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