APA President: Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, ABPP
APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology
In recognition of the commitment to supporting, empowering, and preparing women psychologists to strive for leadership roles and strengthen the field of psychology.
Kimberly Balsam, PhD
For exceptional leadership as a researcher, clinician, mentor and servant to professional societies.
Lula Beatty, PhD
for her leadership in increasing our understanding of health disparities, increasing diversity in research and programming, mentorship of students and other professionals, and developing linkages with other health organizations and agencies.
Richard and Marianne Benkert Sipe
For their lifelong commitment and devotion to making the world a safer place for all children.
Paul Berman, PhD
For his long, skillful and humble service to psychology, especially the psychologists of Maryland.
Sharon L. Berry, PhD, ABPP
For her leadership, service and advocacy to improve the education and training of psychologists and improve the health and well-being of children, veterans and their families.
Bruce Bongar, PhD, ABPP, FACLP, CPsychol, CSci
For his impressive clinical, research and teaching career focused on the most vulnerable in our society, especially impoverished and underserved populations.
Loretta Braxton, PhD
For her unwavering dedication to developing psychologists and to serving veterans and for standing as a shining example of the values of mentorship and public service in psychology
Heather Bullock, PhD
for her contributions to the field of psychology through research, teaching, and public engagement on the social and psychological dimensions of poverty and economic (in)justice.
Alette C. Coble-Temple, PsyD
For her leadership, service and advocacy to improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Alberto Figueroa-Garcia, EdD, MBA
This posthumous citation celebrates Figueroa-Garcia’s distinguished career at the APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) and we commend him for his tireless dedication to the advancement of psychology as it relates to culture, ethnicity and the inclusion of persons of color in the field and practice of psychology.
Manuel Garcia, PhD
For his use of technology to improve the mental health services provided veterans and for his long service to the Veterans Administration.
Eleanor F. Gil-Kashiwabara, PsyD
For her long history of working with marginalized communities impacted by poverty.
Joanne Hands, PhD
for her visionary leadership, tireless promotion of the important role of psychology for all, and elevation of the profession in the Middle East region.
Candice Nicole Hargons, PhD
For her deep commitment, courageous engagement, unrelenting outreach and remarkable skills in pressing forward social justice agendas in psychology; for her clear articulation of the numerous leadership roles psychology can take in reducing violence towards Black communities; for her social justice research focused on sex positive health and the dissemination of these efforts to reach individuals and communities.
Barbara Henley, PhD
For her life dedicated to improving the lives of the next generation and to ensuring that students, especially students of color, had access to and success in higher education.
Martin Y. Iguchi, PhD
For his leadership in academia and the private sector, extensive history of service to APA, strong publication record with acknowledged social impact, and a significant record of providing services and advocacy for at-risk populations.
Debra Kawahara, PhD
For her mentorship, leadership, scholarship and service.
Jennifer F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP
For her outstanding service to the profession of psychology.
Nanci Klein, PhD
For being a visible presence at many State Leadership Conferences and Practice Leadership Conferences in her role as Government Relations grassroots field coordinator.
Ilan H. Meyer, PhD
For his extraordinary contributions to psychological science and public health, toward understanding and improving the lives of sexual and gender minority people.
Helen Neville, PhD
For elucidating greater awareness of the costs of racism.
Mary Peterson, PhD
for her tireless efforts and extensive leadership providing equitable psychological services to at-risk communities, especially in rural areas.
Maria Luisa Ramirez, PhD
For her extraordinary contributions to international psychology, notably for her tireless leadership, collaborative spirit, insightful understanding and energetic engagement in support of advancement of the field throughout the Latin American region.
Glenda Russell, PhD
For her research, clinical work, community service and mentorship to other professionals.
Francisco J. Sánchez, PhD
For his steadfast commitment to advancing psychology’s values of diversity and social justice through his research, teaching and professional service.
Sandra Elizabeth Luna Sánchez, PhD
For her work on understanding and empowering all people in Latin America, especially in her home country of Guatemala, has helped reconceptualize gender roles both for men and women.
Paula R. Skedsvold, JD, PhD
For her leadership in advocacy for psychological science and its applications.
Tracey Smith, PhD
For her leadership, service and advocacy to improve the lives of our nation’s military veterans.
Elisabeth Straus
For her wise and passionate leadership of the American Psychological Foundation, spurring its growth and contributing to the transformation of the future of psychology.
Teri L. Strong, PhD
For her passion and drive to remove barriers to care and to increase access to care, for her work with early career psychologists who wish to treat within a mission-driven integrated care model, and for being a mentor to so many others.
Nneka Jones Tapia, PsyD
For her work as an extraordinary clinical psychologist, passionate about mental wellness, criminal justice reform and supporting young people who have experienced trauma.
Bethany A. Teachman, PhD
For her leadership in advancing evidence-based practice in psychology and in applying technology to mental health research and practice.
Walter Bruce Walsh, PhD
For exceptional leadership in the field of counseling psychology, especially career development and assessment, as a researcher, mentor, journal founder and editor, and as a leader in professional organizations.