Washington Political Action for Candidate Election (PACE)
The Washington PACE Committee members carryout state candidate endorsement and build grass roots networks through member political education and mobilization.
Adrian Bruton
NASW WA Chapter PACE Committee Chair
Adrian Bruton (LICSW. ACSW, OSW-C) is a transplant from Alabama to Olympia. She is a certified oncology social worker. She is in the process of working towards her DSW from The University of Alabama.
Emily Tillotson, DSW, LICSW
NASW WA Chapter President 2019-2021
Emily.Tillotson@wallawalla.edu
Emily is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of clinical experience and over ten years of experience as a social work educator in higher education. She is a longtime NASW member and has been serving on the NASW Board since 2017.
Garrett Hebel, MSW, LICSW, SUDP
NASW WA Chapter President Elect 2020-2021
With a Bachelors in Social Work and Spanish from Loras College in Dubuque, IA, and a Master of Social Work from Loyola University of Chicago, Garrett spent two years working in adolescent residential trauma and behavioral rehabilitation in Chicago, IL and moved to Seattle in 2016. In 2016, he joined Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to serve as a Mental Health Practitioner, in which he provides outpatient assessment, case management, referral, and group and individual therapy for clients with mental health and substance use disorders. Garrett was previously the co-chair of a Young Professionals special interest group with the NASW-IL Chapter, and previously, the chair of the Legislative Action Committee with the WA Chapter, and he currently holds licenses in WA as an Associate Independent Clinical Social Worker and Substance Use Disorder Professional.
Ann Allen
NASW WA Chapter Western Washington Region
Ann Allen (LICSW) received a masters degree in social work in 1988 from the Michigan State University. She works in Seattle in integrated behavioral health care at a healthcare clinic focused on working with Asian-Pacific Islanders and immigrants at International Community Healthcare Services. She is a behavioral health provider and a specialist in high utilizers of emergency services, complex care, homeless, and co-occurring disorders. She is also a practicum instructor for Seattle University and the University of Washington advance degree programs.
