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APA Council Representatives
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APA’s Council of Representatives is comprised of Representatives of Divisions; Representatives of State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Associations (SPTAs); Representatives of Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations (EMPAs) and members of the Board of Directors. Each of the EMPAs is invited to have one seat on Council. The number of representatives each division and SPTA will have on council each year is based on the number of votes each constituency receives through the APA Apportionment Ballot. Currently each division and SPTA has at least one seat on council.
State, Provincial or Territorial Psychological Association Representative(s) To Council
Alabama Psychological Association Kristine Lee Lokken, PhD
Alaska Psychological Association Joel B. Wieman, PhD
Psychologists Association of Alberta Kerry James Mothersill, PhD
Arizona Psychological Association Tamara Causey, PhD

Arkansas Psychological Association

Khiela Holmes, PhD
British Columbia Psychological Association Erika Horwitz, PhD
California Psychological Association Edward P. Shafranske, PhD

Colorado Psychological Association

LaDarion Ammons, JD
Connecticut Psychological Association Elizabeth I. Rathbun, PsyD
Delaware Psychological Association Barbara D. Giardina, PhD
District of Columbia Psychological Association David Thomas Goode-Cross, PhD
Florida Psychological Association Christiane BlancoOilar, PhD
Georgia Psychological Association Laura J. Dilly, PhD
Guam Psychological Association Angela Jane Laygo, PsyD
Hawaii Psychological Association Larry C. James, PhD
Idaho Psychological Association Linda C. Hatzenbuehler, PhD
Illinois Psychological Association Laura L. Faynor-Ciha, PhD
Indiana Psychological Association Jill C. Fodstad, PhD
Iowa Psychological Association Paul Lawrence Ascheman, MS
Kansas Psychological Association Jason Malousek, PsyD
Kentucky Psychological Association David Hague, PhD
Louisiana Psychological Association Fernando Pastrana, PhD
Maine Psychological Association Mary P. Donahue, PhD
Manitoba Psychological Society Jeffery Allen Harvey, PsyD

Maryland Psychological Association

Taylor Dickerson, BA
Massachusetts Psychological Association Lorraine Mangione, PhD
Michigan Psychological Association Brittany N. Barber Garcia, PhD
Minnesota Psychological Association Shannon Goecke-Watson, PsyD
Mississippi Psychological Association Cynthia Windham Karlson, PhD
Missouri Psychological Association Melanie M. VanDyke, PhD
Montana Psychological Association Arlis Wood, PhD
Nebraska Psychological Association Shawn Curtis, PsyD
Nevada Psychological Association Lauren Elise Chapple, PhD
New Hampshire Psychological Association Jessica Leonard, PhD
New Jersey Psychological Association Morgan J. Murray Jr, PhD
New Mexico Psychological Association Taryn Elizabeth Goff-Mehojah, PsyD
New York State Psychological Association Susan C. Warshaw, EdD
North Carolina Psychological Association J. Travis Colwell, PhD
North Dakota Psychological Association Heidi K Jensen, PhD
Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia Jacqueline Cohen, PhD
Ohio Psychological Association Elizabeth M. Harris, PhD
Oklahoma Psychological Association Amanda S. Cherry, PhD
Ontario Psychological Association Ester Cole, PhD
Oregon Psychological Association Martha E. Villegas-Gutierrez, PhD
Pennsylvania Psychological Association Jeanne M. Slattery, PhD
Asociacion de Psicologos de Puerto Rico Aida L. Jimenez Torres, PhD
Ordre des Psychologues du Quebec Eddy Larouche, PhD
Rhode Island Psychological Association Karen J. Gieseke, PhD
South Carolina Psychological Association Monica K Wright, PsyD
South Dakota Psychological Association Kari Ann Scovel-Hendrickson, PhD
Tennessee Psychological Association Mary Elizabeth Payne, PhD
Texas Psychological Association Megan A. Mooney, PhD
Utah Psychological Association Janiece Lynn Pompa, PhD
Vermont Psychological Association Richard T Barnett, PsyD
Association of Virgin Islands Psychologists Angelina J. Prince, PhD
Virginia Psychological Association Jennifer Kim Penberthy, PhD, ABPP

Washington DCPA

LaDarion Ammons, JD
Washington State Psychological Association Sonia Venkatraman, PhD
West Virginia Psychological Association Brittany Elizabeth Canady, PhD
Wisconsin Psychological Association Kim Skerven, PhD, ABPP
Wyoming Psychological Association Barbara Ziegler, PhD
Last updated: February 2026Date created: 2011