The Office of Strategic Relations and Leadership aligns efforts between governance, staff, and practice partners to lead the profession forward. Together, we define the future of psychology practice in every setting where psychologists work.
APA Governance groups and practice partners:
Email contact: Maddie Boening
Robin McLeod, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
Senior Director of Strategic Relations and Leadership
Robin McLeod joined APA staff in July 2023 following many years building her solo practice in Minnesota into a behavioral health clinic with six locations across the Twin Cities including financially self-sustainable integrated care programs embedded within primary care pediatric clinics, and building a doctoral psychology internship training program that was granted initial accreditation for 10 years just months before McLeod left that practice to join APA staff. McLeod also was on the ground floor of building a management services organization in Minnesota to provide a vehicle for psychologists in independent practice to work in integrated medical settings, maintain viable specialty care practices, negotiate for higher reimbursement rates with payers, and track psychotherapy outcomes to prove the efficacy of their work. McLeod completed her doctoral degree in counseling psychology at the University of Minnesota. In addition to her role on APA staff, McLeod is an item-writer for the EPPP-Part 2, leading the Item Development Committee—Domain 2 (Adult Assessment) and is a member of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards Examination Stakeholder Technical Advisory Group. Her past APA governance roles include chair of the Board of Professional Affairs(2022), president of APA Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice, 2023), Minnesota Representative to the Council of Representatives, secretary of APA Division 31 (State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs, 2018–20), and chair of the Committee of State Leaders (2020). Past leadership roles in Minnesota include serving on the Minnesota licensure board as member and chair (2017–23) and as president of the Minnesota Psychological Association (2016).
Connie Galietti, JD
Managing Director of State Engagement
Galietti joined APA in 2014 after having served a decade as executive director and registered lobbyist for the Florida Psychological Association. In her role at APA, she works with staff and volunteer leaders in the 60 affiliate state, provincial, and territorial psychological associations to support and align efforts to advance and protect the profession. She provides guidance on association management and board issues and consults with APA members on practice issues, including record-keeping, insurance audits, patient confidentiality and HIPAA, and responding to subpoenas. Galietti holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and earned her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Indiana University in Indianapolis.
Madeline (Maddie) Boening
Program Director, State Leadership Operations
Boening leads programs and services for APA’s 60 state, provincial, and territorial psychological association affiliates and also manages several aspects of the annual Practice Leadership Conference. Boening has a background in business operations and program management. Her work at APA includes the Small State Operational Grant Program, providing staffing and resources for the Council of Executives of State and Provincial Psychological Associations, develops budgets, analyzes financial data, and makes budgetary recommendations for all Office of Strategic Relations and Leadership programs, and other initiatives related to the Office of Strategic Relations and Leadership.