorus at Carnegie Hall. Amanda Randall, PhD Dr. Amanda Randall holds a BA from Michigan State University, an MSW from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has been the Director of the Grace Abbott School of Social Work since 2013. Prior to that she served as its MSW Coordinator and has been a faculty member in the school since 1996. From 1983 to1996, Amanda worked with children at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is the past president of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) and is now a consultant to the Exam Committee for the ASWB. She currently serves on boards of the Office of the Public Guardian, Nebraska Supreme Court, and Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska. She is married to Robert Bomar, and has seven combined children, and six grandchildren.