ISTSS Leadership

ISTSS is governed by a board of directors consisting of 21 members, plus several ex-officio (non-voting) members. Each year, ISTSS holds an open election to fill expiring board terms and the President-Elect position. Individuals are elected to 3-year board terms.

Executive Committee
	Stuart Turner, MD, MA, FRCP, FRCPsych President s.turner@traumaclinic.org.uk Director, Trauma Clinic. Chair, Refugee Therapy Centre. Honorary senior lecturer and former campus cean, University College London. Member, Dart Center European Advisory Group, NICE PTSD guideline group, former president, ESTSS; former R&D director, North Central London Community Research Consortium; former trustee, Redress.

	Ulrich Schnyder, MD Vice President uschnyd@psyp.unizh.ch Psychiatrist and licensed psychotherapist. Professor of psychiatry and head, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. President of the International Federation for Psychotherapy (IFP). Past president of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS).

	Marylene Cloitre, PhD Secretary marylene.cloitre@nyumc.org Founder and director of The Institute for Trauma and Stress at the NYU Child Study Center and The Cathy and Stephen Graham Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Author of: "Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse: Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life," a developmentally sensitive and evidence-based treatment for adults which attends to restoring the emotional and social competencies often derailed by chronic early life trauma.

	John Fairbank, PhD Treasurer jaf@psych.duhs.duke.edu

	Patricia Resick, PhD President-Elect Patricia.Resick@va.gov

	Elana Newman, PhD Past President elana-newman@utulsa.edu Associate professor and director of clinical training , Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa; co-director, Center for Community Research and Development, clinical consultant for the Oklahoma Child Traumatic Stress Treatment Collaborative (OCTSTC) part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Clinical and research interests include assessment of trauma-related conditions, journalism and trauma, training communities in evidence-informed practice, substance abuse and trauma, and trauma-related research ethics.