Leadership
 Board of Directors
President
Cynthia Taylor Handrup, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago
President-Elect
Jill D. McLeigh, PhD
Director, Policy, Advocacy, & Research
Children's Health, Dallas, TX
Past President
Ryan P. Kilmer, PhD
Professor of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Secretary
Edilma L. Yearwood, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing & Health Studies
Georgetown University Medical Center
Treasurer
William R. Beardslee, MD
Distinguished Gardner-Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Chairman Emeritus and Director of the Baer Prevention Initiatives in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital
Directors At Large
Swarnima Chaudhary, MPH
Technology Project Manager, National Mental Health Innovation Center
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Virginia Gil-Rivas, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Monica Landers, MSW
Child and Family Behavioral Health
University of South Florida
Arelis Moore de Peralta, MD, MEd, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Languages and Department of Youth, Family and Community Studies
Clemson University
Maury Nation, PhD
Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College
Vanderbilt University
Rebecca Singer, DNP, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago
Student Representatives
Nadha Hassen, HBSc, MPH
PhD Student, Environmental and Urban Change
York University
Cathryn Richmond, MA
PhD Student
Virginia Commonwealth University
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Co-Editors
Jill D. McLeigh, PhD (ex officio)
Director, Policy, Advocacy & Research
Children's Health, Dallas, TX
William Spaulding, PhD (ex officio)
Professor of Psychology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Executive Office
Executive Officer
Robin Kimbrough-Melton, JD (ex officio)
Research Professor
Colorado School of Public Health
Communications and Policy Assistants
Melissa Lewis
Charlotte, NC
Kirby Magid, MA
PhD Student, Health Psychology Program
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Rachel Uri, MA
PhD Student, Health Psychology Program
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Senior Policy and Global Affairs Advisor
Gita Jaffe, PhD
Consultant
Toronto, Canada
Committees
The Global Alliance Board of Directors appoints committees to assist in carrying out the business of the association.  Members of the Global Alliance are welcome to join these committees. Contact the Central Office for more information.
- Awards - Chaired by Ryan Kilmer
- Conference (2020) - Co-chaired by Rebecca Singer and Mary Armstrong
- Development - Chaired by Deborah Klein Walker
- Finance - Chaired by William Beardslee
- Membership - Chaired by Monica Landers and Arelis Moore de Peralta
- Nomination - Chaired by Ryan Kilmer
- Policy - Chaired by Jill McLeigh
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