Lovdy Grossman, MPL, is Director of the Office of Professional Development (OPD) at the UT School of Social Work. She brings more than 15 years of experience developing, managing, and executing educational meetings, conferences, and long-term training programs across non-profits, medical societies, government health departments, technology consortiums, and private companies. She holds a BFA from UCLA and a Master’s in Public Leadership from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.
Before joining UT Social Work in 2022, Lovdy served in educational leadership roles at the Texas Library Association and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin. She has also provided programmatic and capacity-building support for Title V, X, and XX grant recipients and non-profits focused on mental health and disaster recovery. A pivotal moment in her career was leading the vetting, training, and mobilization of more than 600 psychiatrists and psychiatric residents to Ground Zero and the Family Assistance Center in response to 9/11 while working and living in the New York City area.
In OPD, Lovdy leads a dynamic team that develops and hosts educational programs for mid-career social work and mental health professionals, including licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and psychologists. The office also supports faculty and student-sponsored speaker series, trainings, and conferences on social work topics, as well as professional development programs for state agencies such as HHSC, DFPS, TWC, DPS, and TCEQ. Lovdy is proud that her team’s efforts have engaged and elevated more than 10,000 learners through continuing education. Her office’s professional motto is: “We make people committed to public good great at what they do.”
Outside of work, Lovdy enjoys life with her two amazing daughters, a shoe-chewing burnt orange doodle, and her incredibly patient husband of more than 20 years. Her favorite pastimes include reading, cooking, genealogy research, live music, and wandering aimlessly down trails in Central Texas.