MPAGS Board Chairs 2008-2009

Below is an overview of the MPAGS executive committee positions and a short introduction to the people who presently hold each position.  In addition to these board positions, there are also opportunities to be a school representative or committee chair.  If you are interested in learning more about any position please contact Chair, Kate Morris.

Chair serves a one-year term and is the chief officer of MPAGS.  He/she is a voting member of the MPA Board of Directors and the Executive Graduate Council.  This person coordinates the efforts of the board members, as well as MPAGS members.

Kate Morris graduated from Vassar College in 2004 and is now in the third year of the Psy.D. program at Loyola College in Maryland.  Her clinical interests include corrections, adults with personality disorders and adolescents.  Her in-process dissertation focuses on burnout in the correctional psychologist.

 

Chair Elect serves one year as Chair Elect and the following year as Chair.  He/she shares in the duties of the Chair and assists in overseeing the affairs and activities of MPAGS.

Melinda Capaldi

Membership Chair is responsible for recruiting members and will work towards creating a diverse membership base.  She/he is the liaison between the campus representatives and the MPAGS Executive Council.

Dana Lau

Communications Chair is responsible for keeping and distributing minutes of all MPAGS meetings.  She/he is also responsible for coordinating graduate student submissions to the MPA newsletter and maintaining MPAGS web page resources.

Christina Hatt

Advocacy Chair and Assistant Advocacy Chair coordinate state and federal legislative advocacy efforts and are the liaisons between the MPA Legislative Committee and MPAGS.   

Linda Herbert, Chair, is a fourth year student in the Human Services Psychology Ph.D. Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.  She is currently working on research projects regarding the impact of food allergy on children and families in the pediatric psychology lab at UMBC.  As the current Advocacy Chair, she wishes to increase graduate student awareness of current professional issues.  Outside of psychology, Linda is interested in politics and current events, history, and tennis. 

 

Preston Greene, Assistant Chair,

Convention Co-Chairs oversee all aspects of convention planning, advertising, and management.  He/she may appoint a committee to assist him/her with these duties.

Lauren Brierley, Lauren Chandler and Kate Della Porta

Diversity Chair coordinates the MPAGS Diversity initiative.

Crystal Kannankeril is in her third year of the Psy.D. program at Loyola College in Maryland.  She graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, DC with a B.A. in Psychology.  Her clinical interests include psychotherapy and assessment with adolescents and adults.  Her dissertation is focused on music and its use as a coping mechanism for adolescents.