Executive Committee The Asian American Psychological Association

Christine Catipon

Christine Catipon, Psy.D.

She/They/Siya

President

  • Staff Psychologist
  • Stanford University, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
  • 866 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-8580

Donna Lynne L. Demanarig, Ph.D.

She/Her/Siya

Vice President

  • Assistant Teaching Professor
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • 285 Old Westport Rd, N. Dartmouth 02747

Anjuli Amin, Ph.D.

She/They

Past President

  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
  • 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073

Amanda B. Breen, MPH, Ph.D.

She/They

Finance Co-Officer

  • Assistant Professor
  • Neumann University, Psychology Department
  • 1 Neumann Drive, Bachmann 300D, Aston, PA 19014

Catherine Bitney, Ph.D.

She/They

Finance Co-Officer

  • Senior Lecturer
  • Texas State University, Psychology Department
  • 601 University Drive – UAC 257, San Marcos, TX 78666

Florensia F. Surjadi, Ph.D.

She/Her/Hers

Finance Co-Officer

  • Associate Professor
  • Northern Illinois University, Human Development and Family Sciences 
  • 118 Wirtz Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115

Kavita K. Atwal, Ph.D.

She/Her

Secretary/Historian

  • Assistant Professor
  • Cal State University, East Bay
  • 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward, CA 94542

Richard "Rich" Chang, M.A.

He/They

Communication Co-Chair

  • Doctoral Student, Gambling, Addictions, and the Marginalized Experience Lab
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy. Las Vegas NV 89154

Lisa Liu, Ph.D.

She/Her

Membership Co-Chair

  • Associate Professor
  • Alliant International University, Los Angeles
  • 1000 S. Fremont Ave, Unit 5, Alhambra, CA 91803
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Tania Chowdhury, Ph.D.

She/Her

Membership Co-Chair

  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist
  • New York

Lainie Posecion, Ph.D.

She/Her

Board Member

  • Neuropsychologist
  • Private Practice

Topaza Yu

She/Her/Hers

Board Member

  • Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student
  • University of North Dakota
  • 3501 University Ave Stop 8357
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8357

Amy Han Kobus, Ph.D.

She/Her

Board Member

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Psychiatry, Mail code: OP-02
  • Oregon Health & Science University
  • 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239
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Minsun Lee, Ph.D.

She/Her

Board Member

  • Associate Professor and Director of Training
  • Seton Hall University
  • 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07024

Michi Fu, Ph.D.

They

American Psychological Association (APA) Council Representative 2021-2024

  • Professor
  • Alliant International University
  • 1000 S. Fremont Ave., Unit 5, Alhambra, CA 91803

June Kim, Ph.D.

She/Her/Hers

Editor, Asian American Journal of Psychology

  • Professor
  • Department of Psychology, The College of New Jersey
  • 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ, located on the land of the Lenape people

Lauren Yang, Psy.D.

She/Her

Education and Training Council Co-Chair

  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • 1400 Veterans Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94063
Thomas Kui

Thomas Kui, Psy.D.

He/Him

Education and Training Council Co-Chair

  • Psychologist and Clinical Director
  • Academics West
  • 37 W 65th St.

Past Presidents

Derald W. Sue

1972 – 1974

Robert Chin

1975 – 1976

Albert Yee

1979 – 1982

Harry Yamaguchi

1982 – 1984

Herbert Wong

1984 – 1988

Katsuyuki Sakamoto

1988 – 1990

David Goh

1990 – 1991

Nolan Zane

1991 – 1993

S. Andrew Chen

1993 – 1995

Christine Iijima Hall

1995 – 1997

Reiko Homma True

1997 – 1999

Gayle Iwamasa

1999 – 2001

Jun-Chih Gisela Lin

2001 – 2003

Frederick T. L. Leong

2003 – 2005

Alvin N. Alvarez

2005 – 2008

Karen L. Suyemoto

2008 – 2009

Gordon C. Nagayama Hall

2009 – 2011

Richard M. Lee

2011 – 2013

Sumie Okazaki

2013 – 2015

Kevin Nadal

2015 – 2017

Helen H. Hsu

2017-2019

Richelle Concepcion

2019 - June 2021

Nellie Tran

Jun. 2021 - Dec. 2021