Leadership
Board of Directors
2025 Board of Governors (Terms are 1/1 - 12/31)
Anthony Russell, Clinical Informatics, Ped
President
Ryan Shanahan, EM
President-elect
Larissa Larsen, Derm
Secretary
Ronald Thurston, Psych
Treasurer
Scott Underwood, IM
Past-President
Janet Lee Coomes, P
District I, '25-'26
Dorothy DuGraff, FP
District II, '25-'26
Gagan Pawar, FP
District III, '25-'26
Nancy Sun, EM
District III, '25-'26
Mark Suski, PS
District III, '25-'26
Jim Hornstein, FP
Liz Diaz, IM
Maggie Ham, GE
Deborah Carlson, IM
Associate Member
Felix Nunez
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Gold Coast Health Plan 
Rene Bravo, PED
President Elect
California Medical Association
Committees
Districts
I - Ventura, Ojai, Santa Paula, Fillmore
II - Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Camarillo
III - Thousand Oaks, Westlake, Simi Valley, Newbury Park, Moorpark
Standing Invited Guests
Rene Bravo, Ped
District V, CMA Board Trustee; 10/19-10/21 + 10/23
Robert Levin, Ped Infectious Disease
Co. of Ventura Health Officer
2024 CMA Delegates
CMA Annual Session House of Delegates
Oct. 18-19, 2025- Marriott LA Live, Los Angeles
The House of Delegates convenes annually to debate and act on resolutions and reports dealing with myriad medical practice, public health and CMA governance issues. Policies adopted by the House are implemented by the Board of Trustees, which also deals with the many interim policy issues that arise between annual sessions.
The business of the House of Delegates consists primarily of resolutions and recommendations submitted by delegations or by individual delegates. Each item of business is assigned to a "reference committee," consisting of six members of the House. Each reference committee conducts a hearing to receive testimony for or against proposed resolutions from other CMA members and delegates. The committee then formulates recommendations for action by the full House, which votes to adopt, reject, amend or refer (for further study or for decision by the Board of Trustees) each recommendation. The House of Delegates exemplifies CMA's truly democratic governance.
Any CMA member may present testimony (i.e., speak for or against a resolution or recommendation) at reference committee hearings and may attend the meetings of the full House of Delegates as an observer. Soon, members will also be able to submit written testimony by commenting on submitted resolutions that will be accessible via their account dashboard.
For more information about becoming a member of CMA’s House of Delegates, contact Brian Barry.
CMA Delegates
Lynn Jeffers, PS
Ventura Delegate
7/2022-6/2024
Jeffrey Brackett, CD
AMA Alternate Delegate
7/2022-6/2024
Prashant Verma, A
Ventura Delegate
7/2023-6/2025
Gagan Pawar, FP
District III, ’23-’24
(filling unexpired term)
CMA Alternates
Jerry Bruns, P
7/2023-6/2025
Jeffery Davies, EM
7/2022-6/2024
Anthony Russell, Clinical Informatics/Ped
6/2023-7/2025
Ryan Shanahan, EM
Young Physicians Reps
Dorothy DuGraff, EM
Ventura YPS Alternate Delegate '22
7/2023-6/2025
Ryan Shanahan, EM
Ventura YPS Alternate Delegate
7/2023-6/2025
District V Solo-Small Group Practice Forum Reps
Jerry Bruns, Psychiatry
District V Delegates
Prashant Verma, A
Jeffrey Brackett, CD
District V Alternate Delegates
Anthony Russell, Clinical Informatics, Ped
Jeffery Davies, EM
Gagan Pawar, FP
CMA District V COL Rep
Colleen Copelan, Psychiatry
Community Reps & Committee Chairs
Scott Underwood, IM
VCMA Rep to Gold Coast Health Plan
Ronald Thurston, Psych
Scott Underwood, IM
VCMA Reps to VCMC/VCHA Oversight Committee
VACANCY
VCMA Rep, Safe Harbor (MDIC)