Kathleen (Kathy) Haaland is a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Neurology at the University of New Mexico. She is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. She has published over 100 papers and chapters largely focused on the cognitive and neuroanatomical correlates of action in stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, and Huntington’s Disease. Her research was continuously funded from 1981 to 2014, and in addition to serving as the Director of Neuropsychology at the New Mexico VA Healthcare System she was a VA Research Career Scientist from 2004-2014. She has been recognized by the National Academy of Neuropsychology with a Lifetime Career Contribution Award, and she has been the president of the International Neuropsychological Society, the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology and the Society of Clinical Neuropsychology of APA. She was the Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society from 2004 to 2014, and most recently she was the co-editor of the 50th Anniversary Issue of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.