Policy and Planning Board

The Policy and Planning Board shall be selected to represent the range of active interests within the association. The Policy and Planning Board's function shall be the consideration of current and long-range policy. As a continuing body, it shall recommend to the members, Board of Directors and Council such changes in existing policy and such extensions or restrictions of the functions of the association, its divisions or state/provincial territorial psychological associations as are consonant with the purposes of the association. The Policy and Planning Board shall report annually by the publication of a report to the membership. It shall review the structure and function of the Association as a whole in every fifth year and shall make recommendations by written report to Council and by publication to the association.

Abby Green (emailopens in new window)

• 2026 Chair: Randy White, PhD (2024–26)
• 2026 Chair-elect:  Theopia Jackson, PhD (2025–27)
• Violet Cheung, PhD (2024–26)
• Peter Sheras, PhD, ABPP (2024–26)
• Susan Opotow, PhD (2025–27)
• Renee Beach, Graduate Student (2025–27)
• Julie Radico, PsyD, ABPP (2025–27)
• Tammy Hughes, PhD, ABPP (2026–28)
• Blanka Angyal, PhD (2026–28)
• Joe Coyne, PhD (2026–28)

• 2024: Policy and Planning Board Annual Report (PDF, 134KB)opens in new window

• 2023: Five Year Policy Review, Self-Study Work, and Organizational Change (PDF, 160KB)opens in new window

• 2022: Re-envisioning Governance: Concerns and Next Steps (PDF, 600KB)opens in new window

  • Looking Forward: Re-envisioning Council (PDF, 349KB)opens in new window
  • Changes to APA Council: Historical Overview (PDF, 121KB)opens in new window

• 2021: Policy & Planning Board Recommendations for Maximizing Liaison Relationships (PDF, 167KB)opens in new window

• 2020: Self-Assessment Based Review of APA Governance (PDF, 219KB)opens in new window

• 2019: Re-envisioning the APA Council as a Diverse Governing Body Designed for Policy Development (PDF, 567KB)opens in new window

  • 2021 Update to the Policy and Planning Board 2019 Report (PDF, 325KB)opens in new window

• 2018: Policy and Planning Board’s Self-Study as a Model for Reviewing APA Governance (PDF, 215KB)opens in new window

• 2017: APA in a Period of Transformation and a Role for the Policy and Planning Board (PDF, 190KB)opens in new window

• 2016: Organizational Challenges, Resilience and Healing (PDF, 428KB)opens in new window

• 2015: Responding to Change in a Challenging Climate (Five-year report, PDF, 127KB)opens in new window

• 2014: APA Guidelines Awareness and Utilization: A First Look (PDF, 114KB)opens in new window

• 2013: APA Guidelines: Their Importance and a Plan to Keep Them Current (PDF, 120KB)opens in new window

• 2012: Maximizing Engagement in the American Psychological Association and Its Affiliated Professional Associations (PDF, 88KB)opens in new window

• 2011: Making APA Into a Data-Driven Organization (PDF, 110KB)opens in new window

• 2010: The Road to Remarkable: Directed by Vision, Driven by Strength (Five-year report, PDF, 97KB)opens in new window

Find earlier reports of the Policy and Planning Board.

• 2024 Virtual Meeting Minutes (PDF, 245KB)opens in new window

• 2023 Virtual Meeting Minutes (PDF, 171KB)opens in new window

• 2022 Virtual Meeting Minutes (PDF, 172KB)opens in new window

• 2021 Virtual Meeting Minutes (PDF, 310KB)opens in new window

• 2021 Spring Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 127KB)opens in new window

• 2021 Fall Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 109KB)opens in new window

• 2020 Fall Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 152KB)opens in new window

• 2020 Spring Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 182KB)opens in new window

• 2020 Virtual Meeting Minutes (PDF, 156KB)opens in new window

• 2019 Fall Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 179KB)opens in new window

• 2019 Spring Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 128KB)opens in new window

• 2019 Virtual Meeting Minutes (PDF, 157KB)opens in new window

• 2018 Spring Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 233KB)opens in new window

• 2018 Fall Consolidated Meeting Minutes (PDF, 336KB)opens in new window

• 2018 Virtual Meeting Minutes (PDF, 215KB)opens in new window