Nicholas A. Cummings

Dr. Cummings is an entrepreneur and preeminent visionary in the behavioral health industry.
A former president of the American Psychological Association (APA), Dr. Cummings was chief psychologist for the Kaiser Permanente health system in the 1950s, and later founded American Biodyne, the nation’s first and largest psychology-driven managed behavioral health organization (MBHO).
Among the many organizations he has started he founded or co-founded the National Academies of Practice, the American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA), and the California Psychological Association.
He is a recipient of psychology’s highest honor, the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Practice.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Claremont Graduate School and Adelphi University.
He has been awarded five honorary doctorates and has been celebrated as the foremost entrepreneur in psychology.
Dr. Cummings was a member of President Kennedy’s Mental Health Task Force and President Carter’s Mental Health Commission.
He has written over 400 journal articles and 41 books, 6 of them with his daughter.
He is Distinguished Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.
He chairs the boards of directors of both The Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation, Inc. and the University Alliance for Behavioral Care, Inc., and he is president of the Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health.