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Committees

Board of Directors
  • Presidents: Beverly Feinstein/Mary Thomsen
  • President Elect: Robert James
  • Secretaries: Carol Hekman/Gittelle Sones
  • Co-Treasurers: Kenneth House/Paulene Popek
  • Deans of the Institute: Jeffrey Prager/Martha Slagerman
  • Directors - Membership Services Division: Kate Beiler/Laurie Wiard
  • Director- Psychotherapy Division: Stephen Portuges
  • CAO Delegate: Jill Lummus
  • Chair, Program Committee: Michael Gales
  • Chair, Extension Committee: J. Mark Thompson
  • At Large Senior Psychoanalyst Delegate: Rina Freedman
  • At Large Junior Psychoanalyst Delegate: Elena Bezzubova
  • Executive Councilor: Dahlia Nissan Russ
  • Executive Councilor Alternate: Jeffrey Seitelman

Education Committee
  • Deans: Jeffrey Prager/Martha Slagerman
  • Faculty Chairs: Andrea Weiss/Samuel Wilson
  • Student Progression Committee Co-Chairs: Doryann Lebe/Julie Tepper
  • Research Training Committee Chair: Douglas Hollan
  • Research Committee Co-chairs: Linda Goodman/Morris Eagle
  • Curriculum Committee Chairs: Sharon Blum/William Bauer
  • Admissions Committee Chair: Daniel Fast
  • Doctoral Thesis Committee Chair: Bettina Soestwohner
  • Child Program Chair: Van Dyke DeGolia
  • At Large Senior Faculty: Barnet Malin/Dahlia Nissan Russ
  • At Large Junior Faculty: Raquel Ackerman/ Elena Bezzubova
  • CAO President:
  • Faculty Development: R. James Perkins

Ex officio
  • Stephen Portuges, PP Director
  • Malcolm Hoffs, IAC Chair
  • Beverly Feinstein/Mary Thomsen, Presidents

Admissions Committee
  • Daniel Fast, Chair
  • John Altman
  • Susan Cofsky
  • Van DeGolia
  • Esther Fine
  • Dahlia Russ
  • Sherry Siassi
  • Gittelle Sones
  • Julie Tepper
  • Richard Weiss
  • Jeffrey Prager, ex officio
  • Martha Slagerman, ex officio

Child Program
  • Van Dyke DeGolia, Chair
  • Ben Kohn
  • Stanley Leiken
  • Randi Markowitz
  • Arthur Ourieff
  • James Rosenblum
  • Thomas Trott
  • Heiman van Dam
  • Kato Van Leeuwen

Clinic
  • Lucia Melito, Clinic Administrator

Curriculum Committee
  • William Bauer, Co-chair
  • Sharon Blum, Co-chair
  • Richard Baker
  • Harry Brickman
  • Susan Cofsky
  • Robin Jacobs
  • Margaret Rubin
  • Gittelle Sones
  • Julie Tepper
  • Jeffrey Prager, ex officio
  • Martha Slagerman, ex officio

Doctoral Thesis Committee
  • Bettina Soestwohner, Chair

Committee for Advanced Degree Programs
  • Stephen Portuges, Chair
  • Samoan Barish
  • Morris Eagle
  • Richard Lettieri
  • Sule Ozler
  • Jeffrey Prager
  • Edward Shafranske
  • Bettina Soestwohner
  • Jeffrey Prager (ex officio)
  • Martha Slagerman (ex officio)

Faculty Committee
  • Andrea Weiss, Co-Chair
  • Samuel Wilson, Co-Chair
  • Esther Dreifuss-Kattan
  • Janet Hadda
  • James Perkins
  • Miriam Tasini
  • Thomas Trott

Faculty Development Committee
  • James Perkins, Chair

Progression Committee
  • Doryann Lebe, Co-chair
  • Julie Tepper, Co-Chair
  • Elaine Clough
  • Van Dyke DeGolia
  • Marsha Hewlett
  • Peter Loewenberg
  • Gittelle Sones
  • Jeffrey Prager, ex officio
  • Martha Slagerman, ex officio

Research Committee
  • Linda Goodman, Co-Chair
  • Morris Eagle, Co-Chair
  • Gerald Aronson
  • Barton Blinder
  • Harry Brickman
  • Allan Compton
  • Helen Desmond
  • Maimon Leavitt
  • Richard Rosenthal
  • Elyn Saks
  • Jeffrey Seitelman
  • Kato van Leeuwen

Research Training Committee
  • Douglas Hollan, Chair

Training Analysts Committee
  • Alan Karbelnig, Chair
  • Richard Baker
  • Linda Goodman
  • Peter Loewenberg
  • Jeffrey Seitelman
  • J. Mark Thompson

APsaA Board of Professional Standards Representatives
  • Doryann Lebe
  • Melvin Mandel

Executive Councilors
  • Dahlia Nissan Russ
  • Jeffrey Seitelman

Extension Committee
  • J. Mark Thompson, Chair
  • Elena Bezzubova
  • Thomas Brod
  • Linda Goodman
  • Joan Lachkar
  • Richard Tuch

Psychotherapy Committee
  • Stephen Portuges, Director
  • Thomas Brod
  • Robin D'Arvin Frasier
  • Rina Freedman
  • Linda Goodman
  • Halina Irving
  • Marvin Osman
  • Julie Tepper
  • Lisa Vitti
  • Vivien Zighelboim

Orange County Psychotherapy Steering Committee
  • Joel Kotin, Director
  • Carole Gelker
  • Lisa Bode
  • Behrooz Bernous
  • Peter Gelker
  • Richard Lettieri
  • Jeffrey Seitelman
  • Michael Wolf

Program Committee
  • Michael Gales, Chair
  • Thomas Brod
  • Esther Dreifuss-Kattan
  • David James Fisher
  • Dahlia Nissan Russ
  • Bettina Soestwohner

Ethics Committee
  • Meiram Bendat, Chair
  • Elyn Saks
  • David Sones
  • Fredelle Spiegel
  • Louis Weisberg
  • Richard Weiss
  • Seymour Bird (ad hoc)

Membership Committee
  • Laurie Wiard, Co-Director
  • Kate Beiler, Co-Director
  • Marvin Osman
  • Joan Lachkar

Fundraising
  • Patricia Wright, Chair
  • Milania Henley
  • Kenneth House
  • Cecilia Peck
  • Suzanne Dworak Peck
  • Paulene Popek
  • David Thomsen
  • Mary Thomsen