FEATURE
Leadership 2013–2014
Board of Directors
President: David E. Cooper, PhD*
President-Elect: TBA
Immediate Past President: David Joseph, MD*
Treasurer: Steven Sorkin, PhD*
Secretary: Pavel Snejnevski, PhD*
At-Large Members
- Douglas Chavis, MD
- Cheryl Collins, MD
- Linda Dickson, MSW
- Joanne Gold, MA
- Jonathan Halperin
- Michael Hamm
- Linda Kolodner, MSW
- Karol Kullberg, LCSW-C
- Angela C. Martin, DNP, APRN
- William Moffett
- Jeff Taksey, CPA
- Scott Twentyman, MD
Ex-Officio Member: Deborah Feldheim, MD*
Chief Operating Officer: Roberta Sorensen, MA, CAE*
* Member of the Executive Committee
Staff
- Roberta Sorensen, CAE — Chief Operating Officer
- Christine Pembroke — Office Administrator
- Kelly Pearce — Website Administrator
Committees
- Board Development: David E. Cooper, PhD, Chair
- Bylaws: Marc Levine, MD, Chair
- Finance: Steven Sorkin, PhD, Chair
- Membership: Marjorie Swett, MSW, and Herbert Gross, MD
- Outreach and Social Impact: Joanne Gold, MA, Chair
- Program Management: Deborah Feldheim, MD, Chair
- Colleague and Patient Assistance: Ernest Wallwork, PhD, Chair; Katherine Brunkow, MSW; Elizabeth Hersh, MD; and David Joseph, MD
- Ombudsman: Lindsay Clarkson, MD, Co-Chair
- Ethics: John Zinner, MD, Chair; Martha Dupecher, PhD, MSW; Deborah Feldheim, MD; Christopher Keats, MD; and Stacia Super, PhD
- Newsletter: Roberta Sorensen, MA, CAE, Editor
Program Management Committee
Chair: Deborah Feldheim, MD
- Washington Psychoanalytic Institute: Richard Fritsch, PhD
- Psychoanalytic Studies Program: Sharon Alperovitz, MSW, and Linda Stern, PhD
- New Directions: Martha Dupecher, PhD, MSW; David Cooper, PhD; Kerry Malawista; and Robert Winer, MD
- Scientific Meetings: Paula Hamm, LPC, and Scott Twentyman, MD
- Cinema Program: Cindy Bollman, PhD
- Fellowship: Yvonne DeCuir, PhD, and Deborah Feldheim, MD
- Community Outreach: Katherine Chefetz, LCSW
- Research/Institutional Review Board: Pavel Snejnevski, PhD
- Psychoanalytic Clinic: Laura George, DSW
- Special Events: Charles Olsen, MD
- Couple and Family Program: Linda Grey, RN, MSN, and Ann Devaney, LCSW
- Scholars Program: Kevin Popp, PsyD
- Student Representative, MPP: Karol Kullberg, LCSW
- Theater Program: Robert Fenton, MSW
Program Chairs
- Modern Perspectives in Psychotherapy: Robert Winer, MD, Chair
- Fellowship Program in Psychoanalysis: Deborah Feldheim, PhD, and Yvonne DeCuir, PhD
- Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema: Cindy Bollman, PhD
- New Directions: Writing and Critical Thinking with a Psychoanalytic Perspective: Kerry Malawista, PhD; David Cooper, PhD; Catherine Anderson, PhD; Don Chiappinelli, MSW; Mary Carpenter; and Robert Winer, MD, Co-Chairs
- Scientific Meetings: Paula Hamm, LPC, and Scott Twentyman, MD, Co-Chairs
- Colloquium: Thomas Goldman, MD, Chair
- Raphling Scholar Program: Open
- Continuing Professional Education: Roberta Sorensen, CAE, Representative to the APsaA CME Committee
- Outreach Committee: Katheryn J. Chefetz, LCSW
- Psychoanalytic Clinic: Laura George, DSW, Chair
- Psychoanalytic Theory for Scholars: Kevin Popp, PsyD, Chair
- Psychoanalytic Perspective on Theater: Robert Fenton, MSW
- Research Committee/IRB: Pavel Snejnevski, PhD
- Gary O. Morris Research Prize: Open
- Samuels Fellowship: Richard Fritsch, PhD
- Special Events: Charles Olsen, MD, and Linda Schwartz, MSW
Washington Psychoanalytic Institute
Governing body: Institute Council Members
- Director: Richard C. Fritsch, PhD
- Secretary: Douglas Chavis, MD
- Immediate Past Director: David Joseph, MD
- Admissions Committee: Linda Stern, PhD, and Sharon Alperovitz, MSW, Co-Chairs
- Candidate Progress Committee: Katherine Burton, MSW, Chair
- Child/Adolescent Committee: Howard Benensohn, MD, and Anita Bryce, PhD, Co-Chairs
- CNSTA: David Miller, MD, Chair
- Curriculum Committee: David Cooper, PhD, Chair
- Evaluation Committee: Angela Martin, DNP, APRN, Chair
- Faculty Development Committee: Robert Winer, MD, Chair
- Liaison, Candidates' Organization: Karyne Messina, EdD
- Parliamentarian: Karyne Messina, EdD
- Recent Graduates Committee: Linda Geurkink, PhD
- Recruitment Committee: Marc Levine, MD
- Supervising and Training Analyst Committee: Katherine Brunkow, MSW
- At-Large Members of the Faculty: Alberto Pieczanski, MD; John Kafka, MD; and Denise Fort, PhD
- At-Large Supervising/Training Analysts: Louis Spitz, MD; John Kafka, MD; and one open position
- University Liaison: J. David Miller, MD