Angela Weeks

Director of the National SOGIE Center

Angela Weeks, MPA, DBA, is Director of the National SOGIE Center at Innovations Institute, University of Connecticut School of Social Work. She brings extensive national experience creating, implementing, and evaluating programs and initiatives that improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people and communities. She has led development of LGBTQ+ trainings and tools, policy revisions, and quality learning collaboratives. Through the SOGIE Center, she has helped develop, implement, and evaluate 15 different programs and initiatives for LGBTQ+ people, their families, and the workforce that serves them. She currently leads the National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care and the Center for Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity. Angela holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Maryland’s Global Campus and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California.