Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

Mission

The mission of the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) is to prepare, support, and empower women psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in institutional, organizational and practice settings as well as APA governance, and increase the diversity, number, and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders. A major focus of the Institute is to ensure that leadership training opportunities are available for mid-career and senior women psychologists in all of their diversities.

The APA CWP Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology has been made possible by the generous support of the APA Board of Directors, the APA Council of Representatives, the APA Women's Programs Office, the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, Psychologists in Independent Practice, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, the Society for the Psychology of Women, and the Women's Caucus of the APA Council of Representatives.

Goals

The LIWP Program goals include:

Ensure that mid-career and senior women in psychology have the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for leadership/senior management positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.
Enhance the number and effectiveness of women psychologists holding leadership positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.
Increase the diversity of women psychologists in academic, practice, and other leadership positions as well as APA and SPTA governance.
Create networks of women psychologists in leadership/senior management positions in varied professional settings including APA and SPTA governance.
Document the career movement, professional advancement as well as the perceived impact of the LIWP among participants.

Programs

The Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology is a two-pronged project that includes both an education component and a research component. The LIWP education and training component is represented by the highly interactive case-based workshops held twice per year and by the Webinars held bimonthly on leadership development topics. The LIWP research component includes the Survey on Leadership Training Needs in Mid-Career and Senior Women Psychologists.

View the agendas for the Year 3 2010-2011 Follow-up (PDF, 78KB) and the Year 4 2011-2012 August Program (PDF, 72KB).

Webinars

"Ethics from the Leader Perspective" Dr. Jessica Henderson Daniel addresses the following topics: the differences between ethical choices and legal obligations; the identification of procedural safeguards; conflicts of interest; compensation; and the abuse of power in "Ethics from the Leader Perspective". The webinar aims to outline the issues as well as provide principles and practices that emphasize prevention and decision-making strategies.
"Becoming an APA Leader" Nadine Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, APA Board of Directors, LIWP Executive Committee Member, and Nancy Moore, PhD, APA Governance Office, lead the discussion on the structure, processes, and strategies of APA's governing bodies.
"Women Leaders at the United Nations" Dr. Merry Bullock, Senior Director of the APA International Affairs Office led the discussion on the role of psychology at the United Nations and leadership in the global context.
"Strategic Planning: Setting the Stage" Mr. Jay Younger, Vice President, McKinley Marketing led the discussion of the importance of strategic planning and presented several effective strategic planning strategies.
"Working with You is Killing Me" Drs. Susan McDaniel, PhD, ABPP and Karen F. Wyche, PhD, LIWP Faculty, led the presentation on managing difficult relationships within the workplace.
"Advocacy Training 101" Ms. Krysta Jones, Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer for the PI-GRO, led the presentation on public policy process and lobbying.
"Having Difficult Conversations" Mary Casey Jacob, PhD, LIWP Executive Committee Member, discusses the inevitability of difficult conversations for leaders and the challenges and opportunities these conversations present.

Committees

Participants

2011 Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology: Year 4

Pamela Bacon, PhD College of St. Benedict, St. John’s University	Suzanne Danhauer, PhD Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Tanya D’Avanzo, PhD Private Practice, Hawaii	Lyne Desormeaux, PsyD Corporate Counseling Associates
Anne Dobmeyer, PhD Wright-Patterson Medical Center (WPMC)	Natalie Dong, PhD VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Marya Endriga, PhD California State University	Ann Evangelista, PsyD TalentQuest
Carolyn Fang, PhD Fox Chase Cancer Center	Roseanne Flores, PhD Hunter College of the City Univeristy of New York
Lauren Fox, PhD VA Long Beach Healthcare Systems	Stacey Gedeon, PsyD Mid-Michigan Community Health Service
Kristina Hallet, PhD River Valley Services	Dawn Hughes, PhD Private Practice, New York
Arpana Inman, PhD Lehigh University	Stacey Kaltman, PhD Georgetown University School of Medicine
Laura Lacritz, PhD University of Texas Medical Center at Dallas	Erika Lawrence, PhD University of Iowa
Phi Loan Le, PsyD Santa Ana College	Loretta McGregor, PhD Arkansas State University
Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD Brown University	Robyn Mehlenbeck, PhD George Mason University
Maureen Minarik, PhD Johnson and Wales University	Jeannine Monnier, PhD Private Practice, South Carolina
Carlotta Ocampo, PhD Trinity Washington University	Elizabeth O’Laughlin, PhD Indiana State University
Mary Peterson, PhD George Fox University	Karen Postal, PhD Private Practice, Massachusetts
Lisa Rocchio, PhD Lisa Marie Rocchio PhD & Associates, Inc.	Laura Saunders, PsyD Hartford Hospital/Hartford Healthcare
Elizabeth Schumacher, PhD University of Louisville	Isis Settles, PhD Michigan State University
Cheryl Shigaki, PhD University of Missouri	Lisa Suzuki, PhD New York University
Jennifer Snyder, PhD Central Regional Hospital	Tammi Vacha-Haase, PhD Colorado State University
Lori Waxenberg, PhD University of Florida	Allison Waterworth, PsyD Private Practice, California
Sara Webb, PhD University of Washington	Beryl Wingate, PsyD Wells Fargo
Jennifer Wisdom, PhD Columbia University	Jennifer Woolard, PhD Georgetown University
Tammi Young-Saleme, PhD Nationwide Children’s Hopsital	Jeannine Zoppi, PhD Private Practice, New Jersey

2010 Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology: Year 3

Lisa Barnes, PhD Rush University Medical Center	Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, PhD Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education
Ann Davis, PhD University of Kansas Medical Center	Karol Dean, PhD Mount St. Mary's College
Melanie Domenech-Rodriguez, PhD Utah State University	Katherine DuHamel, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Christine Fiore, PhD University of Montana	Deborah Gerrity, PhD American University of Antigua
Lorna Hernandez-Jarvis, PhD Hope College	Tammy Hughes, PhD Duquesne University
Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, PhD SUNY Fredonia	Debra Kawahara, PhD Alliant International University
Shannon Lynch, PhD Idaho State University	Sherri McCarthy, PhD Northern Arizona University, Yuma
Kathy McCloskey, PhD University of Hartford	Tamera Murdock, PhD University of Missouri-Kansas City
Melanie Page, PhD Oklahoma State University	Fayth Parks, PhD Georgia Southern University
Laurie Roades, PhD California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Kamela Scott, PhD University of Florida, College of Medicine
Denise Sekaquaptewa, PhD University of Michigan	JoNell Strough, PhD West Virginia University
Lisa Sweatt, PhD California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo	Jodie Ullman, PhD California State University, San Bernardino
Wendy Ward-Begnoche, PhD UAMS COM	Debra Zand, PhD University of Missouri-Columbia

2009 Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology: Year 2

Linda Castillo, PhD Texas A&M University	Christine MacDonald, PhD Indiana State University
Linda Flores, PhD University of Missouri	Susan Marcus-Mendoza, PhD University of Oklahoma
Yolanda Garcia, PhD Northern Arizona University	Carmen Poulin, PhD University of New Brunswick
Yo Jackson, PhD University of Kansas	Diane Spangler, PhD Brigham Young University
Sue Jacobs, PhD Oklahoma State University	Pamela Scott-Johnson, PhD Morgan State University
Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD University of California, San Francisco	Jeannie Sperry, PhD West Virginia University
Diane Zelman, PhD Alliant International University

2008 Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology: Year 1

Chana Akins, PhD University of Kentucky	Donna La Voie, PhD Saint Louis University
Lynley Anderman, PhD Ohio State University	Maureen Lyon, PhD Children's National Medical Center
Lamia Barakat, PhD Drexel University	Amy Marcus-Newhall, PhD Scripps College
Lydia Buki, PhD University of Illinois	Jennifer McDowell, PhD University of Georgia
Donna Castaneda, PhD San Diego State University-Imperial Valley	Norweeta Milburn, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Vivian Carlson, PhD Saint Joseph College	Monica Mitchell, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Lori Crosby, PsyD Cincinnati Children's Hospital	Nina Nabors, PhD Walden University
Susan Crowley, PhD Utah State University	Elana Newman, PhD University of Tulsa
Priscilla Dass-Brailsford, PhD Lesley University	Karen O'Brien, PhD University of Maryland
Ramani Durvasula, PhD California State University, Los Angeles	Jacqueline Remondet Wall, PhD University of Indianapolis
Kristina Gordon, PhD University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Tomi-Ann Roberts, PhD Colorado College
Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe, PhD Johns Hopkins University	Lynda Sagrestano, PhD University of Memphis
Karen Ingersoll, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine	Donna Schultheiss, PhD Cleveland Sate University
Tania Israel, PhD University of California Santa Barbara	Jane Simoni, PhD University of Washington
Shelia Kennison, PhD Oklahoma State University	Eileen Zurbriggen, PhD University of Michigan

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