Chandra M. Mehrotra, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and dean of special projects at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America. He received his college's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1979 and the APA Division 20 Mentor Award in 2003.  From 1998 to 2004 he directed a research training program for college teachers in the psychology of aging and is currently directing an Institute on Aging for Social Work faculty from across the country.  He has received major support for his research and training activities from the National Science Foundation, Hartford Foundation, AARP Foundation, and the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health.  His research and writing interests include the study of aging, program evaluation, and faculty development.  His books include Teaching and Aging (Jossey-Bass, 1984), Distance Learning: Principles for Effective Design, Delivery and Evaluation (Sage, 2001), Measuring Up: Educational Assessment Challenges and Practices for Psychology (APA Books, 2004), and Aging and Diversity (Taylor and Francis, 2008).  He has guest-edited two special issues of Educational Gerontology: (a) Strengthening Gerontology and Geriatrics Education through Faculty Development (1996); and (b) Fostering Aging Research in Undergraduate Psychology Programs (2006).  He has recently conducted an evaluation of a U.N.-supported international training program in aging offered by the University of Malta Medical School, and is currently directing an evaluation training program for Native American communities.

Peter A. Lichtenberg, Ph.D., ABPP is the Director of The Institute of Gerontology and a Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Wayne State University. He received his bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and his Master's and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University. After his internship he completed a post doctoral fellowship in geriatric neuropsychology at the University of Virginia Medical School where he also became a faculty member. A clinician and researcher throughout his career Dr. Lichtenberg has made contributions to the practice of psychology across a variety of areas including in long term care, in medical rehabilitation with those suffering from late life depression, and age-related dementias. In 1997 he was awarded a Diplomate in Rehabilitation Psychology.  He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America. He has won numerous national and local awards including the Early Career Award in Rehabilitation Psychology (1996), The outstanding achievement award from the national network Psychologists in Long Term Care (1999); The Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award and the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award from Wayne State University (2001); The Alzheimer's Advocate Award by the Michigan State Council for Alzheimer's Disease (2002), and the Harry Kelly Award for his leadership in Gerontology (2005). Most recently he served as Chair of the APA Committee on Aging (2008), on the APA Presidential Task Force on Integrated Care for an Aging Population (2007) and Chair of the Behavioral and Social Science Section of the Gerontological Society of America (2007). Dr. Lichtenberg has been the Director of the Institute of Gerontology for the past 10 years and serves on a number of national, state and local boards relevant to aging in our society.

Victor Molinari PhD, ABPP (Clin) is a Professor in the Department of Aging and Mental Health (AMH) of the Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) at the University of South Florida (USF). He received his PhD from Memphis State University in 1979 and spent over 17 years with the Houston VAMC as the director of geropsychology before joining USF. He currently serves as a member of American Psychological Association's Committee on Aging. He is the past national coordinator for the Psychologists in Long Term Care (PLTC) and past president of APA's Division 12, Section 2 (Clinical Geropsychology). He is a fellow of APA's Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) and of the Behavioral and Social Sciences section of The Gerontological Society of America. He was the major preceptor for a federally funded joint USF/Tampa VA geropsychology post-doctoral fellowship program, and is a member of the training committee of FMHI's APA-approved psychology internship program. His major research interests include mental health outcomes research in long term care, serious mental illness in older adults, reminiscence therapy, and personality disorder in older adults.

Forrest Scogin is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.  He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.  Dr. Scogin's research has been primarily in the areas of psychotherapy, depression, and clinical geropsychology.  He has received funding from several sources, including NIH, RRF and AARP, to support his investigations.  He has authored or co-authored many articles, book chapters, and books on these topics.  Dr. Scogin is a fellow of APA Divisions 12 (Clinical) and 20 (Adult Development and Aging).  He is currently the Past-President of APA's Society of Clinical Geropsychology and served as chair of APA's Committee on Aging.  He also chaired the Society of Clinical Geropsychology's Taskforce on Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Older Adults.  He helped establish and has coordinated the clinical geropsychology emphasis in the Department of Psychology's doctoral training program in clinical psychology.  He regularly teaches graduate courses on the principles of psychotherapy, health and aging, and supervises basic and advanced practicums.

Merla Arnold is a licensed psychologist and registered nurse. Dr. Arnold received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from Teachers College Columbia University where she began her training to work with older adults. She received advanced clinical geropsychology education and training in a year-long postdoctoral fellowship. As a licensed psychologist, her clinical practice has been devoted to older adults living in long term care settings in Long Island, New York. Dr. Arnold works with state and national organizations to advance training, education, policy and care of older adults, in the varied communities in which they live.  She also achieved board certification and has over ten years experience in quality and utilization review, assessment, and improvement of health care services and systems in major metropolitan hospitals and medical centers. Areas of interest include attachment and loss experience, end of life, education and training, advocacy, and mind'body relationships, as they pertain to the health and wellbeing of older adults in particular. Dr. Arnold is currently Chair-elect of APA's Committee on Aging (CONA).

William E. Haley received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and completed postdoctoral work in Geriatric Clinical Psychology at the University of Washington-Seattle.  Dr. Haley has over 150 publications in the area of aging, focused primarily on helping family caregivers cope with chronic conditions including Alzheimer's disease, cancer, arthritis, stroke, and terminal illness.  He has a special interest in research that develops and evaluates psychosocial interventions for family caregivers.  Dr. Haley is Past Chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America, and a Past President of the Section on Clinical Geropsychology of the American Psychological Association.  He serves on the Editorial Boards of four leading journals in the field of gerontology, and on a Scientific Review Panel of the National Institute of Mental Health.  Dr. Haley is currently Professor in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida and has additional appointments at the Florida Alzheimer's Disease Center, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and the Center for Hospice, Palliative Care, and End of Life Studies at USF.

Dr. Margaret Norris is a psychologist in independent practice with more than 25 years experience in clinical geropsychology.  She consults in numerous long-term care facilities, providing direct clinical services to patients and their families, as well as consultation to staff.  Dr. Norris is the recent recipient of a national award for Outstanding Contributions to Psychology Services in Long Term Care.  She serves in leadership roles in numerous national organizations including:  Chair, Pubic Policy Committee, Psychologists In Long Term Care; Society of Clinical Geropsychology Representative to the APA Interdivisional Health Committee; Appointed member, American Psychological Association, Practice Directorate's Government Relations Office, Medicare Advisory Group; Appointed member, American Psychological Association, Practice Directorate, RVS Update Committee; Past-President, Psychologists In Long-Term Care; Past Secretary, Society of Clinical Geropsychology; Past Co-Chair of the Mental Health Practice and Aging section of the Gerontological Society of America.  Dr. Norris was an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University with 12 years of experience in academia.  She has published extensively in the areas of public policies for mental health care and the mental health of older adults.  Dr. Norris received her doctoral degree from the University of Florida's Department of Health and Clinical Psychology.