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title: "Psych News Alert: APA Announces Results of 2019 Election"
description: APA’s Committee of Tellers has approved the following results of APA’s 2019 national election. Please note that these results are conside...
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 2/12/19 12:00 AM

# APA Announces Results of 2019 Election

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APA’s Committee of Tellers has approved the following results of APA’s 2019 national election. Please note that these results are considered public but not official until approved by the Board of Trustees at its meeting on March 9 and 10 in Washington, D.C.

**President-Elect**   
Jeffrey Geller, M.D., M.P.H.

**Secretary**   
Sandra DeJong, M.D., M.Sc.

**Minority/Underrepresented Trustee**   
Rahn Kennedy Bailey, M.D.

**Area 3 Trustee**   
Kenneth Certa, M.D.

**Area 6 Trustee**   
Melinda Young, M.D.

**Resident-Fellow Member Trustee-Elect**   
Michael Mensah, M.D., M.P.H.

Complete results of the election will be reported in the March 1 issue of *Psychiatric News*.

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