Richard Plenty, PhD, and Terri Morrissey, MBA, were awarded a 2022 Presidential Citation for their ceaseless generosity in sharing their Industrial-Organizational psychological skills to advance the cause of global psychology.
Plenty and Morrissey facilitated the first International Summit on Psychology and Global Health: A Leader in Climate Action in 2019 and have continued to play leadership roles in the Global Psychology Alliance (GPA) since that event. They have provided meaningful, effective support to advance the work of the Alliance, writing updates and summary reports, actively contributing to meetings, and creating and implementing strategic plans for global psychology. They will reprise their facilitatory role at the 2022 International Summit on Psychology and Global Health: Leadership for Emerging Challenges in Bogota, Colombia.
Plenty and Morrissey have paid particular attention to climate change, where Plenty contributed invaluable expertise to the APA Climate Change Task Force, culminating in the influential Task force report Addressing the Climate Crisis: An Action Plan for Psychologists. Both Plenty and Morrissey were also part of the GPA delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, where they educated global decision-makers on the value of psychological science in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
In recognition of their leadership in advancing global psychology, I am pleased to present Plenty and Morrissey with this Presidential Citation.