Jan 2019-Dec 2020 BOARD

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President  - Dr. Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton 
Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD is a clinical neuropsychologist in the Penn Memory Center and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her doctoral work in clinical psychology at Drexel University, internship training at the Brown Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, and Post-doctoral training in the Neuropsychiatry Division at the University of Pennsylvania



President-Elect - Dr. Jennifer Tinker 
Jennifer Tinker, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Drexel University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Zucker-Hillside Hospital and a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the VA Maryland Health Care System in Baltimore, MD. Her current research interests include psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and cognitive outcomes following neurosurgery in epilepsy. ​

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Treasurer  - Dr. Jennifer Dave 
Jennifer Dave, Ph.D. is a clinical neuropsychologist at Capital Health's Institute for Neurosciences in Pennington, NJ.  She is a volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California, completed her gero-neuropsychology internship at UCLA's Semel Institute, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. She has co-authored articles and chapters related to neuropsychology and geropsychology.




Corresponding  Secretary - Dr. Sarah Allen 
Sarah Levin Allen, PhD, CBIS, earned her doctoral degree from Drexel University in 2010. Dr. Allen is an Adjunct faculty member at Drexel and is the Executive Director of Neuropsychology at Brain Behavior Bridge. Prior to Drexel, Dr. Allen held a faculty position at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also held an administrative and clinical position directing campuses at the Y.A.L.E. School in South Jersey, which serves children who learn differently than their peers due to brain injuries, learning disabilities or other social or executive deficits. Dr. Allen conducts research, teaching, and clinical neuropsychological assessments with a focus on school programming for children in schools.


CE Secretary - Dr. J. Cobb Scott 
Dr. Scott is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Staff Psychologist at the Corporal Michael Crescenz (Philadelphia) VA Medical Center, and Co-Director of the CMCVAMC’s Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency. He received his BA in Psychology from Wesleyan University and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 2009.  He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the cognitive neuroscience of stress-related disorders and substance abuse with John Krystal and Steve Southwick at Yale University, and joined the faculty at Penn in 2013. Broadly, Dr. Scott’s research interests include the cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology of neuropsychiatric disorders. More specifically, Dr. Scott is interested in characterizing dysfunctional neurocircuitry in PTSD; using fMRI and neurocognitive methods to investigate PTSD and substance abuse; and examining the relationship between neuropsychological and functional outcomes (e.g., treatment) in psychiatric and substance use disorders. His research is currently funded by a Career Development Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs. In his clinical work, Dr. Scott conducts neuropsychological assessments with veterans with neurological, medical, and psychiatric conditions to aid in diagnosis and treatment planning.​

Recording Secretary - Dr. Ruta Clair
Dr. Clair, PsyD, CBIS, is an assistant professor of psychology at Cabrini University. She received her doctorate degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She received predoctoral training at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and postdoctoral training at RSM Psychology and Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey. She has clinical experience in neuropsychology and school psychology. Current research interests include concussion recovery, knowledge, and attitudes.
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​Student Representative - Martina Azar
Martina Azar is a third year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at Drexel University with a focus in clinical neuropsychology. She received her B.S. in Human Development at Cornell University. She then worked as a research coordinator at the Taub Institute for the Aging Brain in the Cognitive Neuroscience Division at Columbia University Medical Center. 
Jan 2017- Dec 2018 BOARD

PRESIDENT
Kate Lester, PsyD, ABPP

PRESIDENT-ELECT 
Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton,  PhD

TREASURER
Jennifer Dave, PhD

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Jennifer Tinker, PhD

RECORDING SECRETARY
Sarah Allen, PhD, CBIS
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CONTINUING EDUCATION  SECRETARY
J. Cobb Scott, PhD

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Mary Godfrey


Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 BOARD

PRESIDENT
Jennifer L. Gallo, PhD

PRESIDENT-ELECT 
Solomon Kalkstein, PhD

TREASURER
Kate Lester, PsyD, ABPP

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton,  PhD

RECORDING SECRETARY
Jennifer Dave, PhD

WEBMASTER
Farzin Irani, PhD

CONTINUING EDUCATION  SECRETARY
Reem Tarazi, PhD, ABPP

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Kristina Patrick

Jan 2011 - Dec 2012 BOARD

PRESIDENT
Maria T. Schultheis, PhD
 
PRESIDENT-ELECT 
Jennifer L. Gallo, PhD

TREASURER
Kate Lester, PsyD, ABPP

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Reem Tarazi, PhD, ABPP

RECORDING SECRETARY
Farzin  Irani, PhD

CONTINUING EDUCATION  SECRETARY
Solomon Kalkstein, PhD

STUDENT  REPRESENTATIVE
Josh McKeever

Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 BOARD

PRESIDENT
 Tania Giovannetti, PhD

PRESIDENT-ELECT 
Maria T. Schultheis, PhD

TREASURER
Lynn DellaPietra, PhD

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Jennifer L. Gallo, PhD

RECORDING SECRETARY
Farzin  Irani, PhD

CONTINUING EDUCATION  SECRETARY
Tania  Giovannetti, PhD/Soloman  Kalkstein, PhD

STUDENT  REPRESENTATIVE
Joel Eppig

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