Board of Directors
A Board of Directors governs the APS. The Board’s responsibilities to members are outlined in the Society's Constitution. Find out about the Board
Groups
A large number of members of the Society participate on Committees, Taskforces, Advisory, Reference and Conference Organising Groups. Their contributions are very significant for the Society's operations, and ensure a diverse range of opinions are considered in policy making.
Board Committees
Finance and Investment Committee
- Dr Kate Moore (C)
Prof Simon Crowe
Ms Amanda Gordon
Mr Keith Irvine
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Prof Bob Montgomery
Mr Mike Shaw
Mr Barry Whitmore
Governance Committee
- Ms Amanda Gordon (Chair)
Dr Adrienne Bennett
Ms Sue Carter
Assoc Prof Erica Frydenberg
Mrs Jeanette Jifkins
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Prof Bob Montgomery
Prof Trang Thomas
Mr Barry Whitmore
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Risk Management, Audit and Compliance Committee
- Prof Lyn Littlefield (C)
Ms Amanda Gordon
Prof Bob Montgomery
Dr Iain Montgomery
Mr Barry Whitmore
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Board Advisory Groups
The Board is supported by five Advisory Groups, each with a particular focus in key strategic areas. The Advisory Groups are comprised of members of the Society with expert knowledge in the particular strategic area covered by the Group, together with two Board Directors. Members of Advisory Groups are appointed by the Board for a one-year term following a call for Expressions of Interest.
The Advisory Groups ensure that the Board has access to relevant expertise and input from the Society’s membership. The Advisory Groups to the Board cover the following strategic areas:
Membership Recruitment and Retention
- Assoc Prof Erica Frydenberg (C)
Dr Martin Boult
Dr Nicola Burton
Ms Amanda Gordon
Mr Simon Harvest
Mrs Agnes Levine
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Mrs Kay Manning
Mr Hamish Millard
Dr Kate Moore
Mr Harry Petropoulos
Ms Claire Weightman
Professional Development
Professional Practice
- Ms Anne Lipzker (C)
Mrs Joanne Abbey
Mr John Alder
Dr Penny Brabin
Mr Edward Campbell
Mr Arthur Crook
Mr Russell Deighton
Ms Amanda Gordon
Ms Erika Leonard
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Ms Ronita Neal
Ms Kathryn Nicholson Perry
Mrs Nicole Rogers
Dr Louise Roufeil
Ms Robyn Vines
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Public Interest
- Mr Quentin Black (C)
Dr Eugene Aidman
Dr Grace Couchman
Prof Neil Drew
Ms Amanda Gordon
Ms Elke Kellis
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Prof Bob Montgomery
Dr Alina Morawska
Ms Athena Phythian
Dr Joseph Reser
Prof Debra Rickwood
Assoc Prof Robert Schweitzer
Science, Academia and Research
- Prof Trang Thomas (C)
Prof David Badcock
Prof Simon Crowe
Ms Amanda Gordon (ex officio)
Prof Patrick Heaven
Prof Henry Jackson
Dr Maria Kangas
Prof Ottmar Lipp
Prof Lyn Littlefield (ex officio)
Prof Peter Lovibond
Dr Iain Montgomery
Assoc Prof Nancy Pachana
Dr Janette Perz
Dr Stephen Provost
Dr John Reece
Assoc Prof Graham Tyson
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Reference Groups
Reference Groups provide expert information and advice on matters affecting Members of the Society working in the four workplace settings noted below, as well as acting as a conduit for communication.
Education and Training Reference Group
- Prof Lyn Littlefield (Chair)
Prof David Badcock
Assoc Prof Jacky Cranney
Prof Simon Crowe
Ms Kaye Frankcom
Professor Gina Geffen
Ms Amanda Gordon
Assoc Prof Brin Grenyer
Prof Patrick Heaven
Prof Ed Helmes
Ms Judy Hyde
Prof David Kavanagh
Prof Michael Kyrios
Prof Peter Lovibond
Prof Paul Martin
Prof Bob Montgomery
Dr Iain Montgomery
Prof Pip Pattison
Assoc Prof Frances Quirk
Prof Trang Thomas
Dr Nicholas Voudouris
Prof Trevor Waring
Indigenous Education Reference Group
- Ms Amanda Gordon (C)
Ms Kath Ellerman
Ms Heather Gridley
Ms Jane Gronow (Rio Tinto)
Mrs Denice Jeffrey
Dr Marie Joyce
Ms Joyleen Koolmatrie
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Dr Rob Ranzijn
Dr Christopher Sonn
Private Practice Reference Group
- Mrs Bev Ernst (C)
Ms Christina Anderson
Dr Penny Brabin
Mr Michael Burge
Dr Elizabeth Celi
Mr Anthony Cichello
Ms Leonie Coxon
Mr Joel Curtis
Mr Tony Franklin
Mr Ted Graham
Ms Lib Heyward
Ms Nesli Karadeniz
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Mr Jeremy Parker
Ms Gaynor Perry
Ms Michelle Pizer
Dr Gwenda Schreiber
Dr Bruce Stevens
Mr David Stokes
Ms Ann Thornton
Ms Claire Weightman
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Psychologists in Schools Reference Group
- Prof Lyn Littlefield (C)
Dr Marilyn Campbell
Mr Ted Campbell
Mrs Sue Edwards
Ms Elaine Hosie
Ms Anna Huber
Mr Alan Plumb
Ms Kate Prescott
Ms Anita Smith
Mr Darren Stops
Dr Monica Thielking
Ms Vicki Trethowan
Public Sector and Non-Government
Organisation Reference Group
- Mr David Stokes (C)
Ms Gail Bradley
Ms Nicola Brazil
Mr Leigh Budden
Ms Carla Day
Mr Allan Dowsett
Ms Christine Fersterer
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Ms Natalie McCall
Mr Glen Menezes
Mr Rinaldo Minniti
Col Peter Murphy
Ms Jane Nursey
Ms Kathy Phythian
Mr Tony Robinson
Ms Linda Scott
Mr Darren Stops
Mrs Jeannette Stott
Ms Lisa Studman
Mr Frank Tinney
Ms Orania Tokatlidis
Ms Susan Ruth Whitelaw
Dr Roslyn Woodward
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Reference Groups, along with Advisory Groups to the Board, Member Forums and Committees of the Board all play a key role in the Governance of the Society by providing expert advice from Members of the Society and others, and by being an important element of the Society's ongoing communication with its membership.
Further information is available under Practitioner Resources > Professional Practice Advisory Group.
Taskforces
Professional Practice
Medicare and Optimisation of Practice
- Ms Ronita Neal (C)
Dr Penny Brabin
Mr Ted Campbell
Mrs Bev Ernst
Ms Erika Leonard
Mr Les Posen
Mrs Nicole Rogers
Dr Louise Roufeil
Mr David Stokes
Health Issues in the Workplace
- Mr John Alder (C)
Dr Elizabeth Celi
Mr Arthur Crook
Mrs Bev Ernst
Mr David Merryweather
Mr David Stokes
Prof Tony Winefield
Deprofessionalisation and the VET Sector
- Mrs Joanne Abbey (C)
Ms Elizabeth Celi
Mr Tim Hannan
Ms Ronita Neal
Mrs Liesel Scholem
Mr David Stokes
Rural and Distance Services
- Ms Anne Lipzker (C)
Ms Robyn Bradbury
Mr Anthony Cichello
Ms Saskia Cowles
Mrs Bev Ernst
Mrs Bev Ernst
Ms Lib Heyward
Ms Debbie Krahe
Mrs Nicole Rogers
Dr Gwenda Schreiber
Mr David Stokes
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Professional Development
Certificate in Private Practice Management Taskforce
- Dr Monica O'Kelly (C)
Ms Daiva Verbyla
Points Allocation and Endorsement
- Ms Anne Lipzker (C)
Dr Erica Frydenberg
Dr Lyn Littlefield
Ms Orania Tokatlidis
Ms Daiva Verbyla
International PD
- Ms Daiva Verbyla (C)
Ms Amanda Gordon
Dr Kate Moore
Prof Trang Thomas
Public Interest
Disaster Preparedness and Response
- Prof Bob Montgomery (C)
Mr Quentin Black
Dr Richard Bryant
Ms Bev Ernst
Ms Amanda Gordon
Mr Rob Gordon
Ms Kerrie Kelly
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Dr Joseph Reser
Prof Kevin Ronan
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Committees
APS Code of Ethics Review
Ethical Guidelines
- Dr Marie Joyce (C)
Prof Alfred Allan
Assoc Prof Jane Goodman-Delahunty
Ms Heather Gridley
Mr Graeme Kane
Assoc Prof Ann Knowles
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Mr Mick Symons
Dr Dianne Vella-Brodrick
Fellows
- Assoc Prof Erica Frydenberg (C)
Mrs Marilyn Cobain
Prof Graham Davidson
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Dr Fred Orr
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Program Development and Accreditation
- Dr Iain Montgomery (Chair)
Prof Don Byrne
Assoc Prof Jacquelyn Cranney
Prof Alison Garton
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Assoc Prof Jacques Metzer
Assoc Prof Kate Moore
Dr Shirley Morrissey
Prof Pip Pattison
Assoc Prof Clive Skilbeck
Assoc Prof Graham Tyson
Dr Nicholas Voudouris
Periodicals
- Prof Simon Crowe (C)
Dr Terry Bowles
Assoc Prof Lynne Cohen
Dr Geoffrey Denham
Ms Amanda Gordon
Prof Patrick Heaven
Prof Justin Kenardy
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Assoc Prof Nancy Pachana
Dr Nicholas Voudouris
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Conference Organising Groups
International Congress of Applied Psychology
- Prof Paul Martin (C)
Ms Amanda Gordon
Prof Kim Halford
Assoc Prof Michael Knowles
Prof Mike Kyrios
Prof Lyn Littlefield
Prof Kate Moore
Prof James Ogloff
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Scientific Program Group (2007)
- Prof Gerard Fogarty (C)
Prof Graham Davidson
Dr Iain Montgomery
Assoc Prof Nancy Pachana
Dr Esben Strodl
Dr Pat Thomas
Scientific Program Group (2008)
- Prof Jeff Summers (C)
Dr Raimundo Bruno
Prof Gerry Fogarty
Assoc Prof Anthony Love
Dr Frances Martin
Assoc Prof Kate Moore
Dr Nicholas Voudouris
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Constitution and Generic Rules for Branches, Colleges, and Interest Groups
Changes to the APS Constitution and Generic Rules for Branches were approved by the Membership at the APS AGM on 27 September 2007.
or download the separate sections:
Annual Report
All APS members are sent a printed copy. If you are not a member but would like a printed copy, please contact the APS on 1300 333 497 or email contactus@psychology.org.au.
Annual Report 2006-2007
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