Executive Committee           Committees/Task Force Chairs              Meeting Minutes

Jim R. Broyles, Ph.D. , Finance Officer; Finance Committee Chair; Co-Disaster Response Network (DRN) Task Force Chair
Jim Broyles, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in the Central Ohio area, where he works with individuals, children and families. Dr. Broyles received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. In addition to his work as a clinician, he also presents workshops and teaching sessions for professionals on how to counsel young people and families on LGBT issues. Dr. Broyles has a background as both a teacher and school psychologist, and has served as the past chair of OPA's LGBT Task Force.

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Committee/Task Force Representatives and Liaisons

Robin Arthur, Psy.D., Education Committee Chair
Dr. Robin Arthur is the chief of psychology at Lindner Center of HOPE mental health hospital in Mason. She was part of the clinical team that created Lindner Center of HOPE. She received her undergraduate at University of Cincinnati, her master’s in industrial/organizational and doctorate in clinical psychology from Xavier University. Dr. Arthur is an assistant professor in University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Psychiatry Department.  She practices Dialectical behavior therapy, positive psychology and psychodynamic techniques with adults and adolescents. She has been a business owner for 20+ years and consultant to the business community, as well as doing executive coaching. Dr. Arthur also has a background in nursing and in the performing arts. She has lectured on countless topics locally and regionally including tweens and self-esteem, how women can nurture themselves and one another, women in leadership and parenting techniques children of all ages, personality disorders, Ayurvedic lifestyle and mindfulness. She is a past Board member of Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology and an adviser to INTERalliance of Cincinnati and Three Generations of Women in Technology (3GWIT).

Kathleen Ashton, Ph.D., Committee on Social Responsibility Chair; Public Education Campaign Coordinator

Kathleen Ashton, Ph.D., is the chair of the Ohio Psychological Association’s Committee on Social Responsibility and Public Education Campaign Coordinator. She is a health psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute and Sleep Disorders Center. Dr. Ashton received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, and completed her internship in health psychology at the Cleveland VA Medical Center and fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Ashton’s clinical and research interests include binge eating disorder, bariatric surgery evaluation and perioperative treatment, insomnia, weight management, the relationship of stress to physical illness, and women's health. She has presented extensively to the public about the effects of stress on health, and to psychologists on the importance of public outreach.

Colin Christensen, Ph.D. , Akron Area Professional Psychologists (AAPP) Representative
Colin Christensen, Ph.D., is a psychologist with Fordyce and Associates in Canton. He specializes in working with children, adolescents and their families. Dr. Christensen earned his BS from Texas Wesleyan University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Akron. In addition to being the Akron Area Professional Psychologists representative to the OPA Board, he also is a member of the OPA Diversity Committee and the OPA Membership Committee.

Kenneth P. Drude, Ph.D., Communications and Technology Committee Chair
Kenneth Drude, Ph.D., is chair of the Communications and Technology Committee and has served on the OPA Board as chair of various OPA committees and elected board offices for 30 years. He has worked in management and clinical positions in a variety of work settings including small and large mental health centers, hospitals, social service agencies and a university. He currently provides outpatient psychological services to children, adolescents and adults in Dayton and Springfield.

Michele Evans, Ph.D., Foundation for Psychology in Ohio Chair
Michele Evans, Ph.D., earned her B.A. from Duquesne University, her M.A. from Oklahoma City University, and her Ph.D. from Ball State University. Dr. Evans completed an internship at The John D. Dingell VA Medical Center where she participated in neuropsychology, chemical dependency, counseling and partial hospitalization rotations. She furthered her training by focusing on psychological assessment in a private practice setting during her post-doctoral year. In addition to completing psychological assessments at her own private practice and doing psychotherapy with nursing home and assisted living facility residents through Senior Life Consultants, Dr. Evans is a member of the adjunct faculty at Capital University and a member of the medical staff at Grady Memorial Hospital. Dr. Evans began her involvement with The Ohio Psychological Association as a student and she encourages students and early career psychologists to become involved with OPA. She serves on the Advocacy Committee and The Committee on Social Responsibility, in addition to chairing the Foundation for Psychology in Ohio board.  

Robin Graff-Reed, Ph.D., Business of Practice Network Representative
Dr. Robin Graff-Reed received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio in August 2004. Prior to earning her doctoral degree, Dr. Graff-Reed completed a one-year clinical internship with the Cincinnati Veterans Health Care System, as well as a number of clinical training rotations in community settings and university counseling centers. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship with the VHA’s National Center for Organization Development, she is currently a staff psychologist and OD consultant for NCOD, where she participates in a variety of work place interventions including organizational assessments, work group facilitations, individual executive coaching assignments, leadership development and employee satisfaction. She brings a positive-psychology and interpersonal/developmental perspective to her understanding of individual performance.   


Terry Imar, MA , Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE) Committee Chair
Terry Imar, M.A., received his graduate degree from Kent State University in 1971 and has been in practice in Ohio since 1975. Prior to entering full-time private practice in 1981, he was clinical director of North Central Mental Health Center in Columbus. He has previously chaired OPA's Continuing Education Committee and OPA's Ethics Committee. Mr. Imar is in general practice, working with adults, adolescents and children. He is a member of the medical staff of Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, where he is chief of the psychology service.

Wanda McEntyre, Ph.D., Diversity Committee Chair

Kim Metz, Ph.D., Science Committee Chair
Dr. Kimberly Metz earned her B.S. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Ohio University.  Following her internship at William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute in South Carolina she worked as a staff psychologist at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.  She returned to Ohio in 1996 where she continued her clinical work at a community mental health center and later at a private practice.  During this period Dr. Metz also gained 10 years of teaching experience as an adjunct faculty member at Baldwin Wallace College. In 2005, she joined the full time faculty ranks at Walsh University.  She continues to maintain a small private practice.

Steve Nichols, Ph.D., Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology Representative

Trevor Petersen, M.S., Ohio Psychological Association of Graduate Students (OPAGS) Chair
Trevor Petersen, M.S., is a fourth year clinical psychology graduate student at Ohio University. His experience includes undergraduate teaching as well as clinical work with diverse populations at varied settings including a residential treatment center, clinical boarding school, elementary school, departmental clinic, and college counseling center. His research interests range from psychosocial predictors of substance use severity and treatment outcomes among adolescents, to increasing college students’ stress management skills. He has actively presented his work at state and national conferences. Trevor is a graduate student affiliate of APA, APA Division 12, ABCT and MHEDIC. He currently serves on the graduate representative committee of his department, the Ohio University President’s Advisory Council for Campus Safety, and the Ohio University Graduate Student Senate.

Alice Randolph, EdD, M.S. Clinical Psychopharmacology+, Prescription Privileges (RxP) Task Force Chair; Federal Advocacy Liaison
Alice H. Randolph, EdD, M.S., clinical psychopharmacology, is a psychologist who owns Psychological Transitions, a group practice that provides psychological services to residents of nursing homes and assisted living programs. She is an accomplished speaker and is recognized for her work in Medicare regulations and compliance. She has been a member of the Ohio Psychological Association Board of Directors since 1997.

Lynn Rapin, Ph.D. , Personnel Committee Chair
Dr. Lynn Rapin is counseling and consulting psychologist practicing in Cincinnati. Dr. Rapin has served as the chair of the Personnel Committee for seven of the last eight years, providing volunteer consultation to the OPA executive director and staff. Lynn's work with OPA has focused on developing strengths of the staff to maximize work potential within a positive work environment. Dr. Rapin is a past president of APA Division 49, Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, and is a past president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work, a division of the American Counseling Association. In her consulting practice, Dr. Rapin specializes in longer-term organization interventions with social service agencies and non-profit organizations. In her private practice, Dr. Rapin works with adults and adolescents.

Lynne C. Rustad, Ph.D., was a research biologist before entering the graduate program at Case Western Reserve University from which she received her doctorate in clinical psychology in 1975. She obtained specialty training in the emerging field of behavioral medicine on the Spinal Cord Injury Unit of Cleveland VA Medical Center where she collaborated in the development of an innovative group program in sex re-education and counseling for cord-injured people. As a staff member, after moving from the SCI Unit to Cardiology Section, she continued for several years to provide psychological services to the medical center Sex Dysfunction Clinic and served on the Task Force on Sex and Disability of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Throughout her career, her clinical, training and research focus has been on the psychosocial and psychophysiologic aspects of medical illness. She provided consultation to acute and intensive care units and the HIV-AIDS program; was a member of the heart, liver and lung transplant teams and the Critical Care Committee and developed outpatient group programs in cardiac rehabilitation and congestive heart failure. Concerned about the growing impact of medical technology on seriously ill patients and their families, Dr. Rustad obtained training in bioethics and, in 1987, co-founded the Cleveland VA Bioethics Committee, serving as chair of the evolving program and Chief of the Bioethics Consultation Team until her VA retirement in 2005. Prior to that retirement, she was a member of the Headquarters working group that revised the VA national end-of-life policy. Dr. Rustad was also a founding member of the Bioethics Network of Ohio, serving on the BENO Board and chairing the Research Committee for many years.

Rose Mary Shaw, Psy.D. , Dayton Area Psychological Association (DAPA) Representative
Rose Mary Shaw, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist with the University Psychological Services Associates, Inc., with offices in the Dayton and Columbus area, where she has established an integrative health and wellness practice, working cooperatively with family physicians and local wellness practitioners. She also serves on the clinical faculty at the Wright State University, School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Shaw is also the principal officer of the Transitional Life Counseling: Assessment and Consultation firm, where she conducts independent medical evaluations. Dr. Shaw earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Wright State University and completed post-doctoral training in neuropsychology at the Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. She is a member of the Ohio Psychological Association Board of Directors and the current president of the Dayton Area Psychological Association. She is a member of the OPA Science Committee, and is active in the promotion of behavioral sciences at the high school level through involvement with local, regional and state Ohio science fairs and the Ohio Academy of Science.
 
Thomas P. Swales, Ph.D. , Political Action Committee Chair
Thomas P. Swales, Ph.D., ABPP is director of the Psychological Assessment Center at MetroHealth Medical Center, and an assistant professor of psychiatry, psychology and pediatrics at the Case Western Reserve University. He is Board-certified in clinical neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Swales has served as president, secretary and treasurer of the Cleveland Psychological Association.

Elizabeth Swenson, Ph.D., J.D., Ethics Committee Chair
Elizabeth V. Swenson, Ph.D., J.D., is a professor of psychology at John Carroll University. She holds a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University and a J.D. from Cleveland State University. Dr. Swenson teaches professional ethics, planning for graduate school, and legal issues in psychology to undergraduate students. She is chair of John Carroll University’s Institutional Review Board where she routinely reviews student and faculty research proposals for safeguards to human participants. Dr. Swenson has been a member of the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee, Ethics Code Revision Task Force and Continuing Professional Education Committee. She is a consultant/evaluator and Accreditation Review Council member for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. She is a licensed psychologist, but instead practices law in Cleveland, Ohio, in the area of child protection and advocacy. 

Mary Ann Teitelbaum, Ph.D. , Ohio School Psychologists Association (OSPA) Representative