Academy Committees

Advocacy Committee
Chair: Jeff Berliner (APS)
BOD Liaison: 
Becky Thayer (SCIN)

Patty Arenth (PSWC), Marguerite David (PSWC), Sigmund Hough (PSWC), Kathy Hulse (PSWC), Julie Jennings (TLC), Radha Koropulu (APS), Todd Linsenmeyer (APS), Lisa Ottomanelli (PSWC), Emily Potter (TLC), Laura Tuck (PSWC)

Clinical Practice Committee
Chair:  Theresa Berner (TLC), Amy Samora (TLC)
BOD Liaison:  Joan McMahon (SCIN)

Michael Pramuka (PSWC), Jackie Wondolowski (PSWC), Tammy Abbott-Thiel (PSWC), Lauren Delulio (TLC), Janet Dean (SCIN), Deborah Crane (APS), Jesse Lieberman (APS)

Early Career and Trainee Support Committee (ECATS)
Chair: James Wilson (APS), Rachel Meredith Hibbs (TLC)
BOD Liaison: Laura Rice (SCIN)

Rachel Hessen (TLC), Jennifer Irish (PSWC), Carolyn Campbell (APS), Samantha Harfenist (PSWC), Daniela Illescu (APS), Christie Paulter Krull (APS), Matthew Sorenson (SCIN), Linda Ehrlich-Jones (SCIN),

Electronic Communication Committee

Chair: Jillian Walker MS, OTRL, ATP Pronouns: she/her/hers (TLC)

BOD Liaison: Lisa Ottomanelli Slone (PSWC)

Alex Chesney OTR, ATP/SMS Pronouns: she (TLC)

Toby Huston Pronouns: he/him (PSWC)


Linda Kurtz (SCIN)


Joan McMahon (SCIN)


David McMillan (APS)


James Wilson (APS)

Finance Committee
Chair: Nancy Lokey, RN (SCIN)
BOD Liaison:  Joan McMahon (PSWC)

Brad Dexter (TLC), Erica Johnsen-Buss (PSWC), Kristi Henzel (APS), Tammy Abbot Thiel (PSWC), Felicia Skelton (APS)

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee (IDEA)

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Chair: Sigmund Hough Ph.D., ABPP/rp, Pronouns: he/him/his (PSWC)


BOD Liaison: Trisha Hicks, LSW, MEd., Pronouns: she/her (PSWC)

Ellia Ciammaichella DO, JD Pronouns: she/her (APS)

Samantha Harfenist Psy.D, Pronouns: she/her (PSWC)


Jeffrey Jaramillo MS, DPT, Pronouns: he/him/his (TLC)


Katharine Tam MD, Pronouns: she/her/hers (APS)


Florian Thomas MD, Ph.D, Pronouns: he/him (APS)


 Jillian Walker MS, OTRL, ATP Pronouns: she/her/hers (TLC)

Membership Committee
Chair: Erin Brown (TLC)
BOD Liaison:  Joe Fangman (TLC)

Jackie Wondolowski (PSWC), Jane Mitchell (SCIN), Jeanette Elias (SCIN), Sara Waid, Elizabeth Kratochvil, Alice Hon, Miriam Mian

Program Committee
Chair and BOD Liaison: Laura Wehrli (SCIN)

Scott McDonald (PSWC), Matthew Sorenson (SCIN), Herb Ames (PSWC), Lisa Beck (SCIN), Trevor Dyson-Hudson (APS), Felicia Skelton (APS), Elaine Rogers (TLC), Randy Huzinec (TLC), Rafferty Laredo (TLC), Felicia Skelton (APS), Wes Chay (APS), Daniela Iliescu (APS)

Research Committee
Chair: Kimberly Monden (PSWC)
BOD Liaison:  Jenny Kiratli

Chris Cirnigliaro (APS), Linda S. Ehrlich-Jones (SCIN), Megan Gill (TLC), Radha Korupolu (APS), Angela Philippus (Student), Shaun Smith (PSWC), Linda Schultz (SCIN), Katherine Nedley (TLC), Susan Newman (SCIN), Rafer Willenberg (APS)