2024 PCUN Executive Committee
Officers
President
David Livert, PhD
Regional Vice President: Europe
Vera Araujo Soares, PhD
Vera Araújo Soares is Professor of Prevention, and head, Division of Prevention at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health (CPD), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University.
Her research targets the development and evaluation of evidence-based interventions for the promotion of health behaviours, prevention and self-management of chronic conditions. Vera has worked in Portugal, Scotland, England, The Netherlands and Germany. She was President of the European Health Psychology Society
Secretary
Efrat Neter, PhD
Affiliation: European Health Society
Professor Efrat Neter, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel, is a behavioral scientist. She’s co-editor-in-chief of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine and active in the European Health Psychology Society. Her research focuses on (1) Health behavior – antecedents, decision-making, promotion, and change (includingRCTs); (2) Health information search on the Internet and particularly eHealth literacy; ( 3) coping and goal adjustments when facing adversity.
Treasurer
Harold Takooshian, PhD
Affiliation: Institute for Multicultural Counseling & Education Services
Harold Takooshian, PhD, Fordham University. Professor of Psychology, Urban Studies, Organizational Leadership.Director of the Fordham Institute.
Assistant Treasurer
Elaine Oloaye, PhD
Affiliation: International Council of Psychologists (ICP)
Past Presidents
Judy Kuriansky, PhD
Affiliations: International Association of Applied Psychology; World Council for Psychotherapy
Dr. Judy Kuriansky is Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University Teachers College adjunct faculty, NGO UN representative for 20+ years, Advisor, Mission of Sierra Leone to the UN, author of many professional journal articles and books on international and interpersonal relations, noted plenary speaker, peace and women’s rights advocate, pioneer media psychologist on TV and radio, and award-winning journalist.
Committee Chairs
Program Committee
Janet A. Sigal, PhD
Affiliation: International Council of Psychologists
I am a social psychologist and professor emeritus, Fairleigh Dickinson University. My research area is global violence against women.
I also have served as the Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing, the Co-Chair of the NGO Committee on the Family, and Co-Chair of the UN Psychology Day.
Advocacy Committee, Co-Chair

Rachel Quintas, PhD
Affiliation: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Dr. Rachel Quintas is an adjunct professor of psychology and clinical health psychologist in the NYC public hospital system, with research focusing on the impacts of discrimination and systemic passivity on trust-building in mental/medical health care. Quintas received her Ph.D. at Long Island University Brooklyn, where she continues to serve on its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Research Committee.
Outreach Committee
Vera Araujo Soares, PhD
Peyman Raoofi, Psy.D (Social Media)
Finance Committee
Elaine Congress, PhD
Harold Takooshian, PhD
Psychology Day Finance Committee
Michelle Bell, Psy.D. (She/Her/Ella)
Affiliation: American Psychological Association
Program Director, Marriage and Family Therapy, Manhattan College; Psychology Day at the United Nations Finance Committee Chair; NGO Committee on Migration, Subcommittee on Children in Migration – Member
Publications Committee

Elaine Congress, DSW
Affiliation: Institute for Multicultural Counseling and Education Services (IMCES)
Professor and Associate Dean at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
Bylaws Committee
ECOSOC (Ad Hoc)
Media Committee
Website Editor
Merry Bullock, PhD
Affiliation: International Council of Psychologists
Merry Bullock is Secretary-General, International Council of Psychologists and Co-Chair, Steering Committee for the Global Network of Psychologists for Human Rights. She has written on topics in cognitive development, scientific thinking, developmental aspects of emotion and motivation, and global perspectives on psychology. Recently, she co-edited special journal issues on internationalization and psychology and human rights, and co-edited the 2nd edition of the Handbook of International Psychology.
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Walter Reichman, PhD
Affiliation: International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP)
I am an organizational psychologist and a partner in a management consulting firm, OrgVitality. I am also emeritus professor of psychology at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. I am the main NGO representative to ECOSOC from IAAP and a former president of PCUN. My interest centers around SDG 8, bringing decent work to people in the world as a means of ending poverty and increasing well being.