David Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over thirty years’ experience in public child welfare as a social worker, supervisor, educator, and administrator. He was Title IVE Project Coordinator for the CSU, Fresno Social Work Program 1993-1997, a founding member of the California Regional Training Academy Development and Implementation Project, and has been a Regional Training Academy Director since 1997.  David also serves as Staff Director of the Central California Area Social Services Consortium (CCASSC), a regional collaborative that links public human service Directors with research, policy analysis, and training support services.  In addition, he is a member of the Department of Social Work Education faculty at Fresno State where he has taught as an Adjunct Professor since 1989.