If you would like to contact the Governing Council members about anything, please email the MPA president at [email protected] or email [email protected].

Upcoming GC Meetings
Click here for the July 2023 GC Meeting Agenda. 
If you would like to submit a motion for an upcoming GC  meeting, click here for the Motion Form. 

Past GC Meeting Information
Click here to view Governing Council Responsibilities

Click here to see Governing Council Minutes.

Click here to see Governing Council Motions.

Executive Committee

President

Sharon McNamara, Ed.D., LP
[email protected]

 

President-Elect

Matthew Syzdeck, PhD., LP, MBA

Treasurer

Kelly Nelson, Psy.D., LP

Secretary

Thyra Fossum, Ph.D., LP

Immediate Past President

Yasmine Moideen, Ph.D., LP

 

 

  
   

Governing Council Members

 

Tom Allen, Ph.D., LP
Rural Division Chair

Kavita Desai Dakoji, Ph.D., LP
Psychologists in Health Care
Organizations Division
Open
Federal Advocacy Coordinator

Open
Forensic Division Chair

 
 
Shannon Goecke-Watson, Psy.D., LP
General Member

 

Rachelle Hansen, Ph.D, LP
Child Psychology Division Chair 

 

Jennifer L. Harrison, Ph.D., LP
Public Service Division Chair 

  

Amanda Janke, MA
Student Division Chair

Ashley Junghans-Rutelonis, Ph.D., LP
Women's Division Chair
 
Tamarind Knutson, Psy.D.
Psychoanalytical Studies Division Chair
Sonal Markanda, Ph.D., LP

Multicultural Division Chair

 

Open
APA Council Representative
Kelly Nelson, Psy.D., LP

General Member

Brooke Palmer Ph.D., LP
ECP Division Chair

Susan T. Rydell, Ph.D., LP
General Member

Michael Sharland, Ph.D., ABPP
General Member

Renee von Weiss, Ph.D, LP
Child Psychology Division Co-Chair

 

Jenny Wettersten, M.A., LP
Academic Division Chair

Open
Clinical Psychopharmacology
& Collaborative Practice Chair
 Open

Psychology Practice Division Chair