Welcoming Tom Newman, APsaA’s New Executive Director
After Dean Stein announced his retirement to the Executive Committee, Harriet Wolfe, APsaA’s president then, appointed a search committee chaired by Kerry Sulkowicz and included Brenda Bauer, Bonnie Buchele, Chuck Fisher, Catherine Kimble, Bill Myerson, and Mark Smaller. After extensive interviews with candidates and stakeholders, APsaA has selected a new executive director.
It is with pleasure that APsaA announces the hiring of a new executive director, Tom Newman. Tom comes to APsaA after having served as managing partner of Lehmann Maupin contemporary art galleries. He has extensive nonprofit management experience having led finance and administration efforts at the American Academy in Rome, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and Heritage Health and Housing. Tom started his career in corporate finance as an analyst at Citibank and later as a vice president at Green River Partners and Houlihan Lokey. Tom holds an M.B.A. in finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a B.A. in history from Northwestern University. He is a native New Yorker who enjoys yoga, competitive open-water swimming, and photography. When you meet him, make sure to ask him about his time swimming around Governor’s Island in New York City. He started November 19.
The search committee was unanimous in their recommendation of Tom, and appreciates his down-to-earth, calm, and unpretentious manner, his solid management experience, and financial experience in the nonprofit sector. We are delighted he has joined APsaA. He has expressed his excitement for building on the robust foundation secured through Dean’s leadership and serving our members across the country. We wish Dean the very best for his retirement and welcome Tom Newman to our APsaA community.
Come See “Vamik’s Room” at the February Meeting
Wednesday, February 6 from 7:00–9:00 p.m.
One of the major highlights of this winter’s APSA meeting in NYC will be the airing of the award-winning documentary on the life and work of Vamik Volkan. Created by film maker, Molly Castelloe, it is a fascinating and sophisticated study of a boy who survived war torn, ethnically divided Cypress, and grew up to become the world-renowned psychoanalyst nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize. Volkan first distinguished himself as an object relations theorist and expert in trauma-related, unresolved grief. The application of his work to international conflict resolution has enabled him to have a central role in some of the world’s key “hot spots.” Volkan himself will comment, as well as the filmmaker, Castleoe, and Ira Brenner, who has known him for 40 years. Bruce Sklarew will chair the program on Wednesday evening, February 6 from 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Join Us at the Psychoanalytic Scholarship Forum
February 9
9:00 am–Noon
Should psychoanalysis expand its horizons through encounters with important developments and discoveries outside our usual parameters? Would you like to participate in discussions with members and others doing significant work in other fields or domains that might, or should, have an important impact on psychoanalytic thinking about theory, clinical work, or other applications, and thereby influence future directions of psychoanalytic education and training?
If so, you will want to join us at the Psychoanalytic Scholarship Forum (PSF), a component of the Department of Psychoanalytic Education, to be held Saturday, February 9 from 9:00 am–12:00, at APsaA’s National Meeting in New York. In this kick-off session of the PSF, Mark Solms, Luba Kessler, and Richard Kessler will present their work leading to the proposition: “Is Neuropsychoanalysis the New Basic Science of Psychoanalysis? Implications for Education and Training.”
For more information, contact Erik Gann, chair of the Psychoanalytic Scholarship Forum, at egannmd@gmail.com.