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Executive Board


President

Margaret Stevenson, PhD (2023-2024) 

Associate Professor
Kenyon College

Department of Psychology

Gambier, OH 43022


President-Elect

Kristin Valentino, PhD (2023-2024) 
Professor 
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame 

Past-President

Karen Appleyard CarmodyPhD (2023-2024) 

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

 

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

Boston, MA

 

Treasurer

Rafaella Sale, PhD (2022-2024)

Assistant Professor, Associate Director 

Center for Evidence-Based Partnerships in Virginia

Department of Psychology

Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Members-at-Large

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

Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
University of Southern Indiana

 

Kelly McWilliams, PhD (2022-2024) - Membership Engagement 
Assistant Professor

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

524 W 58th St

New York, NY 10019

 

Cynthia Najdowski, PhD (2023-2025) - Diversity 

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology

SUNY at Albany 

 

Membership Chair

Kristin Dean, PhD (2023-2025)

Associate Professor

Graduate School of Medicine

University of Tennessee

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Newsletter Editor

Helen Milojevich, PhD (2023-2025)

Research Scientist

Center for Child and Family Policy

Duke University

Durham, NC

 

Chair of Communications and Technology Committee

Kate Guastaferro, PhD (2022-24)

Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

School of Global Public Health, New York University

708 Broadway

6th floor, Room 636

New York, NY 10003

Website Coordinator

Evan McCrackenPhD (2024-2025)

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

University of Evansville 


ECP Committee Co-Chairs

Toria Herd, PhD (2022-2024)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Pennsylvania State University

201 Henderson Building

University Park, PA 16802

Ilanna Starr Berman, PhD (2023-2025)
NC Licensed Psychologist, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599

 

Program Chair

Kimberly Burkhart, PhD (2023-2024)

Clinical Psychologist

Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

10524 Euclid Avenue, Suite 3150

Cleveland, OH 44106


Student Representatives

Alexandria (Allie) Winstead (2023-2024)
Department of Psychology

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Student Board Public Policy Office 

Ashley Winch

University of Central Florida

4111 Pictor Lane, Orlando FL 32816

Student Board Communications Officer

Casey Burton

Virginia Commonwealth University

Department of Psychology

White House

806 W. Franklin St.

Box 842018

Student Board Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Tori Holland (2024)

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Department of Psychology

One UTSA Circle

San Antonio, TX 78249-1644