Meet our Board

Dr. Sam Bethel, MSW, LCSW

Sam is a Doctoral candidate and licensed clinical social worker experienced in health, mental health, and forensic social work. He has a lot of experience providing counseling services for common mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and adjustment to life changes. Sam is particularly interested in integrating social needs care into healthcare services,specifically regarding the implementation, evaluation, and maximization of social work services on interprofessional healthcare teams across the continuum 

health, mental health, and forensic social work. 

Dr. Mindi Spencer

Dr. Spencer is a board member, is a professor at the University of South Carolina and champions the elimination of health disparities for LGBT individuals. In addition to her effective teaching methods, Spencer's passion for public health and social justice likely proves contagious to students at all levels. She pushes her students to resist any forces that compromise the nation's health–a nation that she firmly believes is strengthened by its diversity. It is through her research and service that Spencer has demonstrated her zealous commitment to the health of the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Bisexual (LGBT) population.

Dr. Katherine DeWitt

 Dr. Katherine DeWitt has spent most of her professional life working in  higher education as an academic and career counselor, Dr. DeWitt has  worked closely with at-risk populations developing programs and  resources to help first generation, under represented, and low income-  college students persist to graduation and, for many of her students, on  to graduate programs.  Dr. DeWitt’s clinical experiences have been  working with adolescents in the juvenile justice system, as a case  manager for teed dug court, and leading parent/family psychoeducational  groups as part of a behavior intervention program for Richland County  District II schools in Columbia, SC. Dr. DeWitt provides service to the  profession of counseling in her role as the Treasurer for the South  Carolina Counseling Association  Dr. DeWitt’s research in Social Media  engagement stemmed from her observation of the increasing integration of  social media platforms in every aspect of daily lives, from the digital  documentation of daily activities to becoming the primary sources of  global news and information.  In helping professions where the  relationship between the clinician and the client is the foundation of  service and care, how the clinician is perceived digitally is as  important as how they are received in person.  Dr. DeWitt is an advocate  of student research and sponsors student research presentations  annually at the South Carolina Counseling Association Conference every  February. Additionally, Dr. DeWitt loves sports and enjoys spending time  with her family.