Lawanna served 33 years with the federal government as a Social Worker in the acute psychiatry ward at the Tuskegee, Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs and as a military social worker with the Family Advocacy Program. Prior to these appointments she served as Chief Social Worker at the Medical College of Georgia, Department of Pediatrics Children and Youth Project in Augusta, Georgia.
As a subject matter expert (SME) in preventing and treating child and partner maltreatment with military families, Barron was selected to be a member of many task forces through the Headquarters Air Force Medical Operation Agency. In addition, she served as the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Chief Counselor (collateral duty) and later as an EEO Counselor (collateral duty).
Lawanna recently retired after 29 years with the Moody Air Force Base Family Advocacy Program in Georgia. She currently serves as presenter in the Preferra’s Risk Management Education Program.
