Background
Fitch, Rita LaVerne Pickens was born on August 4, 1936 in Cleveland. Daughter of Clarence Eugene and Lillian Beatrice (Adkins) Fitch.
Fitch, Rita LaVerne Pickens was born on August 4, 1936 in Cleveland. Daughter of Clarence Eugene and Lillian Beatrice (Adkins) Fitch.
Student, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, 1971-1973; Bachelor, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1975; Master of Science in Social Administration, Case Western Reserve U., 1978.
Assistant land use planner, Lorain County Regional Planning Department, Elyria, Ohio., 1975-1976;
assistant program director, Nord Mental Health Centers/O.K. Corral Program, Elyria, 1978-1979;
learning disabled school social worker, Lorain (Ohio) City Schools, 1980-1981;
private counseling practice, Rita Fitch & Associations, Cleveland, Columbus, Oberlin, Lorraine., 1975-1995;
private counseling practice, Rita Fitch & Associations, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Franklin Counties, Lorain, Franklin, Ohio., since 1981;
private counseling practice, Rita Fitch & Associations, Scottsdale, Phoenix, since 1995;
geriatric social work specialist, program organization developer, Family Svc. Association Lorain, 1981-1986;
medical social worker, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 1987-1988;
clinical social worker, VA Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio., 1988-1990;
outreach clinical social worker, Carl T. Hayden Veterinary Affairs Medical Center, Phoenix, since 1990. Private duty nurse, Columbus and Cleveland, since 1959.
Private practice geriatric, Columbus, since 1986, geriatric and employee assistance counseling, since 1991, grant search, student assistance, and research counseling, since 1991. Educational finance aid administrator program 1986-1987. Board directors Oberlin Land Use Planning Board, 1976-1978, Columbus Young Women’s Christian Association, 1986.
Private, Australian Catholic University healthcare club, Acupunture/Homeopathy.
Member Oberlin Oral History Program, 1982-1986, Cleveland Center Community Oral History Program, 1986-1987. Board directors Oberlin Land Use Planning Board, 1976-1978, Columbus Young Women’s Christian Association, 1986. Clinical social worker Homeless Program, Phoenix, since 1990.
Member NASW, American Association of University Women, Academy Certified Social Workers, Ohio License Indiana Social Workers, Oberlin College Alumni Association, Case Western Reserve School Applied Social Sciences, Social Work Alumni Association, Arizona-Ohio Association Student Finance Aid Adminstrs., Oberlin College Alumni Association (Black alumni committee), Employee Assistance Program Assn, National Association of Black Social Workers, Arizona Academy of Advanced Complimentary Medical, Black Heritage Society, Sunrunner Ski Club of Arizona, Employee Assistant Program, Arizona.
Married Kenneth Pickens, September 27, 1962 (divorced 1969). Children: Danna Charlotte, Theodore Bryant.