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Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is charged to handle the affairs of the division between meetings and consists of the five officers (president, president-elect, past president, treasurer, and secretary) and division representative to APA Council

 2024 Executive Committee 

    • President: Lara Sheehi, PsyD

    • Past President: Joseph Schaller, PsyD

    • Secretary: Sarah Blair Jenkins, MSW, LCSW

    • Treasurer: Leilani Salvo Crane, PhD 


     APA Council Representatives 

        • Dana Charatan, PsyD (1/23 - 12/24)

        • William MacGillivray, PhD (1/23 - 12/24)

        • Almas “Ally” Merchant, PhD (1/23 - 12/24)

        • Dan Livney, PsyD (1/24 - 12/26)

        • Kritika Dwivedi, PsyD (1/24 - 12/26)


         Members-at-large 


        • Laura Barbanel, PhD (1/24 - 12/26)
        • Bhupin Butaney, PhD (1/23 - 12/24)
        • Carter J. Carter, MSW (1/23 - 12/24)
        • Elizabeth Clark (1/23 - 12/25)
        • Dennis Debiak, PsyD (1/24 - 12/26)
        • David Downing, PsyD (1/23 - 12/24)
        • Arlene Steinberg, PsyD (1/24 - 12/26)
        • Matthew Steinfeld (1/23 - 12/24)
        • Brianna Suslovic, MSW (1/23 - 1/25)


         Section Representatives 

        • Section I: Albert Brok, PhD

        • Section II: Joseph Mikulka, MSW, and Jessica Sharkey, PhD

        • Section III: Marilyn Metzl, PhD 

        • Section IV: Ruby Branson 

        • Section V: TBA

        • Section IX: Sodha Minty, PsyD


         Committee Chairs, Liasions, etc 


        • Archives of Div. 39: Marilyn Jacobs, PhD

        • Awards :Monique Bowen

        • Candidate Outreach: Noemi Ford, PsyD

        • Continuing Education: Soffia Palsdottir, PsyD

        • Dialogues Across Difference: Kori Bennett, PsyD, and Mamta Dadlani, PhD 

        • Division liaison to Div. 35  (Society for the Psychology of Women): Leilani Salvo Crane

        • Early Career Psychologists: Tanya Hess and Alicia MacDougall

        • Education and Training: Bhupin Butaney, PhD 

        • Ethics and Professional Issues: Joyce Slochower

        • SPPP Office executive admin: Ruth Helein

        • Federal Advocacy coordinator: Marilyn N. Metzl

        • Fellows: William Gottdiener, PhD 

        • Finance: Leilani Salvo Crane, PhD

        • Graduate Students: Carli Gurholt and Rebecca Moussa

        • International Relations: Yianna Ioannou and Diana Faydysh

        • Liaison to CAPP and IG: Jaine Darwin

        • McCary Fund for Psychoanalysis: Steve Axelrod, PhD 
        • Membership: Pamela Blackwell and Kelly Banks



        • Missions and Goals: Dennis Debiak, PsyD
        • Multicultural Concerns: Lucia Flores and Kritika Dwivedi
        • Nominations and Elections: Dennis Debiak, PsyD
        • Parliamentarian: Carnella Gordon-Brown, LCSW 
        • Professional Issues: Dana Sinopoli, PsyD 
        • Program Committee: Stephen Anen, PhD
        • Psychoanalysis and Community: Judie Alpert
        • Psychoanalysis and the Environment: Ryan Holley
        • Psychoanalysis and Healthcare: Maureen O'Reilly-Landry and Eric Sherman
        • Psychoanalysis and the Humanities: Billie Pivnick and Almas (Ally) Merchant
        • Psychoanalytic Consortium: Dennis Debiak
        • Publications: William MacGillivray, PhD
        • Research: Kevin Meehan and Tracy Prout
        • Scholars Program: Jordan Dunn, Kelsey Milano and Sherri Harell
        • Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: Marilyn Charles, PhD
        • Sexuality and Gender Identities: Elizabeth Clark, PsyD, and Martin Devine 
        • Wikipedia: Ari Pizer, PsyD 



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