History and Presidential Reports

AACN Officers of the Board of Directors

President
Founding President
Byron P. Rourke, Ph.D. (1995-1996)

Presidents
Wilfred van Gorp, Ph.D. (1996-2002)
Catherine A. Mateer, Ph.D. (2002-2004)
Robert L. Mapou, Ph.D. (2004-2006)
Jerry J. Sweet, Ph.D. (2006-2008)
Gregory J. Lamberty, Ph.D. (2008-2010)
Michael A. McCrea, Ph.D. (2010-2012)
Aaron Nelson, Ph.D. (2012-2014)
E. Mark Mahone, Ph.D. (2014-2016)
Karen Postal, Ph.D. (2016-2018)
Chris Morrison, Ph.D. (2018-2020)
Richard Naugle, Ph.D. (2020-2022)
Dean Beebe, Ph.D. (2022-2024)
Dominic Carone, Ph.D. (2024-2026)

Vice-President / President-Elect
Sandra Weintraub, Ph.D. (1996-2002)
Robert L. Mapou, Ph.D. (2002-2004)
Jerry J. Sweet, Ph.D. (2004-2006)
Gregory J. Lamberty, Ph.D. (2006-2008)
Michael A. McCrea, Ph.D. (2008-2010)
Aaron P. Nelson, Ph.D. (2010-2012)
E. Mark Mahone, Ph.D. (2012-2014)
Karen Postal, Ph.D. (2014-2016)
Chris Morrison, Ph.D. (2016-2018)
Richard Naugle, Ph.D. (2018-2020)
Dean Beebe, Ph.D. (2020-2022)
Anthony Stringer, Ph.D. (2022-8/23)
Dominic Carone, Ph.D. (9/23-2/24)
Jennifer Cass, Ph.D. (2024-2026)

Secretary 
Gerry Taylor, Ph.D. (1996-2002)
Keith O. Yeates, Ph.D. (2002-2004)
Manfred F. Greiffenstein, Ph.D. (2004-2008)
Kyle B. Boone, Ph.D. (2008-2010)
Leslie D. Rosenstein, Ph.D. (2010-2012)
Chris Morrison, Ph.D. (2014-2016)
Sara Swanson, Ph.D. (2016-2018)
Anita Sim, Ph.D. (2018-2020)
Tricia Williams, Ph.D. (2020-2022)
Dominic Carone, Ph.D. (2022-2024)

Treasurer
Charles G. Matthews, Ph.D. (1996-1997)
Jason Brandt, Ph.D. (1997-2002)
Daniel Tranel, Ph.D. (2002-2005)
Michael A. McCrea, Ph.D. (2005-2008)
Susan McPherson, Ph.D. (2008-2012)
Richard Naugle, Ph.D. (2014-2018)
Nancy Hebben (2018-2020)
Dona Locke (2020-2022)
Brett Parmenter, Ph.D. (2022-2024)

AACN Board of Directors (alphabetical order)
Kira Armstrong, Ph.D. (2008-2013)
Lidia Artiola, Ph.D. (1996-2004)
Mark Barisa, Ph.D. (2019-2024)
Brandon Baughman, Ph.D. (2020-2024)
Russell Bauer, Ph.D. (2018-2023)
Dean W. Beebe, Ph.D. (2010-2015, 2017-2024)
Robert M. Bilder, Ph.D. (2007-2012)
Julie Bobholz, Ph.D. (2014-2019)
Joan C. Borod, Ph.D. (1996-2003)
Kyle B. Boone, Ph.D. (2005-2010, 2019-2024)
Jason Brandt, Ph.D. (1996-2002)
Michelle Braun, Ph.D. (2013-2018)
Franklin Brown, Ph.D. (2018-2023)
Gregory G. Brown, Ph.D (1996-2002)
Dominic Carone, Ph.D. (2017-2028)
Jennifer Cass, Ph.D. (2019-2024)
Michael D. Chafetz, Ph.D. (2012-2017)
Jerel E. Del Dotto, Ph.D. (1996-2002)
Daniel Drane, Ph.D. (2013-2018)
Deborah A. Fein, Ph.D. (2004-2009)
Joseph Fink, Ph.D. (2020-2024)
Mariellen Fischer, Ph.D. (2004-2009)
Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D. (1996-2001)
Tannahill Glenn, Psy.D. (2019-2024)
Wayne A. Gordon, Ph.D. (1996-2003)
Kevin W. Greve, Ph.D. (2010-2015)
Manfred F. Greiffenstein, Ph.D. (2003-2008)
Christopher L. Grote, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Nancy Hebben, Ph.D. (2015-2020)
Robert Heilbronner, Ph.D. (2005-2010)
Bruce P. Hermann, Ph.D. (1996-2001)
Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D. (2014-2016)
Richard F. Kaplan, Ph.D. (2003-2008)
Paul M. Kaufmann, J.D., Ph.D. (2008-2013)
Michael W. Kirkwood, Ph.D. (2009-2014)
Gregory J. Lamberty, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Dona Locke, Ph.D. (2014-2022)
E. Mark Mahone, Ph.D. (2006-2016)
Robert L. Mapou, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Catherine A. Mateer, Ph.D. (1996-2004)
Charles G. Matthews, Ph.D. (1996-1997)
Paul Mattis, Ph.D. (2014-2019)
Michael McCrea, Ph.D. (2005-2012)
Susan McPherson, Ph.D. (2006-2014)
Joel E. Morgan, Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Chris Morrison, Ph.D. (2012-2017)
Richard I. Naugle, Ph.D. (2009-2022)
Aaron Nelson, Ph.D. (2008-2014)
Brett Parmenter, Ph.D. (2018-2023)
Edward A. Peck, III, Ph.D. (2004-2009)
Karen Postal, Ph.D. (2011-2016)
Lisa Ravdin, Ph.D. (2012-2017)
Rebecca Ready, Ph.D. (2020-2024)
Joseph H. Ricker, Ph.D. (2010-2015)
Leslie D. Rosenstein, Ph.D. (2007-2014)
Byron P. Rourke, Ph.D. (1995-1996)
Michael M. Schmidt, Ph.D. (2003-2004)
Anita Sim, Ph.D. (2016-2020)
Sara Swanson, Ph.D. (2011-2016)
Jerry J. Sweet, Ph.D. (1996-2008)
Gerry Taylor, Ph.D. (1996-2004)
Daniel Tranel, Ph.D. (1996-2006)
Max R. Trenerry, Ph.D. (1996-2001)
Wilfred van Gorp, Ph.D. (1996-2002)
Clemente Vega, Psy.D. (2016-2019)
Cheryl Weinstein, Ph.D. (2014-2019)
Sandra Weintraub, Ph.D. (1996-2002)
Tricia Williams, Ph.D. (2018-2023)
David J.G. Williamson, Ph.D. (2004-2008)
Karen E. Wills, Ph.D. (2009-2014)
Timothy Wynkoop, Ph.D. (2015-2020)
Keith O. Yeates, Ph.D. (2002-2007)

Student AACN Board Representatives
Jackie Micklewright, Ph.D. (2010-2011)
Leslie Guidotti Breting, Ph.D. (2011-2012)
Amanda Gooding, Ph.D. (2012-2013)
Michelle Reinlieb, Ph.D. (2013-2014)
Alissa Butts, Ph.D. (2014-2015)
Stephanie Towns, Psy.D. (2015-2016)
Seth Margolis, Ph.D. (2016-2017)
Joyce Tam, Ph.D. (2017-2018)
Angelina Polsinelli (2018-2019)
Benjamin Brett (2019-2020)
Katherine Dorociak (2020-2021)

Executive Director
Linas A. Bieliauskas, Ph.D. (1996-2020)
Bernice Marcopulos (2020-present)