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Frances Goddard Frances Goddard, M.S.W., LCSW Ms. Frances Byrd Goddard holds a Baccalaureate degree with Honors from Converse College and a Master's of Social Work degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She was instrumental in the passage of the Social Work licensing law in Virginia as well as legislation enabling Social Workers to receive insurance payments. Ms. Goddard is presently a Clinical Social Worker in private practice. Ms. Goddard represented Virginia at the organizational meeting of ASWB and served on the first Examination Committee of the association. In that capacity, she took part in the design and creation of the national licensing examination. As President of ASWB she supervised the first administration of the Social Work licensing examination. As Executive Director of ASWB, Ms. Goddard attended Examination Committee meetings, took part in the selection of Examination Committee members and dealt with issues of examination administration. She supervised the staff involved in the development of examination policy and over the years and has worked with a total of four different examination preparation companies. It was also during her tenure that the Association initially looked at issues of examination fairness and bias. In addition to her work with ASWB, Ms. Goddard served as Vice-President of the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards and was exposed to examination issues from many professions. She also served a term on NASW's ACSW Examination Committee where she worked on professional certification examinations. Few Social Workers have had as broad an involvement in Social Work Examination issues. Ventajas Publications, L.L.C. 400 Southridge Parkway Suite A Culpeper, Virginia 22701 Toll free: (877)-793-9267 * Fax: (540)825-9615 E-mail: Services@SocialWorkInfo.com