Leadership

Board of Directors

President: Heather Silverman
Past President: Paulene Popek 
Secretary: Gabrielle Taylor
Treasurer: David Thomsen
Dean: Aranye Fradenburg Joy
Director, Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Program: Susan Donner
Director, Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program: Lucia Melito
Director, Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program: Katharine Gould
(Katharine Gould treats clients as a certified life coach in California. She is licensed as an LCSW 149007331 in Illinois.)
Director, Division of Membership Services: Luis Nagy
Chair, Diversities and Sociocultural Inequities' Committee: Brian Stachowiak
Chair, Program Committee: Paulene Popek 
Chair, Research Analysts Committee: David James Fisher
Senior Co-Representative At-Large Members: Michael Gales & Kenneth House
Junior At-Large Member: Debra Myers
Co-Presidents, Clinical Associates Organization: Natalia Boucher & 
Jennifer Flores 
Director, APsA BOD, NCP: Sandra Landen
Director, APsA BOD, NCP (Alternate):* Jeffrey Prager

 *Not an official member of the Board

Education Committee

Dean: Aranye Fradenburg Joy (Ex-Officio)
Faculty Committee Chair: Janet K. Smith
Progression Committee Chair:  Deborah Kirschbaum
Research Committee Chair: Bart Blinder
Curriculum Committee Chair: Van Dyke DeGolia
Admissions Committee Co-Chair: Sidonie Freeman
Admissions Committee Co-Chair: Luis Nagy
Research Psychoanalyst Training Committee Chair: Cheryl Goldstein
Child Analytic Program Director: Susan Donner
Senior Faculty Representative: Carol Hekman
Junior Faculty Representatives: Christopher Walling & Aimee Martinez 
Clinical Associates Organization Co-Presidents: Natalia Boucher & 
Jennifer Flores 
Diversities and Sociocultural Issues Committee Representative: Ethan Grumbach
IAC Chair: Sheryl White-Chase
NCP Board President: Heather Silverman (Ex-Officio)
Clinic Coordinator: Alison Davies (Ex-Officio)

Committees

Admissions Committee

  • Sidonie Freeman, Co-Chair
  • Luis Nagy, Co-Chair
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy, Dean (Ex-Officio)
  • Nanette Karapetian
  • Cheryl Goldstein
  • Laurence Rose
  • Gerard Sobnosky
  • Scott Tommey 
  • Brenda Gonzalez Solórzano

 

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Training Program

  • Susan Donner, Chair
  • Silvia Bell
  • Barton Blinder
  • Van Dyke DeGolia
  • Agnes Regeczkey
  • Joe Verrone

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Faculty Forum

  • Katharine Gould, Chair
  • Anita Saunders
  • Rachel Barthur
  • Bart Blinder
  • Gloria de la Cruz-Quiroz
  • Fay Gawryn
  • Sandra Landen
  • Deborah Lynn
  • Roslyn Menitoff
  • Joseph Verrone
  • Andrea Weiss

NCP Clinic

  • Alison Davies

Clinical Moments Program

  • Elahe Sagart, Co-Chair
  • Travis Tanner, Co-Chair

 

 

Curriculum Committee

  • Van DeGolia, Chair
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy, Dean (Ex-Officio)
  • Lynn Kuttnauer
  • Dahlia Nissan Russ
  • Janet K. Smith
  • Travis Tanner
  • Christopher Walling
  • Julie Tepper
  • Sherry White-Chase

Diversities Committee

  • Brian Stachowiak, Chair
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy
  • Elizabeth Diamond
  • Michele Gomes
  • Ethan Grumbach
  • Manal Khan
  • Tamer Mattar
  • Alison Picard
  • Travis Tanner
  • Julie Tepper
  • Joseph Verrone
  • Christopher Walling

Ethics Committee

  • Meiram Bendat, Chair
  • Robin Frasier
  • Elyn Sax
  • Fredelle Spiegel
  • Louis Weisberg
  • Richard Weiss

APsA Board of Directors, NCP

  • Sandra Landen
  • Jeffrey Prager (Alternate)
 Governance Committee
  • Gabrielle Taylor, Chair
  • Luis Nagy
  • Heather Silverman (Ex-Officio)

Faculty Committee

  • Janet K. Smith, Chair
  • Carol Hekman
  • Aimee Martinez
  • Christopher Walling

Finance Committee

  • Paulene Popek, Chair
  • Suzanne Dworak Peck
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy (Ex-Officio)
  • Ken House
  • Debra Myers
  • Myra Pomerantz
  • Heather Silverman
  • David Thomsen
  • Christopher Walling

Membership Division

  • Luis Nagy, Director
  • Sandra Landen

Member Assistance Committee

  • Jeffrey Seitelman, Chair

Social Media Committee

  • Luis Nagy, Interim Chair
  • Natalia Boucher
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy
  • YoKo Huang
  • Amber McClarin

Program Committee

  • Paulene Popek, Chair (rotating)
  • Thomas Brod
  • Dahlia Nissan Russ
  • Josh Richmond
  • Heather Silverman
  • Travis Tanner

Progression Committee

  • Deborah Kirschbaum, Chair
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy, Dean (Ex-Officio)
  • Jill Model Barth
  • Nanette Karapetian
  • Sheryl White-Chase
  • Anne Simpson

Psychotherapy Committee

  • Lucia Melito, Director
  • Linda Goodman
  • Nitzan Keynan
  • Timothy McCajor Hall
  • Duc Nguyen
  • Lisa Oxman
  • Doug Wilson

Research Committee

  • Barton Blinder, Chair
  • Morris Eagle
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy
  • Beverly Feinstein
  • Jimmy Fisher
  • Linda Goodman
  • Daniela Mosri
  • Andrei Novac
  • Sule Ozler
  • Jeff Prager
  • Edward Shafranske
  • Heather Silverman 
  • Nathan Szajnberg

Strategic Planning Committee

  • Heather Silverman, Chair
  • Suzanne Dworak Peck
  • Aranye Fradenburg Joy (Ex-Officio)
  • Michele Gomes
  • Ethan Grumbach
  • Sandra Landen
  • Jill Model Barth
  • Paulene Popek
  • David Thomsen

Training Analyst Sub-Committee

  • Jill Model Barth