The executive committee of the College of Social Work’s Board of Visitors elected new officers at their December meeting.
Hilary Hamlin was named the new board chair and Belva Weathersby is vice-chair.
Hilary Hamlin is an alumna of the college (MSSW’76) and a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government. She recently retired after a long career devoted to improving health care systems. After working at three mental health centers and two state departments of mental health, Hamlin spent 25 years as a consultant for Healthcare Perspective LLC. Healthcare Perspective works with non-profits, large counties and states, predominantly in behavioral health, to conduct a wide range of activities from analyzing current systems, identifying gaps in systems, and helping to determine solutions.
Belva Weathersby is director of early education and youth for the Metropolitan Action Commission in Nashville Davidson County Government. Her long and distinguished career has focused on child development. She is former director of Head Start in Nashville and has served in leadership roles in the Tennessee Department of Education, Georgia’s Head Start program, and the State of Georgia’s Children’s Cabinet. Weathersby is a social worker by training, with an MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Hilary Hamlin 
Belva Weathersby