Boards and Committees

• Board of Directors
  The Board is composed of six members-at-large and six officers — the president-elect, president, past-president, treasurer, recording secretary and CEO. The chair of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) serves as an additional member. Much like any corporate board, it oversees the association’s administrative affairs, and, with the advice and assistance of the Finance Committee, presents an annual budget for Council approval. 

• Committee on Structure and Function of Council
  Receives, reviews and initiates recommendations, suggestions and complaints about Council functions and operations and maintains rules adopted by the Council.

• Policy and Planning Board
  Considers current and long-range policy and reviews the structure and function of APA as a whole.

Standing boards and committees are established by the APA Bylaws and report to Council through the Board of Directors.

• Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest

• Board of Convention Affairs

• Board of Educational Affairs 

• Board of Professional Affairs 

• Board of Scientific Affairs

• Election Committee 

• Ethics Committee 

• Finance Committee 

• Membership Board 

• Publications and Communications Board

Continuing committees are established by the Council of Representatives and are described in the Association Rules.

• Agenda Planning Group

• APA Fellows Committee 

• Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Professional Psychology

• Commission on Accreditation

• Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice

• Committee for the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students 

• Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges

• Committee on Aging

• Committee on Animal Research and Ethics

• Committee on Children, Youth and Families

• Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology

• Committee on Division/APA Relations

• Committee on Early Career Psychologists

• Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs

• Committee on Human Research  

• Committee on International Relations in Psychology

• Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns

• Committee on Professional Practice and Standards

• Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards 

• Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment

• Committee on Rural Health

• Committee on Scientific Awards

• Committee on Socioeconomic Status

• Committee on Women in Psychology

• Continuing Education Committee

• Council of Editors

• Education and Training Awards Committee

• Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools

• Ad Hoc Committee on Films and Other Media

• Ad Hoc Committee on Legal Issues

• Ad Hoc Committee on Psychology and AIDS

• Advisory Committee on Colleague Assistance

• APA Science Student Council

• APA Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls

• APA/ASPPB Task Force on Licensing Boards and Ethics Committees

• Book Advisory Committee

• CAPP Subcommittee on Prescription Privileges

• Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology Taskforce (CEMRRAT2)

• Committee of State Leaders

• Electronic Resources Advisory Committee

• History Oversight Committee

• Journal Advisory Committee

• National Standards for Teaching High School Psychology Working Group

• Task Force for the Development of Guidelines on Parenting Coordination

• Task Force on Serious Mental Illness/Severe Emotional Disturbance

• American Psychological Foundation Board of Trustees
• APA UN/NGO Representatives
• Council of Federal Agency Psychologists  
• Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests