Article archive / July 1, 2011
Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 11. Source pages: 1, 7.
In a contest to win a sought-after Director opening on the LA Psych Association’s Executive Council, Dr. John Fanning, clinical and neuropsychologist from New Orleans pushed ahead of Dr. Sherry Desselle, clinical psychologist from Baton Rouge.
The spot was important to both factions within the association, those sympathetic to the medical psychologists’ agenda and those who are pushing for reforms including a motion that passed at the annual meeting in April. That motion requires LPA leaders to seek a way to return the practice of psychology, currently under medicine due to 251, back to the psychology licensing board. Fanning’s success was viewed by many as key to that issue.
Fanning captured the position with 60 percent of the vote. Executive Director Gail Lowe told the Times that the voter turnout was very high, and higher than she had seen in recent years for this type of election.
New officers for LPA take their places today. These are Dr. Alicia Pellegrin as secretary, and new Directors Drs. John Fanning, Wes Brockhoeft, and Joe Tramontana. These join Drs. Phillip Griffin and Bryan Gros moving into the positions of President and President-elect, and taking over for outgoing president Dr. Kelly Ray. Remaining on the Council are Dr. Thomas Fain, treasurer, APA delegate Dr. Darlyne Nemeth, and directors Dr. Kim Van Geffen and Dr. Robert Storer.
Dr. John Fanning, standing, talks with psychologists and spouses after the convention in Baton Rouge.
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