{"id":31,"date":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","slug":"government-affairs-and-advocacy-gaa-committee-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/government-affairs-and-advocacy-gaa-committee-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Affairs and Advocacy (GAA) Committee Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_post_title_0 et_pb_post_title et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_title_container\"><h1 class=\"entry-title\">Government Affairs and Advocacy (GAA) Committee Members<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Government Affairs Committee of CAL-ACAP reviews proposed bills, amendments and regulations to see how they might affect the mental health of children and adolescents in California. As such, its function lies at the core of CAL-ACAP\u2019s advocacy on behalf of California\u2019s children and teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Please click the ADVOCACY tab to keep up on CALACAP\u2019s legislative activities.<\/p>\n<p>Members (as of January 2025):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President: Ijeoma Ijeaku, MD MPH DFAPA<\/li>\n<li>President-Elect: Rishi Parikh, MD<\/li>\n<li>Immediate Past President: Teresa Frausto, MD<\/li>\n<li>Lobbyist: Paul Yoder<\/li>\n<li>Lobbyist: Lizzie Cootsona<\/li>\n<li>G.A.A. Co-Chair: Robert Holloway, MD<\/li>\n<li>G.A.A. Co-Chair: Alonso Cardenas, MD<\/li>\n<li>Hanu Damerla, MD, SCROCAP, Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>William Arroyo, MD SCROCAP, Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>Roger Wu, MD NCROCAP, San Francisco<\/li>\n<li>Marcia Malorca, MD SCROCAP, Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>Uri Cohen, MD, M.D. NCROCAP, San Francisco<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Feder, MD, SDROCAP, San Diego<\/li>\n<li>Marcy Forgy Borlik, MD. SCROCAP, Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li>Alejandra Postlewaite, MD, M.D. SDROCAP, San Diego<\/li>\n<li>Stewart Teal, M.D. CCROCAP, Davis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CAL-ACAP thanks each of these members for their time and dedication.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}