2024 Board of Directors
To contact any Board member, please email info@pedpsych.org and we will get you in touch with that person!
Officers
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Cynthia Gerhardt, PhD
President
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
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Melissa Santos, PhD
Past President
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, CT
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Jessica Valenzuela, PhD
President Elect
Nova Southeastern University
Weston, Florida
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Gayle Chesley, PhD
Treasurer (2023-2025)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
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Tammi Young-Saleme, PhD
Secretary (2022-2024)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
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SUNNYE MAYES, PhD, ABPP
Member at Large (2023-2025) Continuing Education
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
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Christina Low Kapalu, PhD
Member at Large (2022-2024) Diversity
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
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Ana Diaz-LePage, PhD
Member at Large (2024-2026) Membership
Children’s National Health System Nemours Children's Health
Wilmington, DE
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Megan Cohen, PhD
Member at Large (2022-2024) Student/Trainee Development
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
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Terry Stancin, PhD, ABPP
APA Council Representative (2019-2024)
MetroHealth
Cleveland, OH
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Idia Thurston, PhD
APA Council Representative (2022-2024)
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Appointed Members
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Perry A. Catlin, MS
Student Representative (2023-2024)
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
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Avani Modi, PhD
JPP Editor (2023-2027)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
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Christina Duncan, PhD
CPPP Editor (2023-2027)
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
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Anne Kazak, PhD, ABPP
Historian
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
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Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD
APA Program Chair (2024)
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Siddika Mulchan, PsyD
APA Program Co-Chair (2024)
Connecticut Children's Hospital
Hartford, CT
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Naadira Upshaw, PhD, ABPP
SPPAC Program Chair (2024)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
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Lauren Harrison, PHD
SPPAC Program Co-Chair (2024)
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA