Board Members
Angela Workman Dickson, LCSW, ACSW - Board Chair
Term Expires: 6/1/2030
Angela Dickson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist with more than 15 years of experience specializing in Women’s Issues, including: mood disorders, trauma, chronic health issues, relationships, parenting, maternal mood disorders, and perinatal loss. Angela has been a medical social worker providing services to women with high-risk pregnancies, birth anomalies, and autoimmune diseases for most of her career. Angela currently works at Lifestance-Balance Women's Health in Moore.
Angela has been a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma and Rose State College; teaching social work and medical students about the importance of an integrated behavioral health model for primary care settings. She has presented at various local and national conferences on Motivational Interviewing, Maternal Mood Disorders, Perinatal Loss, and Self-Care for Behavioral Health Professionals.
Phone: (405) 522-9251
Melanie McKinley, LCSW - Vice Chair
Term Expires: 7/1/2028
Melanie McKinley, LCSW is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas in 2006 where she received her Masters of Social Work. She received her Bachelor of Social Work from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1999. Her class was the founding class and first class to graduate from the college’s accredited program of Social Work. Mrs. McKinley has over 23 years of experience in the field of Social Work and is currently in private practice here in Oklahoma. She has served in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Discharge Planning, Inpatient Geriatric Psych, Crisis Services as a Clinical Director, and she created a program for students who want to transition from adult learning to higher education. Mrs. McKinley obtained level one ministerial certification in 2015 through the Oklahoma School of Ministry at the District Assemblies of God and in May of 2023 completed her level one certification for Biblical Counseling through the Association of Biblical Counselors in Fort Worth, Texas. Mrs. McKinley enjoys spending time with her growing family as well as cooking, gardening, reading all the books, writing on her blog, and aspires to publish her fist book by end of 2023.
Phone: (405) 522-9247
April Courouleau, LMSW, LCSW - Secretary
Term Expires: 6/2/2029
April Courouleau, LMSW, is the State Director of Foster Care for Circle of Care, Inc. Circle of Care is a non-profit agency and the largest private foster care agency in the state of Oklahoma. April received her LMSW licensure in 2021. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Development, and went on to The University of Oklahoma to complete her Master of Social Work degree.
April’s social work journey began in graduate school when she served as a practicum student in the Fostering Hope Medical Clinic at OU Children’s Hospital. She has been practicing social work for over 15 years. April has worked in medical social work through OU Children’s Hospital, worked for NorthCare writing foster family assessments, and has been serving at Circle of Care for eight years. Passionate about foster children and supporting foster families, April led her foster care team to serve over 250 foster families and 503 foster children in 2023.
April lives in Edmond, OK with her two children. When she is not working, April enjoys the outdoors in Oklahoma and often goes hiking and kayaking. She spends time in the summer at the lake with her children and extended family.
Andrew Monroe, LCSW
Term Expires: 7/1/2030
Andrew Monroe, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect where he has been employed since 2020. He completed his undergraduate studies at Auburn University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work. He completed his Master of Social Work at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL in 2013. Mr. Monroe has experience working with and developing programs for youth with problematic sexual behaviors as well as trauma survivors in urban and rural communities through telehealth, in home, residential, school, and clinic-based services. He also has experience as adjunct faculty at the University of Alabama and the University of Oklahoma, where he has taught master’s level social work students in a number of different courses. He is certified in several evidence-based treatment models, including Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PSB-CBT). He lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, daughter and two dogs. When he is not working, Andrew can be found traveling and spending time outside with his family.
Beverly Coon, LMSW, LCSW
Term Expires: 6/1/2026
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Ave.
Edmond, OK 73034
Beverly Coon, LCSW is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where she received a Master’s Degree in Social Work in 2007. In addition, she received a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2005, and a B.S. degree in Dental Hygiene from OUHSC in 1979. She was employed with the Child Study Center/Center on Child Abuse and Neglect at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center for four years. Beverly has served on several community boards including: CARE Center Board for 6 years, The Red Cross Board, Sunbeam Family Services Board and served as President of the Jr. League of Oklahoma City. In addition, she was appointed to the Oklahoma State Advisory Group for Juvenile Justice and Prevention, where she served for three years. Beverly is a member of the National Association of Social Workers. She also serves on Board of Directors for the Oklahoma State Board for Licensed Social Workers. Beverly volunteers in the mental health clinic at the Crossings Community Center. Her special interests include children and family matters, and most anything to do with animals. Her hobbies include biking, hiking, running, gardening, her puppies, and spending time with friends and families. She has been married to her husband, Bryan, for 35 years and has two grown children, Brandon and Brittany, both married. Beverly is the proud grandmother of two grandsons, one granddaughter, and has another grandson on the way.
Phone: (405) 522-9248
Deborah Johnson, PhD, MSW, LCSW, SHRM-SCP
Term Expires: 6/30/2026
Northeastern State University
3100 E New Orleans St.
Broken Arrow, OK 74014
Dr. Deborah Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and serves as the current President of the NASW-Oklahoma Chapter. She is also a returning member of the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers, having previously served from 2020–2022. Dr. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling at Northeastern State University, where she teaches courses that reflect her dual academic interests in applied mental health and organizational systems.
She holds degrees in psychology, social work, and management from Iowa State University, the University of Oklahoma, and Purdue University. Before entering clinical social work and academia, she spent over a decade in human resources and consulting, including roles with IBM, PepsiCo, and a range of organizations across corporate and nonprofit sectors. Her current work bridges these fields, focusing on workplace well-being, trauma-informed organizational practices, and improving workplace culture.
Dr. Johnson is an active volunteer with the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps and currently serves as the Eastern Regional Team Leader for the Oklahoma Stress Response Team (SRT), which trains and leads units of licensed health and mental health care disaster volunteers in the acute aftermath of both natural and man-made disasters. She also serves as an educator and trainer and is the current Secretary of the Executive Board of SRT, Inc.
She has served on multiple state and national boards, including Chair of the NASW Council of Chapter Presidents and the Oklahoma State Maternal Mortality Review Committee. Dr. Johnson lives in the Tulsa area with her husband of 35 years, their three grown children, and their dog, Zuko.
David Spencer, Public Member
Term Expires: 10/1/2025
David Spencer hails from a strong agricultural background and currently operates the family’s farms near Chickasha, Oklahoma. He retired from professional life after thirty years employment with Oklahoma Department of Human Services - Child Welfare Services (CWS), Oklahoma Management Program Office (OMES) - Business Analyst, and Rattan Consulting.
Over Spencer’s periods of time with Child Welfare Services (CWS), he provided services in a rural setting as a Child Welfare Specialist and later as a Child Welfare Supervisor. After ten years he moved to CWS - Technology & Governance, serving as Assistant Administrator for Oklahoma’s Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (KIDS). While there he supervised the KIDS Help Desk, served as KIDS application trainer, and monitored KIDS federal and state technical application reports. He moved to the Enterprise Project Management Office to serve as the child welfare subject matter expert for multiple major projects involving technology systems for state agencies.
State law changed and all state agencies were consolidated into one technical agency named OMES. During this period, he led, directed, and coordinated teams as a Business Analyst, Project Manager, Certified Enterprise Architect, and Certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
Since retirement, Spencer has consulted with Rattan Consulting on numerous projects in Oklahoma including those focused on child welfare. Spencer holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Oklahoma State University. He is a proud “Dad” and “Grandpa”.
Phone: (405) 522-9253
