LASSW Board Members

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Dr. Bridgette Webster completed her undergraduate and master's degrees from Louisiana State University and her doctoral studies at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She has worked in the mental health field for thirty-one years and currently serves as Director of Mental Health Services at the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor, and holds national certification as a Certified School Social Worker Specialist. Dr. Webster served as Master Nonviolent Crisis Intervention instructor with the Crisis Prevention Institute for 18 years. She has served as mentor and advocate for public school students and functions as a bridge builder between school personnel, parents, and community agencies.

As a member of various professional and civic organizations, Dr. Webster works tirelessly to make a positive impact on her local state, national, and international community. Some of the organizations she has supported include: founding member of Louisiana Association of School Social Workers, President, Touch a Life Foundation, Vice-President (assisted care-givers of the chronically ill), Ladies of Vision (fed homeless women and children and supported scholarship fund-raisers), Partners in Peace (violence prevention),  International Association of Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certified Instructors, American Red Cross, School Social Work Association of America, Louisiana Mental Health Association (2 term board member), National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and  NASW Louisiana Chapter, Academy of Certified Social Workers, Nazarene Baptist Church Voice – Editor in Chief and Co-Chair for the annual Southern University College of Business scholarship fund raiser: “Gala on the Bluff”.

Brittany Gabriel, LMSW is a Behavior Interventionist with the Tangipahoa Parish School System, Special Education Department. She received her BSW from Southeastern Louisiana University and her MSW from Louisiana State University. Brittany has been working as a school social worker since 2016. She also works part time as a COPE Social Worker with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center since 2018. Currently, Brittany serves as Secretary of the Louisiana Association of School Social Workers. 

Brandi Gonzales is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Supervisor of Student Services for the Tangipahoa Parish School System.  She is a 1999 graduate of the LSU School of Social Work.  Ms. Gonzales has been a school social worker for twenty-two years.  She has served as a social worker in Pupil Appraisal and a special education therapist for Iberia Parish Schools, the State Supervisor of School Social Workers for the Louisiana Department of Education, the Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for Lafayette Parish Schools and her current role in Tangipahoa.  In addition to her school experience, she has also worked in medical social work, hospice, with the Juvenile Drug Court in Iberia Parish and both in and out patient psychiatric facilities.  Ms. Gonzales was on the initial state implementation team for School Wide Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions and has dedicated the majority of her career to encourage districts to implement preventative and proactive behavior supports and social emotional learning for students.  Additionally, Ms. Gonzales was instrumental in expanding a partnership between Tangipahoa Parish Schools and RKM Primary Care to provide 13 licensed mental health professionals to provide on-site therapy to students during the school day at no cost to their families.  Ms. Gonzales has participated on numerous boards, special committees and even presented to the legislature on the importance of school mental health.