I'm Doctor Nikhil Jain.
My name's lore dickey.
I'm Andrea Letamendi.
My name's Matt FitzGerald.
I'm Doctor Mike Parent.
My name is Dr. Kipp Pietrantonio.
I'm Ryan Landoll.
I'm Doctor Greg Matos.
I'm Rachel Herbst.
I work with the heroes who've served this country in uniform.
I'm an assistant professor and doctoral training director.
I'm the director of clinical training at a non-profit mental health agency.
I'm a clinical psychologist in independent practice.
I lead a research lab focused on understand the intersections of gender, sexuality, and
behavioral health.
I'm a counseling psychologist currently working in a university counseling center.
I teach medical students and research new ways to improve primary care behavioral health.
I just spent the last 3 years as a military psychologist, active duty in the NAVY.
I'm a counseling psychologist that works in integrated primary care.
I want the American Psychological Association to be an organization that I can rely on to
accurately and fairly represent me.
Right now, the APA is falling a little bit short of this.
The APA unfortunately has been behind the times.
Early career psychologists are not seeing the value in an APA membership.
Early career psychologists are not developing a professional identity that includes the
APA, in part because of a governance structure that is cumbersome, lacks transparency, is
difficult to navigate, and hard to access for newcomers.
And the position of power continue to change hands among a few insiders.
It's time to pass the torch onward.
We're done with the old way of doing things.
We want a new way forward.
APA needs a new way forward.
It's time to build the new APA.
We can build a new APA that moves away from the tired thinking of the past that led to
publicly painful disappointment.
New psychologists want an organization that is vibrant, that is lean, that is dynamic,
that is socially connected, and focused on a purposeful impact on our society.
The APA should be recognized as a source of reliable, evidence based, accessible information
about mental health.
Doctor Ali Mattu is the guy who can fix this.
He has been laser focused in bringing in new members and connecting them to APA.
Ali outlined in his platform changes to the membership to make it more valuable for the
next generation.
I really think this is crucial for us to survive as a profession and as a field.
The first step is electing a president who gets it.
Who's ready to bring a fresh perspective, who's been able to not only fulfill those
traditional leadership roles in the organization, the Council of Representatives and the Board
of Directors, but also is able to prove his ability to innovate, reach out to the public
in new ways.
This should be grounded in the values we share as professional psychologists.
Embracing cultural diversity, engaging the public, and being responsive to threats and
stigmatization of the mental health community.
I've worked with Ali Mattu for over 10 years.
I know his dedication to this field is deeply rooted in those values.
I've worked with Ali in governance and a variety of other settings and his passion, dedication,
his ability to speak what is on the minds of many but no body else in the room has said
is one of the most important features in a leader.
He is does not let differences between people get in the way of the work that he does to
advance the field.
He has shown humility, kindness, and a respect to honor diverse opinions and hear diverse
viewpoints.
Doctor Ali Mattu has the vision to move APA toward the future.
He is uniquely creative in ways that he can outreach to the community.
His ability to pull from current issues and talk about the way that psychological principals
can influence and move our field forward is exactly what we need at this moment.
He is a candidate who has mobilized others in the field, engaged the public with social
media, innovative partnerships, and establishing a voice for us in important forums.
I believe that he is the right person to help lead our organization out of the post-Hoffman
report era into an era of transparency and responsiveness not only to the public but
to our members.
He knows that transparency and inclusion are the best way to prevent damaging decision
making.
That's why I am voting for Doctor Ali Mattu for APA President.
That's why I'm voting Ali Mattu for APA President.
It's time to vote Ali Mattu for APA President.
Join me in voting for him.
He will get my number one vote for APA President.
Ali Mattu is the person we should elect as APA President.
Help us build the new APA, vote for Doctor Ali Mattu.
Let's transform the APA together.
Not only by electing Ali Mattu to the presidency but also by building a strong grassroots movement.
Join me in voting for Ali Mattu and let's build the new APA together.
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