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Executive Officer

Richard M. Foxx, Ph.D., BCBA
President
William J. Helsel, Ed.D., BCBA
Secretary / Treasurer
Jonathan Ivy, M.A., BCBA
Member at Large
Keith E. Williams, Ph.D., BCBA
James Meindl, M.A., BCBA
Student Representative
To Be Elected
Webmaster / Newsletter Editor
Richard Miller, M.A.
Richard Foxx


Richard M. Foxx,

Ph.D., BCBA


Executive Officer        

Dr. Foxx is a Professor of Psychology at Penn State Harrisburg.  He is a Clinical Adjunct Professor of

Pediatrics at the College of Medicine of the Pennsylvania State University.    Dr. Foxx has written

eight books and five have been translated into other languages.  He has co-edited two books Making

a Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism and Controversial Therapies for Developmental

Disabilities. His latest book is Interventions for treating the eating problems of children with autism

spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. He has written over 130 scientific publications,

has made 13 training films, and has given over 1700 talks on the use of behavioral principles to

treat individuals with autism, mental retardation, mental illness, emotional disturbances, and

typical development.  Dr. Foxx is an internationally recognized expert in treating behavioral

problems.  He has lectured in 17 foreign countries and 47 states throughout the United States.  He

is the editor-in-chief of the journal, Behavioral Interventions and is on the editorial board of seven

scientific journals.  Dr. Foxx is a Fellow in five divisions of the American Psychological Association,

the American Psychological Society, The Association for Behavior Analysis- International and the

American Association on Mental Retardation.  He was the President of the Society for the

Advancement of Behavior Analysis; the Association for Behavior Analysis; and the Division of Mental

Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the American Psychological Association.  In 1998 he

received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis

and was made an honorary member of the Norwegian Association for Behavior Analysis.  In 2001, he

received an award from the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis for significant

contributions to behavior analysis. In 2003 he received the Society for the Advancement of Behavior

Analysis Award for Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media.In 2007 he

received the inaugural John Jacobson award from Division 33 of the American Psychological

Association.   He helped found the Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis, was its first

President and serves as its executive director.  He also was president of the Pennsylvania chapter of

the American Association on Mental Retardation.  He has served as an expert witness in a number

of court cases involving individuals with autism and developmental disabilities, including Youngberg

vs. Romeo which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.  He is a licensed psychologist and Board

Certified Behavior Analyst.  One of his books has sold over two million copies and has been

translated into seven languages and one of his training films, “Harry” (the treatment of a self-

abusive man), has won numerous cinematic awards.


President

William J. Helsel, Ed.D., is currently employed as a Behavior Technology Consultant and

Psychologist for a partial hospital school program and in-home service provider. He is Program

Director of the AGILE (Academic Generative Instruction for Learner Enhancement) Learning

Program at the PLEA agency. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and

Economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981 and his Doctor of Education degree in

Educational Psychology from Northern Illinois University in 1985. Upon completion of his doctorate,

he did post-doctoral training at the Biological Sciences Research Center, University of North

Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Medicine. More recently, in the summers of 2001 & 2003, he

completed a 4-week, 12 graduate credit hours, Summer School Institute at Morningside Academy

in Seattle, Washington to come to a better understanding of the Morningside Model of Generative

Instruction. He has published in the areas of behavior assessment, treatment, and organizational

management. His clinical research interests are in teaching and treating persons with

developmental disabilities and/or severe behavior/psychiatric disorders through effective applied

behavior analysis and staff performance management training. He has been an officer, including

President, of the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis (NCABA), and is current

President and a co-founder of the Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis (PennABA).


William Helsel


William J. Helsel,

Ed.D., BCBA


Jon Ivy


Jonathan Ivy,

M.A.,BCBA


Secretary/Treasurer

Jonathan is a graduate from the Penn State Harrisburg's Applied Behavior Analysis Program having

received a Master of Arts Degree in December 2005. He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and is

currently working in a school district with adolescents with severe behavior and aggression problems.


Member at Large

Keith is the Director of the Feeding Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He is an

Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Penn State College of Medicine. Keith’s clinical practice

involves the treatment of children with a range of feeding problems. He also conducts research

involving feeding problems and childhood nutrition. Before starting the Feeding Program at

Hershey, Keith worked at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in the Department of Behavioral

Psychology. Keith has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Linguistics from the University of

Massachusetts and his Doctoral degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Keith is

a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania and Maryland as well as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.


Keith Williams


Keith E.Williams,

Ph.D., BCBA


James Meindl


James Meindl,

M.A., BCBA


Member at Large

James graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in the Applied Behavior Analysis

masters program. He earned his undergraduate degree in Applied Behavior Analysis. He is a

former Vice President of Psi Chi, Penn State Harrisburg Chapter. He is a Board Certified Behavior

Analyst and is currently working in a school district treating students with severe behavior problems.


Student Representative

To Be Elected.


Rich Miller


Richard Miller,

M.A.


Website Manager / Newsletter Editor

Rich is a graduate from the Penn State Harrisburg Applied Behavior Analysis program. He is

the Newsletter Editor and Webmaster for the Penn ABA website. He is a former Webmaster and

Secretary of the Penn State Harrisburg chapter of Psi Chi, Honor Society. He received his Bachelor’s

of Science degree in Psychology and an Associate’s degree in Information Science and Technology

from Penn State Schuylkill Campus. He is involved with website development and video production.

He currently works for the Pennsylvania State Police as an Application Developer.