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Executive Board


President 

Kristin Valentino, PhD (2025-2026)

Professor

Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame

Email: kristin.valentino@nd.edu

 

President-Elect 

Anna Washington, PhD (2025-2026)

Associate Professor, Director of Internship Training

California School of Professional Psychology

Alliant International University

2030 W. El Camino Ave

Sacramento, CA 95833

Email: anna.washington@alliant.edu

 

Past-President 

Margaret Stevenson, PhD (2025-2026)

Kenyon College

Department of Psychology

Gambier, OH 43022

Email: stevensonm@kenyon.edu

 

Secretary 

Elisa Vele, MA, PhD (2023-2025)

Senior Staff Scientist, Assistant Director, Research & Evaluation

Brazelton Touchpoints Center

Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital

1295 Boylston Street Suite 320

Boston, MA 02215

Email: elisa.vele@childrens.harvard.edu

 

Treasurer 

Kelly McWilliams, PhD (2025-2027) Association

Assistant Professor

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

524 W 58th St

New York, NY 10019

Email: kmcwilliams@jjay.cuny.edu

 

Members-at-Large

Emily Denne, PhD (2025-2027) - Membership Engagement

Adjunct Research Fellow

Centre for Investigative Interviewing

Griffith University

Email: edenne@asu.edu

 

Cynthia Najdowski, PhD (2023-2025) - Diversity

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology

SUNY at Albany

Email: cnajdowski@albany.edu

 

Taylor Petty, PhD (2024-2026)- Policy/Advocacy

University of Southern Indiana

8600 University Blvd.

Evansville, IL 47712

Email: tepetty@usi.edu

 

Membership Chair 

Kristin Dean, PhD (2023-2025)

Associate Professor

Graduate School of Medicine

University of Tennessee

Email: kdean@utmck.edu

 

Newsletter Editor 

Helen Milojevich, PhD (2023-2025)

Research Scientist

Center for Child and Family Policy

Duke University

Durham, NC

Email: Helen.Milojevich@duke.edu

 

Chair of Communications and Technology Committee 

Natalie Bennett, PhD (2025-2027)

Assistant Professor & Director of Clinical Training

California School of Professional Psychology

Alliant International University- Sacramento

2030 W. El Camino Ave

Sacramento, CA 95833

Email: Natalie.bennett@alliant.edu

 

Website Coordinator

Preeti Ghuman (2025-2027)
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student

California School of Professional Psychology

Alliant International University

2030 W. El Camino Ave

Sacramento, CA 95833

Email: pghuman@alliant.edu

ECP Committee Co-Chairs 

Quincy Miller, PhD (2025-2027)

Postdoctoral Scholar

Dept. of Psychological Science

University of California, Irvine

4548 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway

Irvine, CA 92697

Email: qmiller1@uci.edu

 

Ilana Starr Berman, Ph.D. (2023-2025)

Clinic Director & A.P. Assistant Professor Licensed Psychologist

UNCG Psychology Clinic UNC Greensboro

1100 W. Market Street, 2nd Floor

Greensboro, NC 27403-1830

Email: isberman@uncg.edu

 

Program Chair 

Elizabeth Tampke, PhD (2025-2026)

Postdoctoral NIH Research Fellow

Dept. of Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

One Hoppin Street

Suite 204

Providence, RI 02903

Email: Elizabeth_tampke@brown.edu

 

Program Co-Chair 

Samantha Brown, PhD (2025-2026)

Associate Professor, Infant Mental Health Mentor- Research/Faculty

Dept. of Human Development & Family Studies & CO School of Public Health

Colorado State University

Behavioral Sciences Bldg., Room 311

1570 Campus Delivery

Fort Collins, CO 80523

Email: Samantha.Brown@colostate.edu

 

Student Representative

Katherine Edler (2025-2026)

Developmental Psychology Doctoral Student

Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame

Email: kedler@nd.edu

 

Student Co-representative 

Karen Jaques (2025-2026)

Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student

Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame

Email: kjacque2@nd.edu