Our Team

Leadership Team

  • Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD

    Past Founding Board Member, California State Association of Psychiatrists

  • Steve S. Sharfstein, MD

    Past President, American Psychiatric Association

  • Robin Weiss, MD

    Past President, Maryland Psychiatric Society

  • Robin Cooper, MD

    Founder and President, Climate Psychiatry Alliance

  • Gary Belkin, MD, PhD, MPH

    Past Deputy Health Commissioner for New York City

  • Donna Ticknor, MD

    Psychiatrist

  • Emily Wood, MD, PhD

    Chair, Government Affairs Committee, Southern California Psychiatric Society

  • Constance E. Dunlap, MD

    Past President, Washington Psychiatric Society

  • Misbah Alam, MD

    Psychiatry Resident

  • Donya Ahmadian, MS, MPH

    Legislative Affairs Director, American Medical Student Association

Advisory Council

The leadership team is supported by an Advisory Council which unites distinguished leaders including multiple Past Presidents of the American Psychiatric Association as well as clinicians, researchers, and policy experts who share a commitment to protecting the integrity of mental health care across the United States. Their collective expertise informs our positions across organizational, legislative, and professional arenas.

Trainee Subcomittee

The Trainee Subcommittee ensures that residents, fellows, and medical students entering the field have a meaningful voice in our mission — bringing the perspective of psychiatry's future leaders to the fight for protecting public mental health.