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; David Joseph, MD
- Ombudsman: Lindsay Clarkson, MD, Co-Chair
- Ethics: John Zinner, MD, Chair; Martha Dupecher, PhD, MSW; Deborah Feldheim, MD; Christopher Keats, MD; 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; Linda Stern, PhD
- New Directions: Martha Dupecher, PhD, MSW; David Cooper, PhD; Kerry Malawista; Robert Winer, MD
- Close Attention: Sharon Alperovitz, MSW; Robert Winer, MD
- Scientific Meetings: Paula Hamm, LPC; Scott Twentyman, MD
- Cinema Program: Cindy Bollman, PhD
- Fellowship: Yvonne DeCuir, PhD; 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; 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
- Fellowship Program in Psychoanalysis: Deborah Feldheim, PhD; 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; Robert Winer, MD
- Scientific Meetings: Paula Hamm, LPC; Scott Twentyman, MD
- Colloquium: Thomas Goldman, MD
- 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
- Psychoanalytic Theory for Scholars: Kevin Popp, PsyD
- 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; Linda Schwartz, MSW
Washington Psychoanalytic Institute
Governing body: Institute Council
- 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
- Candidates’ Organization Liaison: 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 Faculty Members: Alberto Pieczanski, MD; John Kafka, MD; Denise Fort, PhD
- At-Large Supervising/Training Analysts: Louis Spitz, MD; John Kafka, MD; one open position
- University Liaison: J. David Miller, MD