David Hamilton, PhD, LMSW, ACSW, is a licensed social worker in New York State (NYS). He was appointed executive secretary to the state boards for social work and mental health practitioners in the NYS education department in March 2003. David served as the executive secretary for Podiatry, Physical Therapy, and Ophthalmic Dispensing. He has a bachelor’s in psychology from Loyola Marymount Univ., a master’s in social welfare from the Univ. of California-LA, and a doctorate in social work from Virginia Commonwealth Univ. David’s dissertation was on the political participation of certified social workers in New York and presented a model based on social learning theory. He was also the staff associate for government relations at the NASW NYS Chapter.