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The Financials 8 The Power of Membership 92022 NJPA Award Winners
from 2022 NJPA MID-YEAR REPORT
by NJPA
The Financials
Marc Gironda, PhD Treasurer Amidst the many transitions that occurred this year at the New Jersey Psychological Association, one thing has remained very much the same: Revenues from dues is the primary source of income for our association. With this in mind, I, along with the entire Executive Board and NJPA staff, are very grateful for our membership and their ongoing dedication to NJPA. Over the past several months, we have taken some extensive financial shifts in order to grow and benefit the association. Beginning in December 2021, we made a one-time increase to the insurance allotment for our full-time Central Office staff to offset the dramatic health insurance premium rates. With the support of the Executive Director, NJPA also transitioned technology approaches by embracing a complete hybrid model for Central Office staff. Laptops were purchased for all full-time staff, and a transition from a local central server to Microsoft OneDrive took place. Central Office staff continue to be in the office at least two to three times a week. In January 2022, we began looking into alternative Association Management Platforms that provide greater flexibility in dues rates and member retention. After a thorough search, the Executive Board approved the conversion from MemberClicks to YourMembership in April 2022. This will result in a completely new website and Internet presence. The website transition will be complete this fall. Some of the many benefits of YourMembership are ACH payments, automatic renewal, and pro-rated monthly premium options. We also believe the website user experience will be far more friendly and accessible. NJPA also took the step to endorse The Trust. This partnership has many financial opportunities and benefits. We look forward to their resources and connections. In April 2022, after a thorough review of our investment account and the current market, with the counsel of Mariner Wealth Advisors, NJPA has transferred a portion of our savings account into our investment account. With our "growth" oriented approach to our investment account already established, we intend to continually grow the investment account so that it can provide sustainable annual revenue on behalf of the association in the future. NJPA continues to utilize the accounting services of Cullari Carrico, as well as QuickBooks Online, for all operations management. In August, our Executive Director, Justin Karmann, and I planned the NJPA budget for 2023. We intend to have the budget approved the fourth quarter of 2022. Finally, within our 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, we are targeting continuing education as an opportunity to create additional revenue while also evaluating alternative membership format to enhance and diversify our membership base. It is my honor to serve as Treasurer of NJPA, and I look forward to finding ways to keep our association on sure financial footing, with an eye towards stability in the future.
The Power of Membership
Membership Committee Co-Chairs Aileen Torres, PhD & Elio Arrechea, PhD
We excel at helping our members succeed! You don't have to wonder alone! Your professional work is often quite solitary. It's common for many to feel isolated and alone, especially when faced with a pressing question about a practice issue or an ethical situation that you cannot discuss with friends or family. We have excellent resources available to help you feel more connected and cared for. FREE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS!
Two valuable NJPA member benefits include confidential phone consultations with Director of Professional Affairs, Susan McGroarty, and/or with the members of the Ethics Education and Resource Committee. All consultations are free of charge to you! These consultations are two important ways that we continue to show our support for you! Whenever you have a practice question or face an ethical dilemma, remember, you don't have to wonder alone!
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The Benefits of Membership
FREE Consultations CE Program Discounts Practice Building Assistance Directory Listings Networking Opportunities Exclusive Online Resources Free Publications Diverse Communities Political Clout Exposure to the Public Of our 1584 members, 1157 of you identified your professional interests and involvement*
* multiple selections were offered
Academic: Teaching/Research 20% Addictions 12% Child/Adolescents 46% Clinical Health 35% Couples/Families 33% Educational Psychology 9% Forensic Psychology 15%
Group Therapy 12% Industrial/Organizational 4% Intellectual/Devel. Disabilities 12% Military Psychology 3% Neuropsychology 17% Police/Public Safety 7% Serious Mental Illness 15%
Community/Outpatient Clinic 2% Forensic/Correction Facility 1% General Hospital Center 4% VA Medical Center 1% Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital 1% K-12 School District 4% University/Graduate School 1%
Geropsychology 13%
* multiple selections were offered
Congratulations! NJPA 2022 Award Winners
Psychologist of the Year Award: Luciene Sant'Anna Takagi, PsyD Lucy is known as someone who accomplishes the many goals she sets and she has a reputation for being exceptionally driven, sensitive, and inclusive. She has advocated for minority groups, private practitioners, and psychologists overall. She has led NJPA with gusto throughout her past tenure as president. She was charged with the task of advocating to New Jersey legislature for pandemic related needs of New Jersey psychologists and the people who they serve, and she was very successful at handling this challenge. She testified at the Senate Health Committee Telehealth Meeting about how state law could be restructured for permanent expansion of telehealth services, which directly benefits underserved populations and provides greater access to mental health services. She also testified before legislature to highlight the importance of New Jersey entering PSYPACT, and testified to allow early career psychologists to be licensed sooner.
Lifetime Achievement Award : Matthew Barry Johnson, PhD Dr. Johnson has made significant contributions to psychology as a professor, researcher, expert witness, and mentor. Addressing social justice issues and providing service to others are major themes in his work. He has a great passion for research and, as a result he has published more than 50 articles in professional journals on a range of topics that include: police coercion and secrecy in interrogation; why innocent defendants plead guilty; the death penalty; parental rights termination, and shaken baby syndrome. He recently authored Wrongful Conviction in Sexual Assault (Oxford University Press, 2021). He has taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY for 20+ years. He was awarded the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for inspirational mentoring in 2020. Additionally, he has mentored numerous students at John Jay College and served as a mentor to many student members of NJABPsi.
Stanley Moldawski Mentor Award: Peter Economou, PhD
"Dr. Economou has been a role model for many. His unique ability to foster and nurture growth while simultaneously encouraging you to be the best version of yourself, a version some never even knew existed, has allowed for some truly remarkable students and professionals to enter into and excel in the field of psychology. Dr. Economou continues to inspire those around him on a daily basis. He always finds the time to help a colleague in need and offers guidance when he can. He practices and models professionalism, work/life balance, self-care, and an insatiable hunger for continuing education and knowledge within the field. Dr. Economou undoubtedly deserves this praise and recognition.
Citizen of the Year Award: Tammy Snyder Murphy First Lady Tammy Murphy and national public health expert Dr. Vijaya Hogan unveiled the Nurture NJ Maternal and Infant Health Plan – a strategy to reduce New Jersey’s high rates of maternal and infant mortality and eliminate the racial disparities responsible for these deaths. The strategic plan is the latest element of the First Lady’s Nurture NJ initiative, which aims to make New Jersey the safest and most equitable place in the nation to deliver and raise a baby. Based on an initiative by the First Lady, First Lady Tammy Murphy and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand Medicaid coverage for 365 days postpartum to improve maternal and infant health and decrease the racial disparity in birth outcomes in New Jersey.
Legislator of the Year: Raj Mukherji A champion of the middle class and working families, State Assemblyman Raj Mukherji proudly represents the 33rd Legislative District (Hudson County) in the NJ Legislature. Assemblyman Mukherji is the only South Asian legislator presently serving in the state, the only former Marine presently serving in the NJ General Assembly, and the first Indian-Bengali state legislator in the US. He was named the Assembly’s "Humane Legislator of the Year" recipient for 2015 by the Humane Society and 2015 Legislator of the Year by the NJ Law Enforcement Police Officers Brotherhood. Assemblyman Mukherji was also named a 2015 honoree of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County for championing the expansion of teens’ access to mental health services, and he received the 2015 Legislator Award from the NAACP for his civil rights advocacy.
