CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT

Robin Andersen, LMFT

It has been a pleasure to serve on CAMFT’s Board of Directors since 2019, and I am honored to be nominated for President-Elect. As the board’s Chief Financial Officer, and as a previous Clinical Director-at-Large, I have worked tirelessly to advance our association and profession. I aspire to continue devoting my time, energy, and passion to important causes our membership has identified within the capacity of President-Elect.

In my time as a board member, I have collaborated with fellow board, committee, and task force members, as well as our phenomenal staff members, to:

• Update the MFT Scope of Practice and have it signed into law
• Amplify the voices of emerging professionals within our prelicensed membership
• Ensure CAMFT’s financial stability and growth in the midst of a worldwide pandemic
• Develop CAMFT’s process for identifying and creating social policy statements on racism, racial trauma, access to mental health care for BIPOC, and more
• Strengthen CAMFT’s chapter leaders by creating valuable resources, obtaining experts to provide DEI consultations, and offering ongoing learning and networking opportunities

My experiences with CAMFT as a board, committee, and task force member have allowed me to develop extensive knowledge of the inner workings of our association and support CAMFT’s Strategic Plan in numerous ways. The amount of time and energy required for board, committee, and task force meetings, professional events, advocacy efforts, and legislative efforts is significant, and I have consistently gone above and beyond with these activities over the course of my two terms on the board.

Current Appointments:

• Chapter Advisory Committee, Co-Chair (2017-present)
• Educational Foundation Board of Directors (2020-present)
• Executive Committee (2020-present)
• Finance Committee, Chair (2020-present)
• Pre-Licensed Committee, Past Chair (2018-present)
• Social Policy Task Force (2019-present)

Previous Appointments:

• Connects Committee (2018-2020)
• Elections Committee (2018)

Prior to joining CAMFT's Board of Directors, I served as the President of the San Diego North County Chapter of CAMFT (2017-2019) and Director of Community Outreach (2016-2017). Under my leadership, our chapter received the 2019 Chapter Excellence Award for Financial Management, and I was personally the recipient of our 2019 Outstanding Chapter Leader Award at the CAMFT Chapter Leadership Conference.

My goal for the next three years is to ensure CAMFT’s board members are exceptional stewards of the resources available to us in order to benefit MFTs and the clients we serve. My time as Chief Financial Officer has enlightened me to how we can utilize our assets to meet present-day needs while simultaneously looking ahead to the future of our profession, anticipating challenges we may face with the ever-changing mental health landscape and addressing them proactively rather than reactively. This pandemic has exacerbated the systemic issues that already existed in the mental health field, and CAMFT is in a position to use its influence to bring about meaningful change. I desire to see CAMFT become synonymous with expertise on mental health issues within the state of California, and potentially across the United States.

Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to the opportunity to serve you as President-Elect!