President's Office04/03/2023 06:30:00 PMFormer NYC Deputy Mayor and NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott joined SUNY Downstate social workers Clivia Torres, LCSW-R, Care Manager in Downstate’s Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease ( CEAD), and Felicia Thompson, LMSW, MPA, Director of Social Work, for a conversation about how a social work and education degrees helped to shape his career as a public servant. Now, president and chief executive officer of the Queens Public Library, he relies upon the foundational skills of listening, observing, and understanding the needs of vulnerable populations to inform his work.Office of the PresidentEventsSocial WorkPresident's Office