The American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2025 scholarships. The scholarships are made available to individuals who are applying for their initial board certification. Funding for the scholarships is made available through the generous donations of individual ABPP specialists like yourself, the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), and the ABPP Board of Trustees. The scholarship funds are provided to assist—and in most instances cover—the costs associated with becoming board certified. Information about the Foundation and its scholarships is available on the ABPP website.
We encourage you to support the ABPP Foundation and our applicants for board certification by making a donation of $25 to $50 dollars (or more) to the ABPP Foundation. Donations can be made securely online via credit card at Donate Now! or by sending a check made payable to: ABPP Foundation, 600 Market Street, #5, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27516.
The 2025 ABPP Foundation scholarship recipients (and the area of ABPP specialty area they are pursuing) are:
Walter Katkovsky Scholarship:
- Adrienne Anderson, PhD (Clinical Health Psychology)
- Zachary Arcona, PsyD (Rehabilitation Psychology)
- Randi Cheatham-Johnson, PhD (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)
- Luci Dumas Espinoza, PhD (Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology)
- Melissa Ertl, PhD (Counseling Psychology)
- Sally Hage, PhD (Counseling Psychology)
- Danielle Leach, PhD (Clinical Psychology)
- Jennifer Kathleen MacQuarrie, PsyD (Clinical Health Psychology)
- Holly Joelle McKinley, PsyD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Moreno, PsyD (Addiction Psychology)
- Shivani Patel, PsyD (Clinical Psychology)
- Lauren Radigan, PhD (Clinical Neuropsychology)
- Katie Robinson, PhD (Clinical Health Psychology)
- Krystal Dawn Robinson, PsyD (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)
- Tammy Torres, PsyD (Clinical Health Psychology)
Training Directors Scholarship:
- Madelyn Cabrera, PsyD (Clinical Psychology)
- Katherine Russell, PhD (Clinical Neuropsychology)
- Rachel Held, PhD (Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology)
- Heidi Putney, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Shellie Jervis, PsyD (Police and Public Safety Psychology)
- Amy Thrasher, PsyD (Clinical Health Psychology)
Serious Mental Illness Scholarship:
- Jessica Murakami-Brundage, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Angela Dugan, PsyD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Amanda Ross, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Peter Vernig, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
Scholarship Awardees becoming board certified in 2025:
- Jessica Murakami-Brundage, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Angela Dugan, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Amanda Ross, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Peter Vernig, PhD (Serious Mental Illness Psychology)
- Jessica Phi Yen Hua, PhD, ABPP (Clinical Psychology)
- Jared Boot-Haury, PsyD, ABPP (Clinical Psychology)
- Michaela Swee, PhD, ABPP (Clinical Psychology)
- Katlin Schultz, PsyD, ABPP (Rehabilitation Psychology)
- Elizabeth Pask, PhD, ABPP (School Psychology)
- Jessica Lohnberg, PhD, ABPP (Clinical Health Psychology)