Who we are
Membership
With almost 1000 current members, Division 44 is a group of health care providers, scientists, researchers, and educators with diverse geographic, age, and ethnic backgrounds.
APA membership statistics for Division 44 - These tables cover demographics, educational characteristics, current major fields, and membership characteristics.
Leadership
To fulfill the mission of Division 44, members are called upon to serve as Elected Officers, Committee and Task Force Members, and Appointees.
Elected officers
Ruth Fassinger
- President - Ruth Fassinger
- President-elect - Randy Georgemiller
- Past president - Christopher Martell
- Secretary-treasurer - Chris Downs
- APA Council Representatives - Robin Buhrke, Terry Gock, Sari Dworkin
- Members-at-large - Beth Firestein, Steven David, Arlene Noriega
Committee chairs
- Committee on Bisexual Issues - Beth Firestein, Ron Fox
- Education and Training Committee - Maryka Biaggio, Brad Larsen
- Fellows Committee - Linda Garnets
- Membership committee - David Pantalone, Deborah Kaysen
- Public Policy Committee - Glenda Russell, Janis Bohan
- Program Committee - Alan Storm, Wendy Biss
- Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity - Kirstyn Yuk Sim Chun, Michele K. Lewis
- Science committee - Jonathan Mohr
- Committee on Transgender & Gender Variance Issues - Lore Dickey, Shana Hamilton
- Youth and Families Committee - Sean Stebbins, Richard Sprott
Task Force chairs
- Mentoring Task Force - Steven David, Julie Konik
- Task force on Aging - Steven David, Liz Asta
- Task Force on Sexual Orientation and Military Service - Jim Fitzgerald,
Appointed positions
- Archivist - Ritch Savin-Williams
- Awards Chair - Randy Georgemiller
- Book Series Editor - Barry Chung
- Elections Chair - Christopher Martell
- Fundraising dinner - Michael Ranney
- Historian - Doug Kimmel
- Malyon-Smith award - Cisco Sanchez
- Bisexual Foundation award - Cisco Sanchez
- Newsletter Editor - Doug Kimmel
- Student Representatives - Karen Greenspan, Joe Miles
- Website Editor - Laura Brown
- Website Developer - Lynn Brem
Liaisons and representatives
- APA Staff Liaison - Clinton Anderson
- Representative to APA Early Career Network - Kimberly Balsam
- Representative to Divisions for Social Justice - Shara Sand
- Representative to Multicultural Summit and Conference - Cisco Sanchez
See also
- What we're doing > Leadership > Executive committee
- What we're doing > Leadership > APA Council representatives
- What we're doing > Committees and task forces
- What we're doing > Projects
- Contact us > Become a member
- Contact us > Officers and chairs