Public Member
National Board for Respiratory Care, Virginia, United States
Glenna Tinney, MSW, ACSW, DCSW, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.) is the Public Advisor for the National Board for Respiratory Care. She is a consultant on violence against women, social justice, environmental justice, and animal rights. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with 500 training hours. She has been a social worker for more than 45 years. She served in the Navy for 24 years managing worldwide family violence and sexual assault programs in the Department of Defense. She was the Social Work Consultant for the Navy Surgeon General assisting with credentialing and scope of practice issues for social workers. Following retirement from the Navy, Ms. Tinney managed a program for the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration setting up a certification and credentialing program for medical examiners conducting examinations for commercial motor vehicle drivers. In recognition of her work, Ms. Tinney was selected by the White House as a Woman Veteran Champion of Change in March 2013. Ms. Tinney is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on domestic violence and sexual assault in the military. In 2019, Ms. Tinney received a Lifetime Achievement in Family Violence Advocacy Award from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MT