Weaver is NASW-LA president

Shelly Weaver currently serves as the President of the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW-LA). She is the first President of NASW-LA to be a registered tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Shelly is currently the Social Worker Manager for The Hospice of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. She has nearly fifteen years of experience in inpatient, outpatient and administration within the hospice and palliative care field. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from LSU and was an active member of the Native American Student Association and the Psychology Honor Society, Psi Chi. Shelly then received her MSW from LSU, and served as the President of the Social Work Honor Society, Alpha Delta Mu. Shelly has presented at multiple state and national conferences in addition to offering CEUs to Social Workers. She holds the ACHP-SW and APHSW-C credentials related to hospice and palliative care social work.