Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is charged to handle the affairs of the Division between meetings and consists of the five officers (President, President-Elect, Past President, Treasurer and Secretary) and Division Representative to APA Council.
Division 39 Officers
President: Frank Summers, PhD
Past President: William MacGillivray, PhD
Secretary: Dana Castellano, PhD
Treasurer: Arlene Steinberg, PhD
Representatives to APA Council
Marsha McCary, PhD
Marilyn Metzl, PhD
Richard Ruth, PhD
Norman Abeles, PhD
Laura Barbanel, PhD
David Downing, PhD
Marilyn Charles, PhD
Members at Large
Ankesnamun Ball, PsyD
Nancy McWilliams, PhD
Henry Seiden, PhD
Jaine Darwin, PhD
Diana Diamond, PhD
Ernest Mujica, PhD
Jill Bellinson, PhD
Mary Beth Cresci, PhD
Dennis Debiak, PsyD
Section Representative to Division Board
Section I: K. William Fried, PhD
Section II: Jo Ann Ponder, PhD
Section III: Judith Logue PhD
Section IV: Barry Dauphin, PhD
Section V: Ghislaine Boulanger, PhD
Section VI: William Gottdiener, PhD
Section VIII: Antonia Halton, PhD
Section IX: Elizabeth Gore, PhD
Committee Chairs, Liaisons, etc.
Awards: Maureen Murphy, PhD
Candidates Outreach: Heather Pyle, PhD
Continuing Education: Colin F. Ennis
Early Career Psychologists: Marilyn Charles, PhD and Winnie Eng, PhD
Education & Training: David Downing, PsyD and Martha Hadley, PhD
Ethics & Professional Issues: Jane Tillman, PhD
Federal Advocacy Coordinator: Marilyn N. Metzl, PhD, ABPP
Fellows: David Ramirez, PhD, ABPP
Finance: Marsha D. McCary, PhD
Graduate Students: Bart Magee, PhD and Brian Brown, MA
Infant Mental Health: Stephen Seligman, DMH
Liaison to CAPP and IG: Jaine Darwin, PhD
Liaison to the Board & Committees of APA: Marilyn N. Metzl, PhD, ABPP
Membership: Devon King
Multicultural Concerns: Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, PhD
Nominations & Elections: Mary Beth Cresci, PhD
Outreach: Richard Ruth, PhD
Parliamentarian: Laurel Bass Wagner, PhD
Program Committee: Jill Bellinson, PhD
Psychoanalysis and Healthcare: Marilyn Jacobs, PhD and Mary-Joan Gerson, PhD
Psychoanalytic Consortium: William A. MacGillivray, PhD, ABPP
Publications: Henry Seiden, PhD
Public Relations: Nina Thomas, PhD, ABPP
Sexuality and Gender Identities: Scott Pytluk, PhD and Shara Sand, PsyD
Specialization and Accreditation: Marilyn Jacobs, PhD


