Cassie Brown,
MSW, LCSW
Executive Director
cbrown.naswmo@socialworkers.org
Cassie E. Brown, MSW, LCSW (she/her) is the Executive Director of NASW-MO. Her undergraduate degree is in Rhetoric (political science, public speaking, and philosophy) from Kenyon College in Ohio and her MSW is from the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Her career has included direct social work services, in- and outpatient therapy, adjunct teaching, and program development and evaluation. She has been an in-demand speaker on topics such as self-care, compassion fatigue, clinical supervision, LGBTQIA+ best practices, multiple clinical interventions, substance use disorders, and the stigma of mental illness. She has worked in advocacy for underserved communities in Kentucky and Missouri at the micro, mezzo, and macro practice levels and served as a member of the NASW DEI Committee.
Cassie is a native of rural Missouri where she grew up on a small farm and is the first of her family to graduate college. She is passionate about rural health, building community, intersectionality, and finding connections in all people’s stories. In addition to social work, Cassie is a published author of poetry, essays, and short fiction and is a tea aficionado.