2023 Board of Directors

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Officers

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Melissa Santos, PhD

President

Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, CT

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Laura E. Simons, PhD

Past President

Stanford University Medical School
Palo Alto, CA

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Cynthia Gerhardt, PhD

President Elect

Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH

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Gayle Chesley, PhD

Treasurer (2023-2025)

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

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Tammi Young-Saleme, PhD

Secretary (2022-2024)

Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH

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SUNNYE MAYES, PhD

Member at Large (2023-2025) Continuing Education

University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY

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Christina Low Kapalu, PhD 

Member at Large (2022-2024) Diversity

Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Eleanor Mackey

Eleanor Mackey, PhD

Member at Large (2021-2023) Membership

Children’s National Health System
Washington, DC

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Megan Cohen, PhD 

Member at Large (2022-2024) Student/Trainee Development

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE

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Terry Stancin, PhD, ABPP

APA Council Representative (2019-2024)

MetroHealth
Cleveland, OH

 

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Idia Thurston, PhD

APA Council Representative (2022-2024)

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

Appointed Members

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Perry A. Catlin, MS

Student Representative (2023-2024)

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

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Dustin P. Wallace, PhD

Web Master and Listserv Manager (2021-2023)

Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO

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Anne Kazak, PhD, ABPP

Historian (2013-2022)

A.I. du Pont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, DE

 

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Tonya M. Palermo, PhD

JPP Editor

Seattle Children's Research Institute
Seattle, WA

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Avani Modi, PhD

JPP Editor Elect

Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Jennifer-Schurman

Jennifer V. Schurman, PhD, ABPP

CPPP Editor

Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO

Christina Duncan

Christina Duncan, PhD

CPPP Editor Elect

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

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Elvin Thomaseo Burton, PhD, MPH, ABPP

APA Program Chair (2023)

The University of Tennessee Health Science
Memphis, Tennessee

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Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD

APA Program Co-Chair (2023)

University of Illinois Chicago

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Soumitri Sil, PHD

SPPAC Program Chair (2023)

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

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Naadira Upshaw, PhD

SPPAC Program Co-Chair (2023)

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Leadership Team

Information to come

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