Board of Directors
Kathryn Wheat is our Executive Director and Board President. She has been a front line social worker for over 30 years, serving the urban and rural south. The majority of her career was spent in New Orleans working with veterans and then with homeless youth. In her professional capacity, she has been a teacher, case manager, program developer, staff trainer, liaison, event coordinator, curriculum
Missy Rust, MSW is the founder of MWF and Treasurer. She completed an MSW in 1989 and has since worked in alcohol and drug rehab, with children of divorce, as a play therapist, as a specialist helping people with their emotional issues related to their personal finances, as a life coach as well as owning varied businesses across many areas. Missy recently moved onto a boat. With Meliorism Works Fu
Dr. C’MA (aka. Corine M.A. Brown) is on the Board of MWF. They are a Co-Creator. They hold a Doctorate in Social Work, and practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Board Approved Clinical Supervisor in New Orleans, LA. Dr. C’MA is committed to a therapeutic paradigm-shift in the field of mental health & wellness using a Social Work Embodied (SWE) approach. This approach emphasizes System
Leigh Ann de Monredon in on the board of MWF. She is a Nurse Practitioner who works in the field of substance use and is based in New Orleans. Her practice comes from a non-biased belief in guiding individuals to optimal health through harm reduction, trauma informed care, motivational interviewing and providing tools of empowerment that promote wellbeing. She has been working within disenfranchis