2023 Board of Directors
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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
Member at Large (2023-2025) Continuing Education
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY

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

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

Elvin Thomaseo Burton, PhD, MPH, ABPP
APA Program Chair (2023)
The University of Tennessee Health Science
Memphis, Tennessee

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

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
Information to come