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Leadership

Leadership

2026–27 Executive Committee

President: Olga Lipatova 
Department of Psychology 
Christopher Newport University   

Past President: Eric Thrailkill
Department of Psychological Science and Psychiatry  
University of Vermont    

President Elect: Bonnie Perdue  
Department of Psychology  
Agnes Scott College   

Secretary: Will Whitham  
Department of Psychology and Special Education  
East Texas A&M University   

Treasurer: Mayte Martinez  
Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences  
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna   

Council Representative: Mike Beran  
Department of Psychology  
Georgia State University   

Member-at-large: Sarah Byosiere  
Guide Dogs for the Blind   

Member-at-large: Justin Yates  
Department of Psychological Science  
Northern Kentucky University   

Historian: Dan Marston   

Editor, Behavioral Neuroscience: Geoff Schoenbaum  
Chief, Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch   
Chief, Behavioral Neurophysiology Neuroscience Section  
National Institute on Drug Abuse   

Editor, Journal of Comparative Psychology: Michael Beran 
Department of Psychology  
Georgia State University   

Newsletter Editor: unfilled   

ECPN Rep: Katherine Dyer  
Department of Psychology   
Eckerd College    

Student Rep: Mario Rodriguez  
Virginia Tech University 

Committees

Program Chair: Elizabeth Niedringhaus 
Department of Neuroscience 
Rowan University   

Awards Chair: Kendal Smith 
Department of Psychology 
Texas A&M University – Central Texas   

Fellows Chair: Suzanne MacDonald  
Department of Psychology  
York University   

Membership and Growth Chair: Christina Doelling  
Animal Welfare Program  
University of British Columbia 

Last updated: October 2026Date created: 2011

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