2025 CPA Board Election Ballot
Deadline to Vote: Friday, June 26, 2025 11:59PM MST
- Please vote for ONE individual for President-Elect for the Board of Directors
- Please vote for TWO of two candidates for the position of Member At Large
- Please vote for ONE of one candidate for the position of Non-Metro Representative (VACANT)
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Information on each of the candidates is listed below. Please review prior to casting your vote.
LINK TO THE BALLOT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
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NOTE: All CPA members, EXCEPT for Students, are eligible to vote.
CPA President-Elect position - (1 candidate)
You will vote for ONE candidate
Stacie Freudenberg
*Biographical Statement:
I am deeply honored to have been nominated for President-Elect of the Colorado Psychological Association. Over the past four years, I’ve had the privilege of serving as CPA’s Non-Metro Representative, advocating for the unique needs of our rural communities and working to ensure that access to quality mental health care extends to all corners of Colorado. This work has strengthened my commitment to advancing equity, sustainability, and inclusive policies that reflect the diverse realities of those we serve.
I’ve spent almost a decade specializing in trauma-informed care, LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy, crisis response, and clinical leadership. My work has included program development, supervision, and consulting for clinicians and organizations across a wide range of settings. As an LGBTQIA+ identified psychologist, I carry a personal commitment to advancing equity and inclusion, and was honored to represent Colorado as a Diversity Delegate at APA’s 2025 SPTA conference, where I joined national colleagues in elevating historically underrepresented voices.
If elected, I will continue to advocate for all of our members, ensuring CPA remains a strong, responsive, and inclusive voice for Colorado’s psychologists as we collectively navigate the complex challenges we are facing today.
CPA Board Member at Large (Early Career Psychologist) - (3 candidates)
You will vote for ONE candidate
Darien Combs
*Biographical Statement:
I am grateful to be nominated for the At Large Member Early Career Psychologist position. As a bilingual licensed psychologist, my work focuses on trauma recovery, ADHD, LGBTQIA+ mental health, and identity development. My immigration evaluation work supports clients navigating complex legal processes by providing culturally attuned and trauma-responsive assessments that document psychological symptoms and the impact of migration-related experiences. I am committed to bringing both clinical insight and community-based experience to support Colorado Psychological Association’s efforts to promote justice, equity, and inclusive mental health practices in Colorado.
 Stephanie Fox
*Biographical Statement:
I am a psychologist of 7 years in private practice in Lakewood. I offer educational and psychological assessment for children, teens, and adults, with extensive work in the neurodivergence space. I previously served on the CPA Board from 2019 to 2021 as an At-Large Member, and also headed the Communications Committee for several additional years. During that time, I was committed to increasing member awareness of the happenings of our organization, helping them recognize and utilize member benefits, and making sure CPA felt relevant to their professional lives.
Having spent the last several years building my practice (and being a new mom!), I have made countless connections and learned valuable lessons that I want to bring to fellow psychologists, and particularly other ECPs. Since the pandemic especially, we have all become increasingly isolated, and those of us in private practice or who work as the solo psychologist in our organizations feel it even more. My hope for the ECP position is to increase opportunities for connection, like helping members build consultation groups; having business-focused forums to increase information-sharing; and having social opportunities for ECPs in-person and online. Essentially, I want to connect psychologists and resources. Finally, as an assessment provider, I will represent this clinical area in a field dominated by other forms of clinical practice.
Julia Harbell
*Biographical Statement:
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Julia Harbell and I am an early career psychologist (licensed in fall 2023). Originally from Canada, I completed my undergraduate degree in international development, modern philosophy, and psychology at Dalhousie University. I went on to earn a Masters of International Disaster Psychology at the University of Denver and then my doctoral (PsyD) degree in Clinical Psychology at Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health psychology serving the community of Camden at Cooper University Hospital in New Jersey prior to relocating back to Denver in 2023. I now serve as a psychologist in the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus.
This has proven to be an amazing opportunity, especially for an early career psychologist. I have spearheaded the development of a consultation liaison service for our inpatient medical oncology unit, served as primary supervisor to our first psychology intern through the University’s APA-accredited health psychology internship program, and collaborated with nursing and medical directors to enhance grief support to team members. I have also personally benefitted from my participation in the early career mentorship program through the American Psycho-Oncology Society (APOS).
My clinical practice is integrative, reflecting my varied clinical training that has ranged from medical trauma and intensive care units, women’s care clinic, inpatient psychiatric hospital, college counseling center, and a refugee resettlement agency. At its core though, my style of practice is relational. I deeply value the therapeutic relationships I build. I am continually in awe of the power of meaningful connection grounded in respect, curiosity, and compassion as an instrument of change in the therapy room, in the hallways of our hospital, and on multidisciplinary treatment team meetings. It is this focus on relationship and commitment to community that has drawn me to the Colorado Psychological Association and more specifically, its interest in welcoming, encouraging, and fostering the next generation of clinical leaders.
CPA Board Member at Large (Programming) - (3 candidates)
You will vote for ONE candidate
Monica Corrado
*Biographical Statement:
My name is Monica Corrado, and I have been a CPA board member for the last three years. I am passionate about getting early career psychologists and students involved in CPA, especially as activism in our community is so important right now. I love connecting with Colorado's vast community of psychologists and have made it a priority to plan and attend workshops, symposiums, and social events.
 Maria Olex
*Biographical Statement:
I am honored to be nominated for the Member at Large (Programming) position with the Colorado Psychological Association. As a licensed psychologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, my career has focused on integrating psychological well-being into complex medical settings, with my primary roles being focused on cancer and palliative care. Throughout my roles, I have led wellness initiatives, organized interdisciplinary educational series, and developed clinical and didactic programming for psychologists, trainees, and oncology providers. My work reflects CPA’s mission to advance psychology through advocacy and education, and I am committed to furthering this mission by bringing meaningful, evidence-based programming to our diverse professional community.
With experience in statewide and national presentations, curriculum development, and interdisciplinary committee leadership, I am excited to contribute to CPA’s efforts to foster professional development and psychological health across Colorado. I value the opportunity to help create spaces where psychologists feel connected, supported, and empowered—especially through programming that reflects the evolving challenges and strengths of our field. I believe strongly in CPA’s vision of being the voice of psychology in our state, and I would bring dedication, creativity, and collaboration to the role of Member at Large.
 Susan Lewis
*Biographical Statement:
Susan J. Lewis, PhD, JD, is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and lawyer. She has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice with unique populations that have included female sexual offenders incarcerated at a women’s prison, self-injurious individuals, forensic patients and individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness. In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Lewis has served in leadership roles as clinical director, program manager, and supervisor for psychiatry residents and post-doctoral psychologists. She is also Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Colorado Psychological Association
Dr. Lewis teaches courses on law and ethics in mental health that are state specific to the laws of each state. She has also lectured nationwide on the DSM-5® and differential diagnosis. She taught courses at Harvard’s Extension School and Northeastern University on the Psychology of Criminal Behavior. She is the author of Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians: Best Practices for Avoiding Litigation, Complaints and Malpractice (PPM, 2016) and From Deep Within: A Forensic and Clinical Psychologist’s Journey (2018).
A sought-after consultant, Dr. Lewis works with attorneys on controversial issues such as dangerousness, competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility evaluations, and civil and criminal commitment. She works with attorneys on strategies of how mental illness might impinge on legal decision-making. Dr. Lewis has been adjudicated an expert in almost all of the district and superior courts in Massachusetts.
CPA Board Member At Large Non-Metro Representative - (VACANT)
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