2022 Board of Directors
Officers
Laura E. Simons, PhD
President
Stanford University Medical School
Palo Alto, CA
Wendy Ward, PhD, ABPP
Past President
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Melissa Santos, PhD
President Elect
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, CT
Robin Everhart, PhD
Treasurer (2020-2022)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Tammi Young-Saleme, PhD
Secretary (2022-2024)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Chad Jensen, PhD
Member at Large (2020-2022) Continuing Education
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
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
Sahar Eshtehardi, MS
Student Representative (2021-2022)
University of Houston
Houston, TX
Dustin P. Wallace, PhD
Web Master and Listserv Manager (2021-2023)
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
Anne Kazak, PhD, ABPP
Historian (2013-2022)
A.I. du Pont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE
Tonya M. Palermo, PhD
JPP Editor
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Seattle, WA
Avani Modi, PhD
JPP Editor Elect
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Jennifer V. Schurman, PhD, ABPP
CPPP Editor
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
Christina Duncan, PhD
CPPP Editor Elect
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Melanie Noel, PhD, RPsych
APA Program Chair (2022)
Department of Psychology
University of Calgary
Elvin Thomaseo Burton, PhD, MPH, ABPP
APA Program Chair (2023)
The University of Tennessee Health Science
Memphis, Tennessee
Soumitri Sil, PHD
SPPAC Program Chair (2023)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Naadira Upshaw, PhD
SPPAC Program Co-Chair (2023)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Leadership Team
Laura E. Degnon, CAE
Executive Director