CPS Student Appointed APA Executive Director for Professional Practice

Katherine C. Nordal, Ph.D., a first year student in the CPS clinical psychopharmacology program, has been appointed as the new American Psychological Association (APA) Executive Director for Professional Practice. Dr. Nordal is experienced in working in the public policy arena and within APA and state association governance. She has worked in the office of Congressman Mike Espy and with the House Select Committee on Hunger as an APA Congressional Fellow. Most recently Dr. Nordal has served as Chair of the APA Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice. In addition, she is a former Legislative Chair and is a past-president of the Mississippi Psychological Association. Dr. Nordal was selected after a national search which included an extraordinary pool of candidates.