Shelley Cohen Konrad, PhD, LCSW, FNAP is Director of the Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice, an initiative that promotes cross-disciplinary learning, research, collaborative practice, and service and a professor at the University of New England. She received a BA from Boston University and an MSW and PhD in social work from Simmons University. In 2014 she was inducted as a Distinguished Scholar & and Fellow in the National Academies of Practice and the Social Work Academy. Shelley lives on the coast of Maine where she enjoys gardening, reading, baking, UK mysteries, and spending time with family and friends.