2023 Board of Directors
To contact any Board member, please email info@pedpsych.org and we will get you in touch with that person!
Officers

Melissa Santos, PhD
President
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, CT

Laura E. Simons, PhD
Past President
Stanford University Medical School
Palo Alto, CA

Cynthia Gerhardt, PhD
President Elect
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH

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

Eleanor Mackey, PhD
Member at Large (2021-2023) Membership
Children’s National Health System
Washington, DC

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

Dustin P. Wallace, PhD
Web Master and Listserv Manager (2021-2023)
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
Michael Roberts, PhD, ABPP
Historian
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS

Robin Everhart, PhD
Past Treasurer (2023)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

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

Elvin Thomaseo Burton, PhD, MPH, ABPP
APA Program Chair (2023)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD
APA Program Co-Chair (2023)
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL

Naadira Upshaw, PhD
SPPAC Program Chair (2024)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA


Lauren Harrison, PHD
SPPAC Program Co-Chair (2024)
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA