My regional and outsider status are strengths.

I am also the only candidate for treasurer who has created an effective, organized response to the corporate mistreatment of our patients. While in full time solo private practice, I cofounded a nonprofit, multistate, multidisciplinary, psychiatrist-directed behavioral services organization. We are a major regional force in the Northwest, a credible alternative to the for-profit industry. We spend health care dollars on care, not dividends.

I know how to run a business, tight and lean. I understand money. I know how to fight, how to lead, and how to succeed.

I am committed to fostering a new kind of APA leadership team, focused on making our organization comprehensible and streamlined, on reducing the financial burden of dues, on improving dramatically the quality of our communication systems, on supporting our district branches, the lifeblood of our organization.