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Leadership

Executive Committee

President
Katherine Ramos
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Medicine Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Department of Population Health Sciences
Senior Fellow, Duke University Aging Center

President-elect
Sherry Beaudreau
Stanford University

Past president
Rebecca S. Allen
The University of Alabama

Secretary
Mary Dozier
University of Maine

Treasurer
Helene Fung
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of Psychology

Council representatives
Maggie L. Syme
Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR)
Massachusetts General Hospital

Grace Caskie
Lehigh University
Department of Education and Human Services

Members-at-large
Flora Ma
Stanford University
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Jeremy M. Hamm
North Dakota State University

Education co-chairs
Teairra Evans
Louisiana State University
Department of Psychology

Zexi Zhou
University of Victoria

Elections co-chairs
Brenna Renn
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Department of Psychology

Maggie L. Syme
Massachusetts General Hospital
Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR)

Awards chair
M. Lindsey Jacobs
The University of Alabama

Membership co-chairs
Ryan Best
West Virginia University
Department of Psychology

Alexander Erickson
University of California, Los Angeles

Special membership co-chairs
Susan Whitbourne
University of Massachusetts Boston

Kyrsten Hill
University of Colorado – Colorado Springs

Mentoring co-chairs
Chris Nguyen
The Ohio State University Medical Center

Jenny Yen
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Fellowship co-chairs
Michelle Mlinac
VA Boston Healthcare System

Karen Fingerman
The University of Texas at Austin

Program co-chairs
Meng Huo
University of California, Davis

Rita Hu
The University of Chicago

Historian
Harvey Sterns
The University of Akron
Department of Psychology and Institute for Lifespan Development and Gerontology

Newsletter editors
Jeremy Hamm
North Dakota State University

Flora Ma
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University

Lewina O. Lee
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Caitlan Tighe
Providence College

Webmaster
Alexander Erickson
University of California, Los Angeles

Social media
Lisa Hollis-Sawyer
Northeastern Illinois University

Listserv manager
Cecilia Poon
Home Instead Center for Successful Aging (HICSA)

Alexander Erickson
University of California, Los Angeles

CONA Liaison & Advocacy Representative
Wendy Rogers
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
College of Applied Health Sciences

Graduate student representatives
Sophia Geisser
The University of Alabama

Janelle Gore
The University of Alabama

L. Blake Peeples
The University of Louisville

Eunju Lee
University of Texas

Yeonsoo Shin
University of Texas

Last updated: October 2026Date created: 2012
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