Susan Mandel earned her doctorate in psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1968. She worked as a staff psychologist at Alameda County Hospital prior to becoming Director of Mental Health for the County in 1975. In 1980, she became CEO of Pasadena Child Guidance Clinics, which became Pacific Clinics in 1987, and oversaw its […]

Keris Jän Myrick earned a Master in Business Administration at Case Western Reserve University, a Master in Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Master of Science in Organizational Psychology.  She is currently completing her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.  After working as a college admissions counselor for many years, she became involved with NAMI, sitting […]

Carl C. McCraven trained as an engineer at Howard University and was working in the aerospace industry in Los Angeles when he became Chairman of the Board of the new Pacoima Memorial Hospital.  The Community Mental Health Center was founded as part of the Hospital in 1966.  He earned a master’s degree in Health Sciences […]

Roy Marshall is President and CEO of the San Fernando Valley Child and Family Guidance Center, a multisite mental health center which provides services to vulnerable and at-risk children and their families in the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys.  Mr. Marshall grew up in Encino; his parents were members of the group that founded the […]

Mrs. Stella March was an early founder and organizer of NAMI in California. She graduated from Hunter College, worked with the Red Cross in the Pacific in World War II, organizing shows for the troops, and as an advertising and radio copywriter in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. Her son’s illness sparked her involvement […]

Stephen Mayberg, PhD, retired as Director of the California Department of Mental Health in December 2010, after serving in this capacity for more than 17 years.  During his tenure, he embarked on an ambitious agenda that included major initiatives to reform the mental health system.  These reforms reflected changes based on programmatic research, and program […]