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Board of Educational Affairs

Board of Educational Affairs

The APA Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) has the primary responsibility for recommending policy regarding APA educational and training affairs to the APA Board of Directors and Council of Representatives.

Mission and purpose

  • Recommend policy regarding APA educational and training affairs

  • Recommend to the Board of Directors and Council of Representatives changes to their programs and operational priorities which would allow APA to take a national leadership role in the educational arena.

  • Serve a consultative and advisory role with respect to ongoing planning and operations of the Education Directorate, in consultation with its executive director.

  • Ensure the importance of and commitment to diversity in education and training in all its activities and initiatives.

Membership

  • BEA consists of 13 members of the association and may include up to five external participants. External participants are appointed to provide BEA with the benefit of expertise in a variety of areas that may not exist within the BEA membership in a given year.

  • Members serve for staggered three-year terms; external participants are appointed to serve for one year but may be reappointed for up to three years.

  • Three BEA members are nominated by the appropriate governance group of the Practice, Public Interest, and Science directorates.

BEA typically meets in person once a year in the spring and meets via Zoom videoconference throughout the year. Discussions over email take place in between meetings.

Staff liaison

Jessica Hopey (email)

Members

  • 2025 Chair: Peggy Brady-Amoon, PhD (2023–25)
  • Karen E. Brakke, PhD (2024–26)
  • Tim A. Cavell, PhD (2024–26)
  • Cynthia Cornejo, PsyD (2025–27)
  • Janelle Farias, MA (2025-2027)
  • Roseanne Flores, PhD (2025–27)
  • Kim A. Gorgens, PhD (2024–26)
  • Michele Gregoire Gill, PhD (2025–27)
  • Annette Kluck, PhD (2025–27)
  • Laura L. Koppes Bryan, PhD (2023–25)
  • Laurie “Lali” D. McCubbin, PhD (2024–26)
  • Samuel D. McQuillin, PhD (2023–25)
  • Jenni L. Redifer, PhD (2023–25)

Annual reports

Meeting minutes

Groups reporting to APA Board of Directors

Groups reporting to BEA

Task forces and workgroups reporting to BEA

Last updated: December 2024Date created: 2008