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 […]
Ron Schraiber is a longtime consumer activist leader in California. He had his initial encounter with the mental health system as a graduate student at UC Irvine, followed by experiences in several different cities. He began reading Thomas Szasz’ work, which appealed to him, and founded a client group which he named CAPABLE – Citizens […]
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 […]
Gloria Sheppard is Mental Health Clinical Program Head at the American Indian Counseling Center in Cerritos, California. Transcript
Jerry Wengerd first worked in a psychiatric hospital as a conscientious objector and found his true calling there. He earned his master’s degree summa cum laude from California State University Fresno in 1975. Wengerd served as Director of Mental Health in Mariposa County (1980-88) and in Fresno County (1988-2005), where he was also Director of […]
John Sheehe is the Co-Occurring Disorders System-wide Coordinator for LAC-DMH, part of the Office of the Medical Director. He earned his BA at San Francisco State and spent several years in the airline industry before returning to school to become certified as a Chemical Dependency Counselor and then to complete a Master’s in Social Work […]
Carol S. Hood earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of California and her Master’s degree from the University of Minnesota, before joining the California State Department of Mental Health’s Systems of Care Division in 1988. She managed the State’s effort to shift Medicaid mental health services to a managed care system in the 1990’s, […]
Russell “Rusty” Selix, J.D., was one of the most important advocates for increased funding and innovation in the California mental health system in recent years. He attended Northwestern University and earned his law degree at the University of California at Davis, before becoming a policy advocate. After working as the deputy city attorney for the […]
Lisa Wong originally planned to become a physician but became fascinated by psychology in medical school and instead chose a career in social work. During twenty-three years at Downtown Mental Health Center, she saw many change in the Skid Row area. At the time of the interview, she was Clinical Program Head for the Wellness, […]