BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Girija Kaimal, EdD, MA, ATR-BC
Finance and Executive Committee
Assistant Professor, Drexel University.
Philadelphia, PA
President-Elect: Nadia F. Paredes, MA, LMFT, ATR
Finance and Executive Committee, Nominating Committee
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, Art Therapist in Private Practice.
Treasurer: Marygrace Berberian, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC, LCSW
Finance and Executive Committee
Secretary: Raquel Farrell-Kirk, MS, ATR-BC
Finance and Executive Committee, DE&I Committee
Co-founder, Evolve Learning Community; Owner, Creative Energy Art Therapy.
Jacksonville, FL
Speaker, Assembly of Chapters: Elizabeth Hlavek, DAT, LCPAT, ATR-BC
Education Committees Liaison, Nominating Committee
Director: Michael Galarraga, LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC, CSOTP
Founder and Bilingual Art Therapist at Intersection Therapy, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
Director: Miki Nishida Goerdt MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC
Owner of Emerald Leaf Counseling LLC
Adjunct faculty at The George Washington University’s Graduate Art Therapy program
Falls Church, VA
Director: Louvenia Jackson, MFT, ATR-BC, PhD
DE&I Committee, Journal Liaison
Assistant Professor, Marital and Family Department, Loyola Marymount University.
Los Angeles, CA
Director: Ori Cruz, MPS, LCAT
Director: Jennifer DeLucia, DAT, LCAT
Assistant Professor
Department Chair, Creative Arts Therapy, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
Rochester, NY
Director: Rochele Royster, PH.D, ATR-BC
DE&I Committee