Structure of the VPA

Article III of the VPA Constitution:

Section 3.1 Officers. The officers of the District Branch shall be a president, a president-elect (vice president), a secretary and a treasurer.

Section 3.2 Executive Committee. The four officers, the three immediate past presidents, the elected Representative and Deputy Representative to the APA Assembly, and the chairpersons of constitutional committees and other organizational components shall constitute the Executive Committee.

Section 3.3 Constitutional Committees. There shall be the following constitutional committees: executive, membership, nominating, and ethics, with composition and function designated in the Bylaws.

Section 3.4 Other organizational components of the District Branch may be established as determined by the Executive Committee.

Officers:

Alice Hershey Silverman, M.D
President
(802) 748-3173
alicehersheysilverman@gmail.com

Jonathan Weker, M.D.
Secretary
(802) 223-2266
jweker@gmail.com

David Fassler, M.D.
Treasurer
(802) 865-3450
dgfoca@aol.com

Executive Committee:

Plus officers listed above

Thomas A. Simpatico, M.D.
Immediate Past President
(802) 241-3023
thomas.simpatico@uvm.edu

Margaret Ann Bolton, M.D.
(802) 759-3050
cranepoint@yahoo.com

Susan Leigh Deppe, M.D.
(802) 654-7265
deppe@together.net

Stuart Mclaren Graves, MD
(802) 223-6328
stuartg@wcmhs.org

Francis Kalibat, M.D.
(802) 223-0217
drkvt@comcast.net

Joseph A. Lasek, M.D.
(802) 488-6200
josephl@howardcenter.org

William D. McMains, M.D.
(802) 241-2604
bmcmains@vdh.state.vt.us

Constitutional Committee:

Nominating Committee
Alice Hershey Silverman, M.D.
Chair
(802) 748-3173
alicehersheysilverman@gmail.com

Ethics Committee
Stuart Mclaren Graves, MD.
Chair
(802) 223-6328
stuartg@wcmhs.org

Other organizational components:

Early Career Psychiatry
Joe Lasek, M.D.*
(802) 488-6200
josephl@howardcenter.org

Federal & State Legislation & Public Affairs
David Fassler, M.D.
(802) 865-3450
dgfoca@aol.com

APA Assembly
Alice Hershey Silverman, M.D.
Representative
(802) 748-3173
alicehersheysilverman@gmail.com

Margaret Ann Bolton, M.D.
Deputy Representative
(802) 759-3050
cranepoint@yahoo.com

Newsletter
Evan Eyler, M.D., MPH
Editor
(802) 847-2700
evaneyler@vtmednet.org

Susan Leigh Deppe, M.D.
Layout/Publication
(802) 654-7265
deppe@together.net

Health Care Reform & Legislative Task Force
Susan Leigh Deppe, M.D.
Chair
(802) 654-7265
deppe@together.net

Annual Scientific Meeting
Margaret Ann Bolton, M.D.
Chair
(802) 759-3050
cranepoint@yahoo.com