SHEILA M. BROMMEL, PhD, LISW
Consultant
The REACH Project

Sheila Brommel has more than 25 years of direct practice and management experience in the child welfare field, specializing in foster care and adoption. Until August of 2006, she was the REACH Project Director. She currently serves as a consultant to the Project.

Sheila started her career with PATH (Professional Association of Treatment Homes) in 1994. Prior to serving as the REACH Project Director, she was the Director of Quality Outcomes for PATH, where she managed an agency-wide quality improvement system and accreditation activities for 28 offices in four states.  She also held direct practice and management positions in social work for the Pierce County Social Service Board in Rugby, N.D. and the North Dakota Department of Human Services in Fargo, N.D.

A peer reviewer for the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services (COA), Sheila has a unique opportunity to observe and evaluate family services programs throughout the nation. These connections offer valuable, diverse perspectives to her work.

Sheila completed her doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota School of Social Work in August, 2006 and is an Assistant Professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Social Work in St. Paul.