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

Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A.
President, 2023 – 2024

Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D., Dr.Med.Sc.
President-Elect, 2023 – 2024

Gabrielle L. Shapiro, M.D.
Secretary, 2023 – 2025

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

Rebecca W. Brendel, M.D., J.D
Immediate Past President, 2023 – 2024

Vasilis K. Pozios, M.D.
Speaker, 2023 – 2024

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

Vivian B. Pender, M.D.
Past President, 2022 – 2025

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

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

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

Kamalika Roy, M.D., M.C.R.
M/UR Trustee, 2023 – 2025

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

Kenneth B. Ashley, M.D.
Area 2 Trustee, 2023 – 2026

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

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

Heather Hauck, M.D.
Area 5 Trustee, 2023 – 2026

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

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

Steven M. Starks, M.D., M.B.A.
Speaker-Elect, 2023 – 2024

J. Venkata “Amba” Jonnalagadda, M.D.
Parliamentarian, 2023 – 2024

German Velez, M.D.
Resident-Fellow Member Trustee, 2023 – 2024

Sarah El Halabi, M.D., M.S.
Resident-Fellow Member Trustee-Elect, 2023 – 2024
Attendees of the Board

Avani Patel, M.D., M.H.A.
APA/APAF Leadership Fellow, 2023 – 2024

Nicolas Fletcher, M.D., M.H.S.A.
APA/APAF Public Psychiatry Fellow, 2023 – 2024

Mary-Catherine Skoulos, M.D.
APA/APAF/SAMHSA Diversity Leadership Fellow, 2023 – 2024