Leadership
Dedicated to advancing the mission.
Board of Directors
President: Yvonne De Cuir, PhD*
Vice President of Board Affairs: Karol Kullberg, LCSW-C*
Vice President of Education: Terri Judge, PhD*
Immediate Past President: Anita Bryce, PhD*
Treasurer: Cary Gold, MBA*
Members:
Jeffrey Akman, MD
Joseph Chirico, MBA*
David Cooper, PhD, WBCP Director, APsaA Board
Deborah Feldheim, MD
Elizabeth Halpern, JD
Christina Keitt, MBA
Charles E. Parks, PhD
Molly Ryan, MBA
Fernando Tripodi, LCSW-C
* Members, Executive Committee
Staff
Joseph Chirico, MBA, Executive Director
Saige MacLeod, Administrative Assistant
Janine Nickel, Administrative Assistant
Kathleen Oristian, Administrator
Brittany Smith, Administrator
Diversities
Committee
Jamie Steele, LMFT, Co-Chair
Fernando Tripodi, Co-Chair
Members:
Anne Adelman, PhD
Raquel Carrera, MS, LPC
David Cooper, PhD
Danille Drake, PhD
Sarah Hedlund, PhD
Joan Libermann, MD
Marilyn Martin, MD
Erica McClaskey, MD
Teresa Mendez, MSW
Lizbeth Moses, PhD
Susan Munford, PsyD
Fred Pisoni, PsyD
Jamie Steele, LMFT
Finance Committee
Cary Gold, Chair
Members:
Deborah Feldheim, MD
Linda Kolodner, LICSW; MSW; LCSW-C
Kathleen Miller, PhD
Pavel Snejnevski, PhD
Joseph Chirico, MBA (ex officio)
Ethics Committee
Mimi Blasiak, LCSW-C, MSW
Members:
Karen Block, MSW
Martin Ceaser, MD
Martha Dupecher, PhD, MSW
Robert Fenton, DSW
John Hayes, PhD
Joy Kassett, PhD
Marc Levine, MD
Colleague Assistance Committee
David Joseph, MD, Chair
Members:
Sharon Alperovitz, LICSW
Robert Fenton, DSW
Elizabeth Hersh, MD
Teresa Mendez, MSW
Aimee Nover, PhD
Robert Nover, MD
Membership
Committee
Fred Pisoni, PsyD, Chair,
Members:
Yulia Aleshina, PhD
Jennifer Babcock, PsyD,
Boyd Burris, MD
Timothy Ellsworth, PsyD
Mary FitzGerald, MSW
Suzanne Haddad, PsyD
Marilyn Martin, MD
Michael Slevin, MSW
Pavel Snejnevski, PhD
Program Management Committee
Terri Judge, PhD, Chair
Members:
Arthur Stein, MD, Psychoanalytic Fellowship
Rosa Aurora Chavez, M.D., Ph.D., FABP, Psychoanalysis, Creativity and the Arts
Sarah Hedlund, PsyD, Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema
Katherine Marshall-Woods, PsyD, Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema
Noreen Honeycutt, PhD, Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival
Lauren Sabol, PsyD, Study Group Program
Deborah Blessing, MEd, MSW, Observational Study Program
Silvana Kaufman, LICSW, MSW, Observational Study Program
Bonnie Gallagher, LICSW, MSW, Clinical Psychotherapy Program
Archana Varma Caballero, MD, Scientific Meetings
Pavel Snejnevski, PhD, Research and IRB
Lizbeth Moses, PhD, Washington Area Case Conference
Deborah Perlman, PhD, Washington Area Case Conference
Judith Chertoff, MD, Washington Area Case Conference and Seminar
Robert Winer, MD, New Directions
Kerry Malawista, PhD, New Directions
Linda Gray, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, Couple and Family Training
PsychBytes
Committee
Tarpley Long, MSW, Editor
Andrew Carroll, PsyD
Patrick Cody, MSW
Marjorie Swett, MSW
Community Outreach Committee
Deborah Feldheim, MD & Joy Kassett, PhD, Co-Chairs
Members:
Anne Adelman, PhD
Sharon Alperovitz, LICSW
Andrew Carroll, PsyD
Margarita Cereijido, PhD
Linda Dickson, MSW
Andrea Fisher, PsyD
Robert Gerlits, MSW
Elizabeth Hersh, MD
Terri Judge, PhD
Karol Kullberg, LCSW-C
Hilary Klein, PhD
Tarpley Long, MSW (PsychBytes)
Marilyn Martin, MD
Lizbeth Moses, PhD
Fred Pisoni, PsyD
Begoña Cortina Segurola, LICSW
Marjorie Swett, MSW
Elia Valladares, MD
Scholarship
Committee
David Cooper, PhD, Chair
Members:
Marilyn Martin, MD
Teresa Mendez, MSW
Terri Judge, PhD
Mimi Blasiak, MSW
Ernest Wallwork, PhD
Institute Council
Director: Charles E. Parks, FABP, PhD
Secretary: Susan Munford, PsyD
Immediate Past Director: Marc Levine, MD
Ex Officio: Yvonne De Cuir, PhD
VP, Education: Terri Judge, PhD
At Large: Ira Dosovitz, MD
INSTITUTE COMMITTEES
Admissions Committee
Mimi Blasiak, LICSW, MSW, Chair
Karen Block, MSW, LCSW-C
Robert Fenton, DSW
Suzanne Haddad, PsyD
Nancy Ingraham, PsyD
Silvana Starowlansky-Kaufman, LICSW, MSW
Karol Kullberg, ACSW, LSCW-C
Pavel Snejnevski, PhD
Faculty & Program Evaluation Committee
Yulia Aleshina, PhD, Chair
Alexis Merin, PsyD
Kathryn Chefetz, LICSW, MSW
Jacqueline Neilson, PhD
Pavel Snejnevski, PhD
Supervising & Training & Analyst Development Committee
Kathleen Miller, FABP, PhD, Co-Chair
Pavel Snejnevski, PhD, Co-Chair
Anne Adelman, PhD
Anita Bryce, PhD
Noreen Honeycutt, PhD
David Joseph, MD
Silvana Starowlansky-Kaufman, LICSW, MSW
David Miller, MD
Charles E Parks, FABP, PhD
Recruitment Committee
Jennifer Babcock, PsyD Chair
Mimi Blasiak, LICSW, MSW
Lindsay Brancato, PsyD
Brian Casemore, PhD
Mary FitzGerald, LCSW-C
Jessica Greenberg, PsyD
Noreen Honeycutt, PhD
Doran Katz, PhD, EdD
Tarpley Long, MSW
Shari Matray, PhD
Christopher Miller, MD
Begona Cortina Segurola, LICSW
Jamie Steele, LMFT
Archana Varma Cabellaro, MD
Cameron Williams, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychoanalysis Committee
Joy Kassett, PhD, Chair
Anita Bryce, PhD
Michael Jasnow, PhD
S. Kalman Kolansky, MD
Barry Landau, MD
Jill Miller, PhD
Laurie Orgel, MD
Charles E Parks, FABP, PhD
Nydia Pieczanski, MD, LPC
Arthur Stein, MD
Karen Weise, PhD
Faculty Development Committee
Sarah Hedlund, PhD, Chair
Yulia Aleshina, PhD
David Joseph, MD
Terri Judge, PhD
Barry Landau, MD
Curriculum Committee
Robert Winer, MD, Co-Chair
Susan Munford, PsyD, Co-Chair
Andrew Carroll, PsyD, Co-Chair
Jacqueline Neilson, PhD, Co-Chair
Arthur Blank, Jr., MD
Brian Casemore, PhD
Ira Dosovits, MD
David Joseph, MD
Silvana Starowlansky-Kaufman, LICSW, MSW
Kevin Popp, PsyD
Deborah Zatz, LICSW, MS
Candidate Liaison Committee
Carolyn Ratner-Fitzgerald, PsyD
Student Progress Committee
Karol Kullberg, ACSW, LSCW-C
PSP Steering Committee
Robert Winer, MD, Co-Chair
Susan Munford, PsyD, Co-Chair
Mimi Blasiak, LICSW, MSW
Brian Casemore, PhD
Lynn Friedman, STA, FABP, PhD
Joy Kassett, PhD
Silvana Starowlansky-Kaufman, LICSW, MSW
Karol Kullberg, ACSW, LCSW-C
Charles E Parks, FABP, PhD
Kathleen Miller, FABP, PhD
Candidates Progress Committee
Kathleen Miller, FABP, PhD, Chair
Karen Block, MSW, LCSW-C
Lynn Friedman, STA, FABP, PhD
Marilyn Martin, MD
Alexis Merin, PsyD
David Miller, MD
Jill Miller, PhD
Zachary Stutman, PsyD
Distance Education Committee
Karyne Messina, EdD, Chair
Marc Levine, MD
Debra Zatz, LICSW, MS
Referral Service Committee
Debra Zatz, LICSW, MS, Chair
Andrew Carroll, PsyD
Brianna Luna Pendleton, PhD
Cecilia McKay, MSW