COMMITTEES

AFAA GRANT

• Chair: Jim Bennett 
  Contact: jbennett104@sbcglobal.net 

  Description: The AFAA Grant Committee is responsible for oversight of the AFAA Grant program including reviewing grant applications, approving paperwork, and similar tasks.

1.        Meets as needed
2.        Reviews grant applications for adherence to guidelines and either approves, denies, or requests clarifications from the applicant
3.        Reviews grant documentation submissions and either approves or requests clarification or more information from applicant.
4.        Assists with grant program promotion
5.        Chair assists ACP office with any issues with applicant communication/compliance
6.        Chair provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.

• Seeking Committee Members: Yes

  
  

  

  
  

  ARCHIVE

  Chair: Denia Barrett
  Contact: deniabarrett@gmail.com

  Description: The Archive Committee is responsible for the oversight of historical organizational documents.

1.        Reviews and stores historical documents.
2.        Chair provides written reports to the Board when necessary and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.

• Seeking Committee Members: No.

  
  

  

  
  

  AWARDS

  Chair: Laurie Orgel 
  Contact: Laurie.orgel@gmail.com

  Description: The Awards Committee is responsible for selecting award recipients for the Award of Excellence and the Children’s Partnership Award.

1.        Solicit and review nominations.
2.        Report to the Board who has been selected as award recipients.
3.        Notify award recipients of their selection and assist with coordination of the award recipient attending the annual meeting to receive the award. 
4.        Present the award at the Annual Meeting
5.        Chair provides written reports to the Board when necessary and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.

• Seeking Committee Members: No.
  

  
  

  
  

  • CANDIDATE

    Chair: Jim Grabowski and Belinda Torres (in their roles as Candidate Councilors)
    Contact: jcgrabow@yahoo.com, dr.belindtorress@gmail.com
    
    

    Description: The Candidate Committee is responsible for engaging with member and non-member candidates.

  1.        Plan and host Annual Meeting Candidate event
  2.        Engage member and non-member candidates 
  3.        Promote ACP to non-member candidates
  4.        Report candidate issues to the Board
  5.        Plan events and activities, educational and social, etc.
  6.        Chairs provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.

  • Seeking Committee Members: Yes

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  • COMMUNICATION

    Chair: Rick Hall
    Contact: rshallphd@gmail.com

    Description: The Communication Committee is responsible for oversight of the listserv.

  1.        Ensuring posts adhere to the guidelines and working with the President to address any issues
  2.        Creating monthly discussion topics to engage the membership.
  3.        Sending items of interest to the ACP office for use in the monthly email newsletter.
  4.        Chair provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.
  

  • Seeking Committee Members: Yes

    
    

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  COUNCILORS

  Chair: OPEN – Chaired by a currently-serving Councilor of the Board

  Description: Chaired or co-chaired by one or two of the Councilors currently serving. The Councilors’ Project Committee is responsible for coordinating efforts to further engage ACP members and/or  interest potential new members in the organization. The members are the current Councilors, and past councilors can be invited by the Chair or Co-chairs.

  Meets as needed

1.        Chair provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.
2.    Organizes activities designed to engage current members or interest potential new members in the organization.

• Seeking Committee Members: No

  
  

  
  

  EXTENSION PROGRAM

  Chair: Susan Baxt 
  Contact: maclarensb@gmail.com

  Description: The Extension Program Committee is responsible for creating yearly programming to engage a wide audience of the child analytic community.

1.        Meets as needed
2.        Plans a once-yearly program for the child analytic community. 
3.        Completes any paperwork necessary for CE applications.
4.        Chair provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.

• Seeking Committee Members: Yes

  
  

  
  

  INTERNATIONAL & INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL

  Chair: Tim Rice
  Contact: trice83@gmail.com

  Description: The International Inter-Organizational Committee aims to expand the international presence of ACP as well as to liaison with relevant committees and task forces of national and international professional organizations. 

1.        Meets as needed
2.        Chair provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.
3.    Organizes liaison communications with international and domestic psychoanalytically relevant organizations.  
4.    Organizes panels or workshops to present to these organizations when invited and when time permits. 

• Seeking Committee Members: Yes

  
  

  
  

  MEMBERSHIP 

  Chair: Laurie Levinson and Justine Kalas-Reeves (in their roles as Secretary and Secretary-Elect)
  Contact: Laurie.levinson@gmail.com

  Description: The Membership Committee is Chaired by the Board Secretary and Secretary-Elect. The Membership Committee is responsible for oversight and reporting of membership dues and renewals. 

1.        Meets as needed.
2.        Sends welcome emails to new members from emails forwarded from the ACP office
3.        Holds periodic New Member Welcome events via Zoom
4.        Submits a written report for the annual Business Meeting at the Annual Meeting and leads a moment of silence at the Annual Meeting’s yearly Business Meeting for ACP members and members of the child analytic community who have passed in the last year.
5.        Assists with ACP membership promotion

• Seeking Committee Members: N/A

  
  

  

  
  

  NOMINATIONS 

  Chair: Kirsten Butterfield & Susan Sherkow
  Contact: Butterfield.kirsten@gmail.com, spsherkow@gmail.com

  Description: The nominations committee is responsible for recruiting nominees for the Board and preparing a slate for elections.

1.        Meets as needed
2.        Recruit nominees for open positions
3.        Ensure nominees are eligible for the positions they’re nominated for and that nominees are aware of the responsibilities of the position
4.        Send the final nominee list to the office. Ideally there are two or more candidates for each open position but there can be one if the President agrees.
5.        Chair provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.

• Seeking Committee Members: Yes

  
  

  
  

  PROGRAM

  Chair: Andrea Weiss and Adam Libow
  Contact: aweisswhit@gmail.com, Adam.d.libow@gmail.com

  Description: The Program Committee is responsible for creating the majority of the Annual Meeting programming.

1.        Meets as needed
2.        Solicits, reviews, and selects workshop proposals for the Annual Meeting 
3.        Selects workshop and panel presenters 
4.        Works with the President and the ACP office to assemble the agenda
5.        Completes any necessary paperwork for CE applications
6.        Chair provides written reports to the Board twice a year and attends the joint Board/Committee Chair meetings.

     Seeking Committee Members: Yes

SCHOOLS INITIATIVE

• Chair: Barbara Streeter
  Contact: bstreeter@hannaperkins.org

  Description: The Schools Initiative Committee is a new committee in the startup phase.

     Seeking Committee Members: Yes