Originally published: . Volume 9, No. 7. Source pages: 8.
The Louisiana Psychological Association has honored Dr. Kim VanGeffen for Distinguished Service at their recent convention. Dr. VanGeffen is a clinical and neuropsychologist, leader in the psychology community, and humanitarian in the New Orleans area where she resides. She has served the association as President Elect, President, and Past President during the 1990s and has also served for the last eight years. She currently served as Director on the LPA Executive Council and is Chair of the Professional Affairs Committee.
VanGeffen is also a past president of the New Orleans Neuropsychological Society and has served on the Women in Leadership Committee of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. She has worked in the New Orleans volunteer mental health community for the last 20 years, serving as Vice President, President, and Past President of VIA LINK, a nonprofit social service that serves ten parishes. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Thomas/McMahan Foundation in New Orleans, a nonprofit organization established in the memory of two New Orleans physicians who died of cancer.
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