*BA in Sociology from James Madison University
*MSW from Case Western Reserve Univerity
*Currently, PEIASW representative to CASW Board of Directors
*Past President of PEIASW
*Currently employed as Provincial Director of Community Mental Health and Addiction Services (with responsibility for in-patient and out-patient programs and facilities across PEI)
*Currently Director responsible for the Mental Health Act of PEI (a Ministerial appointment)
*Has provided and continues to provide numerous Professional Development presentations
*Author and contributor to various Social Work and related publications
*Previously employed in various consulting, curriculum development, instructing and Human Resources roles for various organizations in her Ohio and Texas.
*Has instructed courses on PEI, on behalf of Memorial University of Newfoundland
*Received Awards regarding Outstanding Teaching at Case Western Reserve University & Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
*Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Practitioner and Myer-Briggs Personality Type Practitioner
*Critical Incident Stress Management practitioner
*Previous Regional Director of Child, Youth and Family Programs, with responsibility for Child Protection, Speech Language Pathology, Public Health Nursing, Obstetric and Paedictric services at Prince County Hospital, and a local Community Health Center
*Previous Regional Director of Family Services, with responsibility for Addiction Services, Community Mental Health, and Child Protection
*Previous Policy Analyst for Home Care and Palliative Care, within PEI Dept of Health and Social Services
*Previous Family Services Consultant with Veterans Affairs Canada, designing a case management model for work with veterans and their families
*Previous Regional Co-ordinator and Provincial Manager of Community Mental Health and Addictions Services, with responsibility for in-patient and out-patients programs and facilities
*Margaret enjoys yoga, biking, traveling, her husband David. She also enjoys her Blackberry so much that she named her beloved cat "Blackberry"