Armand and I are pleased to announce the results of the 2016 Division elections.
The candidates elected are as follows:
President:
Michael J. Constantino, PhD
Diversity Domain Representative:
Rosemary E. Phelps, PhD
Early Career Domain Representative:
Leigh Ann Carter, PsyD
Science and Scholarship Domain Representative:
Susan Woodhouse, PhD
Division Representative to APA Council:
Jean A. Carter, PhD and Lillian Comas-Diaz, PhD
Please join me in congratulating them and welcoming them to the Board. Also, please help me thank the following candidates for running and encourage them to stay involved in the association:
Changming Duan PhD
Astrea M. Greig, PsyD
Joshua K. Swift, PhD
Andrés J. Consoli, PhD
Rayna D. Markin, PhD
Elizabeth Nutt Williams, PhD
All the candidates deserve our thanks and appreciation. Thank you.
About the Authors
Jeffrey Zimmerman, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Jeff Zimmerman has been in private practice since 1981 when he started in solo practice and then co-founded what he and his partners grew into a large multi-site interdisciplinary group practice, before returning 22 years later to solo practice. He is also a co-founder of The Practice Institute and the 2017 President of The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, Division 29 of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Zimmerman is a co-editor (with Drs. Walfish and Barnett) of The Handbook of Private Practice: Keys to Success for Mental Health Practitioners (2017, Oxford University Press). He also has co-authored a total of 5 other books on either practice or divorce. He is Editor of Practice Innovations, the journal of Division 42, Independent Practice, American Psychological Association and was a guest editor for The Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session.
Armand R. Cerbone, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Armand Cerbone has a long history of leadership in APA governance. In addition to more than ten years on the Council of Representatives, he is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association (APA), a past Chair of the APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, the APA Ethics Committee, the Policy and Planning Board, a past president of Division 29 (Psychotherapy) and Division 44 (SOGI), as well as the Illinois Psychological Association. He holds a diplomate in Clinical Psychology and is a Fellow of seven divisions of the APA. He is co-author of the APA Guidelines on psychotherapy with LGB Clients and chaired the working group that developed the APA’s Resolution on sexual orientation and marriage and Resolution on sexual orientation, parents and children. He has received many awards for his work. Among them are the APA’s Committee on LGBT Concern’s Outstanding Achievement Award and The Society for the Psychological Study of LGB Issues’ (Div 44 in APA) awards for Distinguished Professional Contribution, and Distinguished Contributions to Education. In 2003 he was inaugurated into the City of Chicago Lesbian and Gay Hall of Fame. In 2016 he received the Ray Fowler Award, APA highest award for Outstanding Member Contributions.