Public Education Coordinators (PEC) and State Executive Directors (ED)
Together, APA and the YMCA are offering strategies and tools for addressing unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors that contribute to chronic conditions and help parents increase family motivation toward healthier choices.
With more than 2,600 YMCAs in America, serving more than 20 million people, APA can directly connect psychologists to the public.
For information on working with the YMCA, please contact your public education coordinator (PEC) or your state executive director (ED) listed below.
Alabama
PEC:
Linda G Alverson-Eiland, PhD
ED:
Kelley Durrance
Alaska
PEC:
Mark Smedley, EdD
ED:
Christine M. Sam, MS
Arizona
PEC:
Al Rizzo, PhD
ED:
Dianne Fitzgerald-Verbonitz, RN, MA
Arkansas
PEC:
James Long, PhD
ED:
Anne Fuller
California
PEC:
Michael G. Ritz, PhD
ED:
Jo Linder-Crow, PhD
Colorado
PEC:
Stephanie S. Smith, PsyD
ED:
Karen Wojdyla
Connecticut
PEC:
Elaine Ducharme, PhD
EDs:
Tricia Priebe
Lisa Winkler
Delaware
ED:
Bill Mentzer
District of Columbia
ED:
David White, CAE
Florida
PEC:
Regina Mendoza, PsyD, PA
ED:
Connie Galietti, JD
Georgia
PEC:
Angela Londoño-McConnell, PhD
ED:
Kathie Garland
Hawaii
PEC:
June W. J. Ching, PhDl
ED:
Melissa Pavlicek, JD
Idaho
PEC:
Amy S. Walters, PhD
ED:
Deborah Katz
Illinois
PEC:
Nancy Molitor, PhD
ED:
Terrence J. Koller, PhD
Indiana
PEC:
Julie Steck, PhD, HSPP
ED:
Susan McMahon
Iowa
PEC:
Don C. Damsteegt, PhD
ED:
Carmella Schultes
Kansas
ED:
Sherry Reisman
Kentucky
PEC:
Patrick Pössel, DSc
ED:
Lisa Willner
Louisiana
PEC:
Sherry Kaye Desselle, PhD
ED:
Gail Lowe, CMP
Maine
PEC:
Ronald L Breazeale, PhD
ED:
Sheila Comerford
Maryland
PEC:
Mary K. Alvord, PhD
ED:
Judith DeVito
Massachusetts
ED:
Elena J. Eisman, EdD
Michigan
ED:
Judith Kovach, PhD
Minnesota
PEC:
Deborah E. Fisher, PsyD
ED:
David Ewald, CAE
Mississippi
PEC:
Suzanne Jourdan, PhD
ED:
Tracey Curtis
Missouri
PEC:
John Howell, PsyD
ED:
Ellen McLean, MA, MBA
Montana
PEC:
Sandra L Micken, PhD
ED:
Marti Wangen
Nebraska
Nevada
PEC:
Leanne Louise Earnest, PhD
ED:
Wendi O’Conner
New Hampshire
PEC:
Dawn A. Huebner, PhD
ED:
Kathryn E. Saylor, PsyD
New Jersey
PEC:
Rosalind S. Dorlen, PsyD
New Mexico
PEC:
Rex Swanda
ED:
Amelia Myer
New York
PEC:
Peter Steve Kanaris, PhD
ED:
Tracy Russell, CAE
North Carolina
ED:
Sally R. Cameron
North Dakota
PEC:
Mark J. Doerner, PhD
ED:
Bonnie Staiger
Ohio
PEC:
Kathleen Ashton, PhD
ED:
Michael O. Ranney, MPA
Oklahoma
PEC:
Teri Bourdeau, PhD
ED:
Richard Hess, CAE
Oregon
PEC:
Wendy Bourg Ransford, PhD
ED:
Sandra Fisher, CAE
Pennsylvania
PECs:
Marti Evans
David J. Palmiter Jr., PhD
ED:
Thomas H. DeWall, CAE
Puerto Rico
PEC:
Aris A. Román Silva, PhD
ED:
Nardelis Soto
Rhode Island
PEC:
Leslie Feil
ED:
Jack Hutson
South Carolina
PEC:
Jennifer White-Baughan, PhD
ED:
Leigh-Ann McCune
South Dakota
ED:
Michael L. Wyland
Tennessee
PEC:
Sarah Kathryn Steele, PsyD
ED:
Connie S. Paul, PhD
Texas
PEC:
Kay D. Allensworth, PhD
ED:
David White, CAE
Utah
PEC:
Jane M. Blackwell, PhD
ED:
Teresa Bruce
Vermont
ED:
Rosanna Lak
Virgin Islands
PEC:
Angela Adams, PhD
ED:
Sheena Walker, PhD
Virginia
PECs:
Phyllis R Koch-Sheras, PhD
Robin Haight, PsyD
ED:
Bruce Keeney
Washington
PEC:
E.B. Vance, PhD
ED:
Douglas M. Wear, PhD
West Virginia
ED:
Diane Slaughter, CAE
Wisconsin
PEC:
Al Bellg, PhD
ED:
Sarah Bowen
Wyoming
ED:
Leslie Shivers
