OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
PRESIDENT – Valorie George, LCSW, CGP
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT –
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT – Theresa Fassihi, PhD
THIRD VICE PRESIDENT – Tom Carter, PhD, LPC, CGP
TREASURER – Jamie Cool, LCSW, CGP
SECRETARY – Brittany Burch, LCSW-S, LCDC, CGP
PARLIAMENTARIAN – Jana Rosenbaum, LCSW, FAGPA, CGP
PAST PRESIDENT – Jean Dixon, LPC, CGP
COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
INSTITUTE COMMITTEE – Elyssa Fink Gottheim, LCSW, CGP
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE – Merilee Minshew, MAAT, LPC
EDUCATION COMMITTEE – Valorie George, LCSW, CGP and Jennifer Markey, PhD, CGP
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE – Helen Chong, LCSW, CGP
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE – Guy Bender, LPC
FINANCE COMMITTEE – Jamie Cool, LCSW, CGP
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE – Theresa Fassihi, PhD
CONTINUING EDUCATION – Melanie Flint, LCSW, CGP
COMMUNITY OUTREACH – Aaron H. Fink, MD, FAGPA, CGP
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS – Nina Garcia, MA, RDT
CULTURAL HUMILITY, EQUITY, AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE – Sarah Pinto, MSW candidate, Anne Slater, LCSW-S, and Andrea Washington, LCSW-S, CSAT, CDWF
ADVISORY BOARD:
2018-2021
Dan Garza, MD, Nubia Lluberes, MD, CCHP, Nanine Ewing, PhD, FAGPA, CGP, BC-DMT
2019-2022
Michele Lees, MA, LPC, Amanda Yoder, LCSW, CGP
2020-2023
Tony Aucoin, LCSW, LCDC, Morgan McCain, PhD, CGP, Elizabeth Haberer, LCSW
PAST HGPS PRESIDENTS
1967 Pat Pearce, MD*
1968 Clarence Miller, PhD*
1969 Juanita Hart, MD
1970 Mary Beth Holley. MSW*
1971-73 Clarence Miller, PhD
1973-75 Jody Vick, MSW
1975-77 H. Barry Molísh, PhD*
1977-79 Marian Yeager, PhD*
1979-81 Gary Byrd, MD
1981-83 Robert Beck, MA*
1983-85 Hannah Schlamowitz, MSW*
1985-87 Robert E. White, MD
1987 Floyd Jennings, PhD
1987-89 Elizabeth B. Knight, MSW
1989-91 Carol Kelleher, PhD
1991-93 Jeanne Pasternak, LCSW
1993-95 Travis Courville, LCSW
1995-97 Carol Vaughan, LCSW
1997-99 Aaron H. Fink, MD, FAGPA, CGP
1999-01 Harvey Rosenstock, MD
2001-03 Wright Williams, PhD
2003-05 Tania DeJohn, LCSW
2005-07 Cindy Hearne, PhD,CGP
2007-09 Sandra Jackson, LCSW
2009-11 Richard Newman, MEd, LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LCDC
2011-13 Aaron H. Fink, MD, FAGPA, CGP
2013-2015 Linda Chase, LCSW
2015-2017 Jana Rosenbaum, LCSW, CGP
2017-2019 Helen Chong, LCSW, CGP
* signifies deceased