2025 Board of Directors
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Officers
JESSICA VALENZUELA, PHD, ABPP
President (2025)
Nova Southeastern University
Westin, FL
CYNTHIA GERHARDT, PhD
Past President (2025)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
LORI E. CROSBY, PSYD
President-Elect (2025)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Gayle Chesley, PhD
Treasurer (2023-2025)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Tammi Young-Saleme, PhD
Secretary (2022-2025)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
ANA DIAZ-LEPAGE, PhD
Member at Large (2024-2026) Membership
Nemours Children's Health
Wilmington, DE
JEANNETTE ISKANDER, PhD
Member at Large (2025-2027) Student/Trainee Development
Akron Children's Hospital and Northeast Ohio Medical University
Akron, OH
SUNNYE MAYES, PHD, ABPP
Member at Large (2023-2025) Continuing Education
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
NAADIRA UPSHAW, PSYD, ABPP
Member at Large (2025-2027) Diversity
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/ Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA
ELIZABETH GETZOFF, PhD
APA Council Representative (2025-2027)
Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital
Baltimore, MD
CHRISTINA lOW-KAPALU, phd
APA Council Representative (2025-2027)
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Appointed Members
ANNISA AHMED, MS
Student Representative (2025)
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
FRANCESCA LUPINI, MS
Student Representative-Elect (2025)
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Christina Duncan, PhD
CPPP Editor (2023-2027)
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
AVANI MODI, PHD
JPP Editor (2023-2027)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
SIDDIKA MULCHAN, PSYD
APA Program Chair (2025)
Connecticut Children's Hospital
Hartford, CT
ANNE KAZAK, PhD, ABPP
Historian (2022-2026)
Nemours Children's Health
Havertown, PA
CHIMEREODO OKOROJI, PHD
APA Program Co-Chair (2025)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
LAUREN HARRISON, PHD
SPPAC Program Chair (2025)
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
COLLEEN CULLINAN, PHD
SPPAC Program Co-Chair (2025)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA