Article archive / April 1, 2011
Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 8. Source pages: 1, 4.
Dr. Alicia Pellegrin has stepped down as president of Grassroots of Psychology in Louisiana, and Dr. Susan Dardard has taken over that leadership role.
In a letter posted on March 14th to members, Dr. Pellegrin noted a number of accomplishments of the group, but said that since she hoped to serve in LPA in the near future, her plans would require that she step down.
Dr. Susan Dardard has been involved with Grassroots since its inception in 2009. She told the Times, “I welcome the opportunity to address the needs of psychology in Louisiana in my new role as president of Grassroots, and I thank Alicia Pellegrin and Mike Chafetz for their invaluable leadership in the past.”
She noted that her priority will be “… to work with other leaders of psychology in our state, and to bring together the diverse groups of our psychology community.”
“My first undertaking,” she said, “has been to bring together representatives of the LPA EC and Grassroots to deal with Senator Mount’s pending legislation…”
“My long range objective,” she said, “is to develop programs that educate elected officials and the public about the unique training, skills, and services of psychologists.”
Dr. Marva Lewis (L) Sociocultural Psychology professor from Tulane and diversity expert selects a treat from Dr. Susan Dardard’s cowboy hat at the scientific track that Susan developed for the Fall Conference. Dr. Dardard took over Grassroots leadership from Dr. Alicia Pellegrin last month.
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