Donna Daly, MSW
Research and Development Coordinator

Donna Daly has over 25 years of human services experience. She has served as Operations Manager and Research and Evaluation Coordinator during her 8 years with the Academy. Prior to that, she worked with the Departments of Social Services in San Diego and Mendocino Counties for twelve years in various social worker and management positions.

In July 2004, Ms. Daly was appointed Student Affairs Coordinator at the School of Social Work. She provides oversight for the MSW Admissions process as well as all student affairs at the school. She is also the Undergraduate Social Work advisor and has taught in the areas of introductory social work, fields of practice, social welfare policy and macro practice since 1999.

She currently serves as faculty consultant to the Academy for Professional Excellence with Project MASTER (Multi-Disciplinary Adult Services Training and Evaluation for Results). Additional areas of research interest include child welfare recruitment and retention, adult services training and evaluation, and developing innovative programs to meet county organizational development training needs.