Board of Trustees
APA's priorities, policies, and budgets are determined and approved by the Board of Trustees. Each year a number of positions – both national and regional – on the Board of Trustees come up for election, and nominations are due each year by October 1. The standing committees of the Board of Trustees are Bylaws, Elections, Ethics, Finance and Budget, Joint Reference, Membership, Nominating, and Tellers.
Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees

Rebecca W. Brendel, M.D., J.D
President, 2022 – 2023

Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A.
President-Elect, 2022 – 2023

Sandra DeJong, M.D., M.Sc.
Secretary, 2021 – 2023

Richard F. Summers, M.D.
Treasurer, 2022 – 2024

Vivian B. Pender, M.D.
Immediate Past President, 2022 – 2023

Adam Nelson, M.D.
Speaker, 2022 – 2023

Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., FRCP-E, FRCPsych
CEO and Medical Director
Trustees of the Board

Jeffrey Geller, M.D., M.P.H.
Immediate Past President, 2021 – 2024

Bruce J. Schwartz, M.D.
Past President, 2020 – 2023

Michele Reid, M.D.
Trustee-at-Large, 2022 – 2024

Elie G. Aoun, M.D., M.R.O.
ECP Trustee-at-Large, 2021 – 2024

Felix Torres, M.D., M.B.A.
M/UR Trustee, 2021 – 2023

Eric M. Plakun, M.D.
Area 1 Trustee, 2021 – 2024

Glenn A. Martin, M.D.
Area 2 Trustee, 2020 – 2023

Geetha Jayaram, M.B.B.S., M.B.A.
Area 3 Trustee, 2022 – 2025

Cheryl D. Wills, M.D.
Area 4 Trustee, 2021 – 2024

Jenny L. Boyer, M.D., Ph.D., J.D.
Area 5 Trustee, 2017 – 2023

Barbara Yates Weissman, M.D.
Area 6 Trustee, 2022 – 2025

Mary Hasbah Roessel, M.D.
Area 7 Trustee, 2021 – 2024

Vasilis K. Pozios, M.D.
Speaker-Elect, 2022 – 2023

J. Venkata “Amba” Jonnalagada, M.D.
Parliamentarian, 2022-2023

Urooj Yazdani, M.D.
Resident-Fellow Member Trustee, 2022 – 2023

Seth L. Daly Stennis, M.D.
Resident-Fellow Member Trustee-Elect, 2022 – 2023
Attendees of the Board

Simone Bernstein, M.D.
APA/APAF Leadership Fellow, 2022 – 2023

German Velez, M.D.
APA/APAF Public Psychiatry Fellow, 2022 – 2023

Fiona Fonseca, M.D., M.S.
APA/APAF/SAMHSA Diversity Leadership Fellow, 2022 – 2023