ABOUT US

REACH Board of Directors (Treasurer)

Bruce Bennett, PhD, CEO

American Psychological Association Insurance Trust

Bruce E. Bennett, Ph.D. is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Psychological Association Insurance Trust and a former member of the APA Board of Directors. He was instrumental in the drafting and passage of the 1992 "Ethical Principles for Psychologists and Code of Conduct." Dr. Bennett is a past president of the Illinois Psychological Association and served for many years as its Executive Director and Health Service Consultant. Prior to his relocation to the Washington, DC area, Dr. Bennett maintained an active private practice in Illinois in addition to teaching courses on professional issues.

Dr. Bennett's areas of expertise are in professional liability and risk management, marketing and promotion of psychological services, ethics, and malpractice insurance issues. He has presented on these topics at numerous APA conventions, State Psychological Association meetings, and at APA Division meetings.

Dr. Bennett is the author of numerous articles on professional issues and co-author of the APA monographs "Professional Liability and Risk Management" and "Ethics of Psychologists: A Commentary on the APA Ethics Code." Dr. Bennett has served on numerous committees of the APA and Committees of the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.