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Kathleen McNamara, PhD Secretary

Kate McNamara is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Fort Collins, Colorado, specializing in counseling and forensic psychological services for court-involved families.  She has conducted hundreds of parenting evaluations, consults with attorneys and mental health professionals about complex issues in family law cases, and is a parenting coordinator, decision-maker, and therapist. She was the reporter for the 2022 AFCC Guidelines for Parenting Plan Evaluations in Family Law Cases. Before devoting herself to full-time practice, she was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University, where she was a teacher, researcher, and clinical supervisor for fourteen years.  She is a past president of the Colorado Chapter of AFCC and remains involved in program planning and chapter development.  She was named the 10th Anniversary Honoree for service to the Colorado chapter.  She is a past chair and former member of the Colorado Psychological Association Ethics Committee and serves on the Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee on Family Issues and the 8th Judicial District Domestic Relations Best Practices Team.  She is a proud graduate of Ohio State, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and Penn State, where she received her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology.

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Former Presidents

Hon. Linda Fidnick (Ret.) (2022-2023)
Mindy F. Mitnick, EdM, MA (2021-2022)

Larry S. Fong, PhD (2020-2021)

Matthew Sullivan, PhD (2019-2020)
Hon. Dianna Gould-Saltman (2018-2019)

Annette T. Burns, JD (2017-2018)

Marsha Kline Pruett, ABPP, PhD (2016-2017)

Hon. Peter Boshier (2015-2016)

Richard Altman, JD (2014-2015)

Nancy Ver Steegh, JD (2013-2014)

Arnold Shienvold, PhD (2012-2013)

Linda Fieldstone, MEd (2011-2012)

Robert Smith, JD, MDiv (2010-2011)

Hon. Emile Kruzick (2009-2010)

Robin Deutsch, PhD (2008-2009)

Hon. William Fee (2007-2008)

Mary Ferriter, MPA (2006-2007)

Hon. Hugh Starnes (2005-2006)

Leslye Hunter, MA, LMFT (2004-2005)

Hon. George Czutrin (2003-2004)

Jan Shaw, MPA (2002-2003)

Hon. Denise McColley (2001-2002)

Hon. Arline Rotman (2000-2001)

Phil Bushard, DPA (1999-2000)

Christine Coates, MEd, JD (1998-1999)

Hon. Alastair Nicholson (1997-1998)

Linda Hahn, MS (1996-1997)

John Kydd, MSW, JD (1995-1996)

Hon. Douglas McNish (1994-1995)

Robert Tompkins, MA (1993-1994)

Gerald Lecovin, LLB (1992-1993)

Hon. Susan Snow (1991-1992)

Russell Schoeneman, PhD (1990-1991)

Hon. Thomas Bishop (1989-1990)

Hon. Lawrence Kaplan (1988-1989)

Hugh McIsaac, MSW (1987-1988)

Donald Moir (1986-1987)

Anthony "Tim" Salius (1984-1986)

Jay Folberg, Esq. (1983-1984)

Hon. John Van Duzer (1982-1983)

Hon. Frank Orlando (1981-1982)

Hon. Nancy Holman (1980-1981)

Hon. Betty Barteau (1979-1980)

Hon. Marvin Holz (1978-1979)

Hon. Irwin Cantor (1977-1978)

Meyer Elkin (1976-1977)

Hon. Norman Fenton (1975-1976)

Hon. Solie Ringold (1974-1975)

Hon. Betty Vitousek (1973-1974)

Hon. Robert Hunter (1972-1973)

Hon. Byron Lindsley (1971-1972)

Hon. Melvin Cohn (1970-1971)

Hon. Victor Baum (1969-1970)

Hon. William MacFaden (1968-1969)

Hon. Timothy O'Reilly (1967-1968)

Hon. Laurens Henderson (1966-1967)

Hon. James Cunningham Sr. (1965-1966)

Hon. Frank Blum (1964-1965)

Hon. Verne Warner (1963-1964)

Hon. Roger Alton Pfaff (1963)

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AFCC is the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts – the premier interdisciplinary and international association of professionals dedicated to the resolution of family conflict.  AFCC members include many of the leading practitioners, researchers, educators and policymakers in the family court arena. AFCC provides training and education, and does not license, certify or regulate the practice of its members.

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