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Lanny Berman, Ph.D., ABPPAlan L. Berman, Ph.D., ABPP
Executive Director
berman@suicidology.org

Lanny Berman has served as Executive Director of AAS since 1995. Prior to that, he was Director of the National Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide at the Washington School of Psychiatry (1991-1995) and a tenured full-professor of Psychology at American University (1969-1991). He currently (2009-2011) serves as President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. Lanny has published 7 books, the latest being the 2nd edition of Adolescent Suicide: Assessment and Intervention, and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in Suicidology and suicide prevention. He is the recipient of both AAS’s Shneidman and Dublin Awards for outstanding research contributions to Suicidology and to suicide prevention and a past-president (1984-1985) of AAS. Board certified as an ABPP diplomate in clinical psychology, he is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the International Academy of Suicide Research. He holds a BA degree from the Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America. 
 


Amy J. Kulp, M.S.
Deputy Director
ajkulp@suicidology.org


Karen Kanefield
Director, Training and Accreditation
kkanefield@suicidology.org


Erin MacInnes

Director, Project Development
emacinnes@suicidology.org


Andrea Price

Project Portfolio Manager
aprice@suicidology.org 


Holley Jackson
Office Manager
hjackson@suicidology.org 



Justin Ferrese

Communications Manager
webmaster@suicidology.org

*Staff can be reached by phone at central office, (202) 237-2280.

 
 

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