Ashley McCormick, LMSW, IECMH-E®
Ashley McCormick, LMSW, IECMH-E®, is the Interim Executive Director and Endorsement Director for the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health. The Alliance is a global organization that partners with associations for infant mental health (AIMHs) so that AIMHs can support, grow, diversify, and advocate for their local IECMH-informed workforce. The Alliance is a relatively new nonprofit organization, incorporated in 2016, and Ms. McCormick has been part of the Alliance since its inception. Ms. McCormick is dedicated to promoting workforce development standards for all professionals who work with or on behalf of pregnant people, infants, young children, and families through direct partnership with AIMHs.
After her graduate studies, Ms. McCormick provided relationship-focused therapy to 0 to 6-year-olds and their caregivers in Detroit-Wayne County. From there, she worked for the Michigan Association for IMH and supported the IECMH workforce using the tools the Competency Guidelines and Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health®. Ms. McCormick's training includes a bachelor's degree in psychology and child development from Central Michigan University, a Master's of Social Work from the University of Michigan, and a Financial Success for Nonprofits Certificate from Cornell University.