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