Elizabeth Wendel, MSW, LSW

Elizabeth Wendel, MSW, LSW, a business project program manager for Aetna. Ms. Wendel began her career in child welfare with the study and implementation of Family Finding program in the city of Philadelphia and state of Pennsylvania. She served in multiple positions, including program director of the Family Finding program at Turning Points for Children for nearly ten years. This program served over 10,000 children in her tenure, and connected them with more than 23,000 committed supports. Ms. Wendel is also a certified clinician specializing in trauma work and is trauma informed practice certified. Ms. Wendel has joined a collaborative effort with Aetna to inform change practice for Aetna’s amazing change agent work for special populations, particularly young people in foster care. Ms. Wendel was recognized for the Eloquent Rising Leader Scholarship at the Alliance Senior Leadership Conference in 2019 and wrote the presentation for the 2020 conference. Ms. Wendel has also been published in The Chronicle for Social Change and is the recipient of the Aetna Community Heard Award in 2019. Ms. Wendel holds a Master’s degree in social work from Temple University and completed her dissertation on the effects of social isolation amongst young people in care. Ms. Wendel is an adoptive parent and lives with her family in Philadelphia.