NASW Board of Directors

Director, Region IX

Anthony A. Bibus, PhD, LISW


Anthony A. Bibus

Anthony Bibus, PhD, LISW, is a social worker licensed by Minnesota’s Board of Social Work.  He holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and a MA and BA in English. In 2012, he retired from Augsburg University’s social work department, where he served as the BSW director and department chair.  

For three decades he has been an active NASW member serving the NASW Minnesota Chapter as a member of the conference planning team or moderator at conferences/events and serving on multiple committees. Bibus has been a long-term member of other national and regional associations including CSWE and has worked periodically with ASWB. He is a contributor to the CSWE/ASWB/NASW Curricular Guide for Licensing and Regulation . His practice and studies in child welfare, supervision, and ethics led to several publications, most lately on cultural humility. He is the recipient of the NASW-MN Chapter’s Social Worker of the Year and Lifetime Achievement awards.