Past Convenings

• Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness, a film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers
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• Stephanie Welch, Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health, California Health and Human Services Agency – Prop 1 and Behavioral Health Transformation
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• Latonya Harris, Research Scientist III, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission – Criminal Justice & Mental Health Data at MHSOAC
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• Kamilah Holloway, Research Scientist III, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health — Exploring and Monitoring Behavioral Health Data and Developing Performance Metrics
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• Katie McAlindon, Senior Community Researcher, The Possibility Lab at UC Berkeley and Randy Clopton,  Research Associate, The Possibility Lab at UC Berkeley – Possibility Labs
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• Anh Thu Bui, Project Director, 988-Crisis Care Continuum, Public Health Medical Administrator, California Health and Human Services Agency – 988 Crisis Project
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• Kiran Sahota, Project Director, Multi-County Psychiatric Advance Directives Innovation Project; President, Concepts Forward Consulting – Psychiatric Advance Directives: A Multi-County Collaboration
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• Sheree Lowe, Vice President, Policy, California Hospital Association – Hospital Landscape and Emergency Departments in California
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• Rose Colangelo, Director of Emergency Services, Sutter Health – Sutter Health: Emergency Departments
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• Jim Sorg, Director of Care Integration, Tarzana Treatment Centers — Somewhere to Go: Medical & Behavioral Treatment
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• Luke Bergmann, Director of Behavioral Health Services, County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency – Somewhere to Go: Housing
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• Tyler Fong, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Brilliant Corners – A Place to Call Home: Streamlining Housing Placements and Harnessing Data to Enhance Program Design
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• Ambarin Faizi, Assistant Medical Director, California Department of State Hospitals – Breaking the Cycle: DSH IST Mental Health Continuum
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• Veronica Kelley, Director, County of Orange Health Care Agency – Step Down Crisis Continuum
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• Yolanda James-Sevilla, Pretrial Division Director, Santa Cruz County Probation – Somewhere to Go: Legal Process Leads to Treatment
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• Deanna Adams – Senior Analyst, Judicial Council of California, Criminal Justice Services, Operations and Programs Division
• Vicky Arenas – Communications Director, Cause Communications
• Jenny Bayardo – Executive Officer, California Behavioral Health Council
• Autumn Boylan – Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships, California Department of Health Care Services
• Ashley Breth – Assistant Deputy Director, Community Forensic Partnerships Division, Department of State Hospitals
• Bill Brown – Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Barbara County
• Michelle Cabrera – Executive Director, County Behavioral Health Directors Association
• Cathy Coyne – Government Affairs Liaison (Retired), California State Sheriffs’ Association
• Hallie Fader-Towe – Senior Policy Advisor, Council of State Governments Justice Center
• Grace Ferguson – Executive Associate, Urban Counties of California
• Brenda Grealish – Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
• Carmen Green – Executive Director, California State Sheriffs’ Association
• Latonya Harris – Research Scientist III, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
• R. Christine Hershey – Founder, Cause Communications
• Kathryn Jett – Senior Policy Consultant, Shatterproof
• Karen Larsen – Chief Executive Officer, The Steinberg Institute
• Stephen V. Manley – Superior Court Judge, Santa Clara County
• Lahela Mattox – Chief Operations Officer, San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless
• Rosie McCool – Deputy Director, Chief Probation Officers of California
• David Meyer – Clinical Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine
• Ryan Morimune – Legislative Advocate, Administration of Justice, California State Association of Counties
• Kevin O’Connell – Research Consultant, O’Connell Research
• Jolie Onodera – Senior Legislative Advocate, Health and Behavioral Health, California State Association of Counties
• Tom Orrock – Deputy Director, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
• Mike Radford – Bureau Chief, Training Program Services Bureau, Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
• Stephanie Regular – Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Alameda County
• Tyler Rinde – Director of Government Affairs, California Psychological Association
• Kiran Sahota – President, Concepts Forward Consulting
• Melanie Scott – Assistant Deputy Director, Community Forensic Partnerships Division, Department of State Hospitals
• Albert M. Senella – President, California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives; President and Chief Executive Officer, Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc.
• Adrienne Shilton – Director of Public Policy and Strategy, The California Alliance of Child and Family Services
• Linda Tomasello – Consultant, Crisis Intervention Training
• Liz Castillon Vice – Staff Services Manager II, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
• Kit Wall – Words to Deeds Project Director, Kit Wall Productions
• Tracey Whitney – Assistant Head Deputy, Writs and Appeals Division, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
• Molly Willenbring – Executive Director, First Responder Support Network
• Helene Zentner – Field Representative, California Board of State and Community Corrections
• Carrie Zoller – Supervising Attorney, Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts

Additionally, we appreciate Sheriff Brown serving as the Emcee for the Paradigm Awards Presentation again this year.