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AAEP Board of Directors

Officers of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry are elected by members. Each elected position serves terms of two to four years with limits of two consecutive terms, with the exception of Executive Director. An Executive Director may be selected by the Board of Directors and serves as a nonvoting member of the Board of Directors. The voting members of the Board consist of the Officers of the Association and four at large members. A nominating committee composed of the three most recent past presidents selects the candidate slate. To read more about the specific positions of board officers and councilors at large, please review AAEP's bylaws. 

Voting Members 

 

President, 2024-2026
Michael J. Gerardi, MD, FACEP
Accute Medical Management
Morristown, NJ
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President Elect, 2024-2026
Michael Wilson, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Little Rock, AR
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Immediate Past President, 2024-2026, Nominations Committee Co-Chair
Junji Takeshita, MD, FACLP
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
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Membership Chair, American Psychiatric Association (APA) Assembly Council on Psychiatric Emergencies Special Interest Group
David Pepper, MD 
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Guidelines/Standards Co-Chair
Tara Toohey
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Voting Board
Victor Stiebel
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Voting Board
Nasuh Malas
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Director of Education
Christina Terrell
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Voting Board
Leslie S. Zun, MD, MBA
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Full Board

 

 

Journal Editor, Director of Mentorship
Seth Powsner, MD
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Director of Education
Christina Terrell
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Guidelines/Standards Co-Chair
Margie Balfour, MD, PhD
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Guidelines/Standards Co-Chair
Tara Toohey
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Committee Co-Chair
Jen Zaspel, MD
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Committee Co-Chair
Megan Mroczkowski
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Director of Research, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) Liaison
Scott Simpson, MD, MPH
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Allied Professionals Liaison, Social Media
Donaldson Betts
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Membership Chair, American Psychiatric Association (APA) Assembly Council on Psychiatric Emergencies Special Interest Group
David Pepper, MD 
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Firearm Prevention
Layla Soliman
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Director 
Megan Schott
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Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies (CPE) Liaison
Kim Nordstrom
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National Update on Behavioral Emergencies (NUBE) Education Committee Co-Chair
Priyanka Amin
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National Update on Behavioral Emergencies (NUBE) Education Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer Peltzer-Jones 
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Immediate Past President, 2024-2026, Nominations Committee Co-Chair
Junji Takeshita, MD, FACLP
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
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Nominating Committee Co-Chair
Jack Rozel, MD, MSL
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Nominating Committee Co-Chair
Tony Thrasher, D.O., DFAPA
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Executive Director, Civica Management
Don Knox
American Association for Emergency Psychiatry
Aurora, CO

 

 

Past Presidents

Junji Takeshita (2022)           (as above)

Tony Thrasher (2020)           (as above)

Jack Rozel (2018)                (as above)

Leslie Zun (2016)                 (as above)

Kim Nordstrom (2014)         (as above)

Seth Powsner (2012)          (as above)

Scott Zeller (2010)     

Anthony Ng (2008)

Jon Berlin (2004)

Rachel Glick (2000) 

Michael Allen (1996) 

 

Past Presidents (not current AAEP members/not on Full Board)

Avrim Fishkind (2006) 

Glenn Currier (2002) 

Joseph Zealberg (1998)

Douglas Hughes (1994)

Peter Forster (1992)   

Ricardo Mendoza (1990)

Rich Meyers (1989)

James Hillard (1988)

 

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