Norman Abeles, Ph.D. Registrant since 1975

Norman Abeles, Ph.D., is the Director of the Clinical Neuropsychological Laboratory and Memory Assessment Center at Michigan State University. Dr.Abeles supervises interns and practicum students, supervises research of graduate students, and conducts extensive research and writing. Dr. Abeles expertise and research efforts focus on the area of applied aging to help in assisting practitioners in making the transition from full time work to active retirement. Dr. Abeles has many years of activity in the governance of the American Psychological Association including a term as President in 1997.

Linda Berg-Cross, Ph.D. Registrant since 1978
Treasurer

Since 1983, Dr. Berg-Cross has been a Professor of Psychology at Howard University. She has also maintained a private practice in clinical psychology since 1976. She has had many years of experience developing training programs for clinical psychologists and has been extensively involved with the APA accreditation process. Dr. Berg-Cross received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Teacher's College/Columbia University.

Janet L. Dewar
Public Representative

Janet L. Dewar has more than 30 years of experience in marketing, strategic planning, public and government relations, and general management in international businesses. She is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC and has served on the Development, Membership, and Planning Committees as well as various sub-committees. Ms. Dewar holds a Master's Degree in International Public Policy (MIPP) from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Drew University.

Rosalind S. Dorlen, Psy.D. Registrant since 1980

Dr. Dorlen is a clinical psychoanalyst in independent practice in Summit, New Jersey with board certification in Clinical Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology. She holds an appointment as a member of the Allied Professional Staff, Department of Psychiatry at Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ with HSM designation by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. She has been involved in leadership of professional psychology at the local, state, and national levels and has written and lectured on a diverse range of areas including: resilience and chronic illness, terrorism, launching a private practice for early career psychologists, healthy work places, and public education.

Bruce S. Fogas, Ph.D. Registrant since 1993

Dr. Fogas received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 1990. He specializes in child and adolescent clinical psychology. His experience includes teaching, supervising and providing consultation to students and therapists at all levels of training, from bachelors level psychology students to psychology interns. He has extensive experience in serving culturally diverse populations as a result of his practice in public sector agencies in Arizona, North Carolina and South Dakota. Dr. Fogas also serves as the psychologist in South Dakota’s first interdisciplinary evaluation clinic for individuals suspected of having a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

George Hurley, Ph.D. Registrant since 1989
Vice President / Vice Chair

Dr. Hurley is a faculty member of the University Counseling Center at Memorial University in St. Johns, Newfoundland/Labrador and maintains a private practice. He is a former President of the Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, serving on the Council or Executive Committee from 1986 to 2001, five years as President and five years as Past President.

John C. Norcross, Ph.D. Registrant since 1989
Secretary

Dr. Norcross is a full-time professor at University of Scranton and part-time practitioner trained in the scientist-practitoner tradition. He has extensive editorial and administrative experience in organized psychology. His clinical work entails conducting individual, couples, and group therapy with adolescents and adults, particularly with fellow mental health professionals.

Morgan T. Sammons, Ph.D. Registrant since 1995
President / Chair

Morgan Sammons, Ph.D., ABPP, is currently Director for Clinical Support at the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. He is a Captain on active duty in the Navy, past president of the Maryland Psychological Association, and a representative to APA's council of representatives (Division 55). He is a prescribing psychologist and a graduate of the Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project.

Steven R. Smith, J.D.
Public Representative

Steve Smith is Dean of the California Western School of Law in San Diego, CA. He received his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law. Dean Smith has recently served as a public member on the APA Ethics Committee and ABPP Board of Trustees.

Mollie K. Thomas, Ph.D. Registrant since 2005

Dr. Thomas received her Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas following an internship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical School Internship Training Consortium. Dr. Thomas completed a post-doctoral fellowship focusing on addictive and impulsive behaviors at the UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine and Neurobiology. Her areas of expertise and interest include assessment and treatment of addiction, trauma related stress, impulsive behaviors, personality disorders, and mood disorders. Dr. Thomas is employed in a private practice setting, where she provides individual, marital, family, and group therapy.

Susan Windham-Bannister, Ph.D.
Public Representative

Dr. Windham-Bannister is the Managing Vice President and General Manager of the Business Research and Consulting Division of Abt Associates in Massachusetts. Her doctorate is in health policy and management from Brandeis University.