Committees

Communications

Martha Pearse, Ph.D. | Lauren Tolle, Ph.D.
The Communications Committee coordinates the sharing of information for CPA members via CPA website, Newsletter (The Colorado Psychologist), Listserv, Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Community Service

OPEN as of 7/2010
To support and encourage CPA and its members to engage in volunteeer mental health service organizations in Colorado.

Early Career Psychologist (ECP)

Felicia Greher, Ph.D. | Kelly Wade, Psy.D. 
The mission of the Colorado Psychological Association’s Early Career Psychologist Committee is to represent the interests of CPA’s ECPs in Colorado, provide opportunities for training and education, build social connections and professional networks, strengthen and encourage bidirectional mentoring, and assist in the recruitment, retention and involvement in CPA.  Background:  An early career psychologist (ECP) is a person that has received his/her doctoral degree within the last seven years.  ECPs represent a unique constituency in that they are transitioning from student to professional and often have needs that are different from the average association member (i.e., networking, managing debt load, starting a private practice).  Within the last five years, the American Psychological Association has made strides to recognize these individuals by establishing a Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP), creating a graduated dues structure, designating seats for ECPs on APA Council and Committees, and establishing an ECP listserv.  Furthermore, APA encourages state and territorial psychology associations (STPAs) to establish programs, taskforces, and committees to address ECP members at the local level and encourage leadership development by helping STPAs fund ECPs to the APA State Leadership Conference held each Spring.  Currently there are ten STPAs that have active ECP committees/taskforces/divisions which are a part of the APA’s ECPN.

Ethics & Professional Review 

For the current Ethics Psychologist on Call, contact the CPA office, 303.692.9303

The CPA Ethics Committee is a volunteer committee composed of 10 CPA members, all of whom have been licensed and practicing psychology for a number of years.  Ethics Committee members serve for four-year terms.  The Committee meets monthly, on Friday afternoons in Denver, for two hours.  Committee members also confer with each other via email throughout the month and respond to telephone inquiries, for a total time commitment of approximately five hours per month.

The primary purpose of the Ethics Committee is to promote psychologists’ ethical conduct by educating them regarding APA’s ethical principals and aiding them in applying the principals to their day-to-day practice.  We do this by responding to inquiries from the CPA ethics telephone ‘hotline’ and writing relevant articles for CPA publications.  The Ethics Committee is also a professional review committee and occasionally works to resolve ethical complaints received against CPA members.  (The Ethics Committee is not, however, affiliated in any way with the Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners.)

Finance

Robert L. Leach, Psy.D., M.B.A. | 303.473.0707
CPA’s Finance Committee oversees the financial planning and management of the organization by ensuring that all fiscal aspects of operations are in order.  The Finance Committee is responsible for annual budgeting and financial planning and provides financial reporting to the board of directors on a monthly basis. In addition, the Finance Committee is involved in setting long-term financial goals that support CPA’s mission, values, and strategic goals.  The Finance Committee works closely with CPA’s Executive Committee and is responsible to the board of directors and CPA members.  The CPA Treasurer serves as the chair of the Finance Committee.               

Legislative

Rick Ginsberg, Ph.D. 
CPA's Legislative Committee serves as the lead for CPA's legislative and policy monitoring and decision-making.  Working in concert with CPA's Board and Lobbyist (Moira Cullen of the Capstone Group), the CPA Legislative Chair is the point person for the Association regarding pertinent legislative issues as they impact the profession of psychology and CPA's membership.

Membership

Lina Patel, Psy.D. | Marla Zeiderman, Psy.D.

CPA’s Membership Committee reviews membership applications/membership requests and provides a recommendation of the applicants’ status to the CPA Board of Directors, who in turn provide a final approval or denial of each applicant’s membership request.  The committee works with the Early Career Psychologists committee and management company to send an annual mailing to newly licensed psychologist.  The committee prepares an annual networking social with members.  The committee works with the management office to follow up with members who are delinquent with their dues.

Mind-Body

Jennifer Harned Adams, Ph.D. 

Nominations

John Mahalik, Ph.D., M.P.A.
The Nominations Committee is a standing committee of the Colorado Psychological Association.  The position of Chair of the Nominations Committee is fulfilled by the immediate Past President of the Association.  Any CPA member in good standing is eligible to be a member of the committee.  Committee members with prior Officer or Board service in CPA, or active committee participation are preferred.   Committee members will preferably be drawn from geographical areas around the state and engage in areas of practice broadly representative of psychological practice. The purpose of the Nominations Committee is as follows: 1. To compose a slate for election to the Presidency and the Board of Directors of CPA. 2. To conduct the election to fill the office of President and the expiring terms of Board members. 3. To mentor new officers to prepare them for service.

Political Action Committee

John Mahalik, Ph.D., M.P.A.
The CPA Political Action Committee (PAC) exists to collect and contribute funds in support of political campaigns that advance the interests of psychologists and mental health in Colorado. The PAC is administered in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws by the CPA Executive Director, under the direction of the Board and the President. The Chair of the PAC is the Past-President of the CPA.  The PAC is comprised of the following members, CPA President, CPA President-Elect, CPA Legislative Chair, CPA Treasurer and other CPA Board Members as the President and Board of Directors deem appropriate. The PAC holds quarterly meetings.

Program

Angela Green, Psy.D. | Mimi McFaul, Psy.D.
To offer education to CPA members that will support their professional functioning and development, and to provide social and networking opportunities for members.