Speaker's Profile

Kristin Kroeger currently serves as the Chief of Policy, Programs, & Partnerships at the American Psychiatric Association. Ms. Kroeger primary role at APA is to oversee coordination and implementation of all policy priorities and programs, as well as build relationships with all allied and external partners. It comes at an important time when we need to push Congress to implement mental health parity, become leaders in developing quality measures for our field and encourage our practitioners to embrace new models of care. Ms. Kroeger has worked in the mental health policy and advocacy arena for over 22 years and comes to us from our allied organization, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry where she served as AACAP’s Deputy Executive Director and Director of Government Affairs and Clinical Practice.