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Members of the APA Council of Representatives

The Council of Representatives is the legislative body of APA and has full power and authority over the affairs and funds of the association within the limitations set by the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, including the power to review, upon its own initiative, the actions of any board, committee, division or affiliated organization.

Council is comprised of Representatives of Divisions; Representatives of State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Associations (SPTAs); Representatives of Ethnic Psychological Associations (EPAs) and the members of the Board of Directors.

Sawssan R. Ahmed

Sawssan R. Ahmed, PhD

Represents
American Arab, Middle Eastern and North African Psychological Association

Term

2024 – 2026


Erin Alexander, PsyD

Represents
Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice)

Term

2026 – 2028


Carolyn Allard

Carolyn Allard, PhD, ABPP

Represents
Division 56 (Trauma Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Rhonda Allen

Rhonda B. Allen, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2026


Other Memberships

Bill Altman, PhD

Represents
Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Erin Elizabeth Andrews, PsyD

Represents
Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Ximena B. Arriaga, PhD

Represents
Division 8 (Society of Personality and Social Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Paul Lawrence Ascheman

Paul Lawrence Ascheman, MS

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships

Kara Beaudry Ayers, PhD

Represents
Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Lamia Bagasrawala, MA

Represents
Council Representative from APAGS

Term

2026 – 2026


Aldo M. Barrita

Aldo M. Barrita, PhD

Represents
National Latinx Psychological Association

Term

2026 – 2028


Joaquin Borrego Jr, PhD

Represents
Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Ronald T. Brown

Ronald T. Brown, PhD

Represents
Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

Sara Buckingham, PhD

Represents
Division 27 (Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Merry Bullock

Merry Bullock, PhD

Represents
Division 52 (Society for Global Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships
  • Division 1 (Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)
  • Division 3 (Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science)
  • Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
  • Division 8 (Society of Personality and Social Psychology)
  • Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
  • Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)
  • Division 52 (Society for Global Psychology)
Eric M Butter, PhD

Eric M. Butter, PhD

Represents
Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships
  • Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Erika Ann Rouse Carr

Erika Ann Rouse Carr, PhD

Represents
Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Mary Louise Cashel

Mary Louise Cashel, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2026


Other Memberships

Michelle Casimir, PsyD

Represents
Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service)

Term

2025 – 2027


Grace Caskie

Grace I. L. Caskie, PhD

Represents
Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging)

Term

2026 – 2028


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Georgia T. Chao, PhD

Represents
Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships
Marilyn Charles

Marilyn Charles, PhD

Represents
Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships

Erin K Chiou, PhD

Represents
Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Scott Churchill

Scott D. Churchill, PhD

Represents
Division 24 (Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
  • Division 1 (Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)
  • Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
  • Division 5 (Division for Quantitative and Qualitative Methods)
  • Division 19 (Society for Military Psychology)
  • Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology)
  • Division 24 (Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology)
  • Division 26 (Society for the History of Psychology)
  • Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology)
  • Division 34 (Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology)
  • Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)
  • Division 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology Division)
  • Division 56 (Trauma Psychology)
J. Travis Colwell, PhD

J. Travis Colwell, PhD

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
Joseph Comaty

Joseph Comaty, PhD

Represents
Division 55 (Society for Prescribing Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Helen Coons

Helen L. Coons, PhD, ABPP

Represents
Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships

Jennifer M. Cooper, PhD

Represents
Division 16 (School Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships
Erica Dawson

Erica Dawson, PhD

Represents
Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Andrew Delamater, PhD

Represents
Division 3 (Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science)

Term

2026 – 2028


Ale DeSilva, PsyD

Represents
Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy)

Term

2026 – 2028


Milo Dodson, PhD

Represents
Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Jordan Dunn, PhD

Represents
Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)

Term

2026 – 2028


Kritika Dwivedi

Kritika Dwivedi, PsyD

Represents
Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)

Term

2024 – 2026


Rachael Ellison

Rachael L. Ellison, PhD

Represents
Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Arthur C. Evans, Jr., PhD BOD

Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD

Represents

Term

2022 – 2027


Other Memberships
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Cathy Lee Faye, PhD

Represents
Division 26 (Society for the History of Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2026


Other Memberships
Laura Faynor-Ciha

Laura L. Faynor-Ciha, PhD

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
June E Feder, PhD

June E. Feder, PhD

Represents
Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

Carla Marie Firetto, PhD

Represents
Division 15 (Educational Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Jill C. Fodstad, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships

John Robert Fraser, PhD

Represents
Division 34 (Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Sarah Landau Friedman, PhD

Sarah Landau Friedman, PhD

Represents
Division 1 (Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
  • Division 1 (Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)
  • Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
  • Division 19 (Society for Military Psychology)
  • Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder)
  • Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology)
Milton A. Fuentes

Milton A. Fuentes, PsyD

Represents
Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)

Term

2026 – 2028


Ellen Furlong, PhD

Represents
Division 6 (Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Luz Maria Garcini, PhD

Represents
Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Brandon Gaudiano, PhD

Represents
Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Kurt F. Geisinger

Kurt F. Geisinger, PhD

Represents
Division 5 (Division for Quantitative and Qualitative Methods)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

Elizabeth A. Getzoff, PhD

Represents
Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


David Goode-Cross

David Thomas Goode-Cross, PhD

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
  • Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)
  • Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy)
  • Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)

Kalyani Gopal, PhD

Represents
Division 56 (Trauma Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Jennifer Leigh Groscup, PhD

Represents
Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society)

Term

2024 – 2026


Lara Guzman-Hosta, PsyD

Represents
Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society)

Term

2026 – 2028


Catherine Haden

Catherine A. Haden, PhD

Represents
Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Duke Han

Duke Han, PhD

Represents
Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Douglas M. Hankes, PhD

Represents
Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Sarah Herrmann, PhD

Represents
Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)

Term

2026 – 2028


Chuck Hollister, PhD

Chuck Hollister, PhD

Represents
Division 31 (State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Timothy Von Hoyt

Timothy Von Hoyt, PhD

Represents
Division 19 (Society for Military Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
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Tammy L. Hughes, PhD, ABPP

Represents
Division 16 (School Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships

Stephen Daniel Hupp, PhD

Represents
Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Theopia Jackson

Theopia Jackson, PhD

Represents
Division 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships
Larry C. James

Larry C. James, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Shannon Sheehan Jennings

Shannon Sheehan Jennings, PsyD

Represents
Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Gihane Jeremie-Brink

Gihane Jeremie-Brink, PhD

Represents
Division 43 (Society for Couple and Family Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Aida L. Jimenez Torres, PhD

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

Monica J. Johnson, PhD

Represents
Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Jermaine Jones

Jermaine Jones, PhD

Represents

Term

2025 – 2027


Mira Jourdan

Mira Charlotte Jourdan, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
  • Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
  • Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology)
  • Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)
Christina Kapalu

Christina Low Kapalu, PhD

Represents
Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Debra M. Kawahara, PhD

Debra M. Kawahara, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2026


Other Memberships

Tess Kilwein, PhD

Represents
Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Norman Kim

Norman Kim, PhD

Represents
Asian American Psychological Association

Term

2025 – 2027


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Elizabeth A. Klonoff, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Margaret Bull Kovera, PhD

Margaret Bull Kovera, PhD

Represents

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships
  • Division 1 (The Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)
  • Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
  • Division 3 (Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science)
  • Division 8 (Society of Personality and Social Psychology)
  • Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)
  • Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology)
  • Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
  • Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society)
  • Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice)
  • Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)
Elizabeth M. Kryszak

Elizabeth M. Kryszak, PhD

Represents
Division 25 (Behavior Analysis)

Term

2024 – 2026


Angela Jane Laygo, PsyD

Represents
Guam Psychological Association

Term

2024 – 2026


Jarod Leffler

Jarrod Leffler, PhD

Represents
Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Jioni Agene Lewis, PhD

Represents
Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Bruce Steven Liese

Bruce Steven Liese, PhD, ABPP

Represents
Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

Dan Livney, PsyD

Represents
Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)

Term

2024 – 2026


Kristine Lee Lokken

Kristine Lee Lokken, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Lisa Lombard

Lisa S. Lombard, PhD

Represents
Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
Elizabeth Louis

Elizabeth Louis, PhD

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Rodney L. Lowman

Rodney L. Lowman, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
  • Division 1 (Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)
  • Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts)
  • Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)
  • Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology)
  • Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)
  • Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)
  • Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)
  • Division 52 (Society for Global Psychology)

Julia Maietta, PhD

Represents
Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Almas Merchant, PhD

Represents
Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

Cindy L. Miller-Perrin, PhD

Represents
Division 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
  • Division 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice)

Cynthia Mohr, PhD

Represents
Division 8 (Society of Personality and Social Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Kyla R Molina, PsyD

Represents
Society of Indian Psychologists

Term

2026 – 2028


Karen Naufel

Karen Naufel, PhD

Represents
Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


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Elizabeth Nutt Williams, PhD

Represents
Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Tiffany Oshaughnessy

Tiffany Ann O'Shaughnessy, PhD

Represents
Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)

Term

2026 – 2028


Innocent Okozi

Innocent Francis Okozi, PhD

Represents
Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality)

Term

2024 – 2026


Bradley David Olson, PhD

Represents
Division 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology Division)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
  • Division 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology Division)
  • Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology)

David William Pantalone, PhD

Represents
Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)

Term

2025 – 2027


Lindsay Patterson

Lindsay Patterson, PhD

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Jennifer Kim Penberthy, PhD, ABPP

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
Ryan Pickering

Ryan Pickering, PhD

Represents
Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)

Term

2025 – 2027


Janiece Lynn Pompa

Janiece Lynn Pompa, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Nelida Quintero

Nelida Quintero, PhD

Represents
Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts)

Term

2026 – 2028


Julie A. Radico, PsyD

Represents
Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Linda A. Reddy

Linda A. Reddy, PhD

Represents
Division 16 (School Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
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Roni Reiter-Palmon, PhD

Represents
Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
  • Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts)
  • Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)

Amy L. Reynolds, PhD

Represents
Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Douglas Reynolds

Douglas H. Reynolds, PhD

Represents
Division 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Grant J Rich, PhD

Represents
Division 46 (Society for Media Psychology and Technology)

Term

2026 – 2028


David Paul Rivera

David Paul Rivera, PhD

Represents
Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
  • Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)
Dinelia Rosa

Dinelia Rosa, PhD

Represents
Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships

Kathleen Rudasill, PhD

Represents
Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Randall T. Salekin

Randall T. Salekin, PhD

Represents
Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Amy Schmidt

Amy Elizabeth Schmidt, PhD

Represents
Division 5 (Division for Quantitative and Qualitative Methods)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

Theresa M Schultz, PhD

Represents
Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice)

Term

2026 – 2028


Diana Selmeczy, PhD

Represents
Division 3 (Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science)

Term

2026 – 2028


Edward P. Shafranske, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Nancy M. Sidun

Nancy M. Sidun, PsyD, ABPP

Represents
Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
Daniel Singley, PhD, ABPP

Daniel Singley, PhD, ABPP

Represents
Division 51opens in new window (Society for the Psychology of Men and Masculinities)

Term

2026 – 2028


Mark Sirkin, PhD

Represents
Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Stacie Spencer, PhD

Represents
Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2026


Mark A. Staal

Mark A. Staal, PhD

Represents
Division 19 (Society for Military Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Maggie Lee Syme, PhD, MPH

Represents
Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships

April Zabrina Taylor, PhD

Represents
Division 15 (Educational Psychology)

Term

2026 – 2028


Theresa Clement Tisdale

Theresa Clement Tisdale, PhD

Represents
Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality)

Term

2025 – 2027


Yuying Tsong

Yuying Tsong, PhD

Represents
Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)

Term

2025 – 2027


Erlanger A. Turner, PhD

Represents
Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)

Term

2024 – 2026


Ana Urena Rosario

Ana Urena Rosario, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2026


Virginia Ann Waldorf

Virginia Ann Waldorf, PhD

Represents
Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology)

Term

2025 – 2027


Other Memberships
Sherry C. Wang

Sherry C. Wang, PhD

Represents
Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)

Term

2026 – 2028


Susan C. Warshaw

Susan C. Warshaw, EdD

Represents

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
Joel B. Wieman

Joel B. Wieman, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
Amy M. Williams

Amy M. Williams, PhD

Represents
Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology)

Term

2024 – 2026


Other Memberships
Linda M. Woolf

Linda M. Woolf, PhD

Represents

Term

2026 – 2026


Other Memberships
  • Division 1 (Society for General Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)
  • Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
  • Division 8 (Society of Personality and Social Psychology)
  • Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)
  • Division 26 (Society for the History of Psychology)
  • Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
  • Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)
  • Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race)
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Jeffrey N. Younggren, PhD

Represents
Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy)

Term

2026 – 2028


Other Memberships
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