Committees and Chairs

Committee chairs are indicated below. Click on a name to email the chair directly. This list last updated March 22, 2007.

Officers and Liaisons

• Federal Advocacy Coordinator - Barbara Bunk, Ph.D.
• Liaison to the Committee on Women - Allison Ponce, Ph.D.
• Liaison/Board of Examiners - Barbara Bunk, Ph.D.
• APA Rural Health Coordinator - Jennifer LeFebre McGevna
• Director, Disaster Response Network - Candice Weigle-Spier, Psy.D.
• Liaison to Value Options/Healthnet - Patricia O. Cook, Ed.D.
• Editor, Connecticut Psychologist - Alma Elder, Ph.D.
• Editors, E-Newsletter - John Mehm, Ph.D. and Michael Schwarzchild, Ph.D.
• Webmaster - Randolph M. Lee, Ph.D.

Divisions

• Student Division: Elizabeth Emprimo (State Advocacy Coordinator (SAC) for APAGS for Connecticut)
• Division of Early Career Psychologists - Christine H. Farber, Ph.D.

Affiliated Organizations

• CAP-PAC - Christine H. Farber, Ph.D.
• CPA Educational Foundation - Robert Horwitz, Ph.D.

Central Office

• Administrative Director - Nancy Gianetti
• Director of Professional Affairs - Michael Schwarzchild, Ph.D.
• Lobbying Firm - Anita Schepker & Associates
• Advocacy Fellow (University of Hartford) - Allison Maher & Elizabeth Emprimo

Standing Committees

• Executive Management Committee - John Mehm, Ph.D.
• Elections and Nominations - Jan Owens-Lane, Ph.D.
• Ethics Committee - Randolph M. Lee, Ph.D.
• Peer Review Committee - <Vacant>
• Membership Committee - All regional representatives
• Legislative Committee - Barbara Bunk, Ph.D. and Christine H. Farber, Ph.D.
• Business of Practice Network - Joan Franklin, Ph.D. and Robert Muro, Ph.D.
• Marketing and Public Education - Elaine L. Ducharme, Ph.D.
• Psychopharmacology - Tom A. Houle, Ph.D. & Ralph Welsh. Ph.D.
• Insurance and Managed Care - <Vacant>
• Children & Youth - Virginia Shiller, Ph.D.
• Awards & Honors - John Mehm, Ph.D.
• Convention - Ilene Grueneberg, Ph.D. and Deena Robbins, Ph.D.
• Continuing Education - Joan Franklin, Ph.D. and Darlene Shelton, Ph.D.
• Communications -

Task Forces

• Ethnic Diversity Task Force - Ree Gunter, Ph.D.
  
• Gay and Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Task Force - Richard Stillson, Ph.D.
• Task Force on Child Protection Evaluations - Barbara Berkowitz, Ph.D. and Steve Sichel, Ph.D.