Stacy Williams is a nurse with a Master’s in Health Administration. She finished her graduate degree just as the DMH clinics were beginning to transform under MHSA, which she saw as an exciting opportunity. After serving as head of Crisis Resolution at Downtown Mental Health Center, and later of the Wellness and CalWORKS programs there, […]
Suzane Wilbur received her master’s degree in nursing in 1983 and led mental health crisis units at Metropolitan State Hospital, at the Skid Row Mental Health Center (now Downtown Mental Health Center), and at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. In 1991, she worked with Dr. J.R. Elpers and the South Bay Chapter of NAMI to set up […]
Dan E. Weisburd is a distinguished writer, producer, director, story editor, publisher, and corporate executive who has worked for over 50 years in the motion picture, television, and educational media industries. In 1980, Dan’s eldest son David was diagnosed with schizophrenia while attending Harvard University. Frustrated by the difficulty of getting quality care for David, […]
Cathy Warner was named Deputy Director of the Adult System of Care for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) in 2008. Ms. Warner earned her Masters’ in Social Work from San Diego State and undertook diverse responsibilities during her career at DMH, running programs for adults with HIV and serving as the […]
The Rev. Richard Van Horn was Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health America in Los Angeles from 1980 through 2009. (From 1980 through 2006, the organization name was the Mental Health Association). He graduated from Harvard in 1961 and earned a Master in Divinity from the General Theological Seminary of New York in 1965. Ordained […]
Dion Tillman is a certified substance abuse counselor at LACDMH Palmdale Mental Health Center. Transcript
Sandra Thomas earned her Masters in Social Work from UCLA in 1977 and began her professional career at MacLaren Children’s Center in 1978, where she set up the first play therapy program. Her interest and focus on children and families continued through increasingly responsibsle positions Compton Mental Health Center in South LA, as Child Abuse […]
Harry Taylor, PhD, is the Clinical Program Head at Palmdale Mental Health Center in the Antelope Valley. Transcript
Brook Sylvann, a theater, film and television actor and comedy host, leads the Improv Comedy Group at Edelman Mental Health Center. Transcript
Darrell Steinberg has been the President pro Tempore of the California State Senate since 2008. Steinberg worked as an employee rights attorney for the California State Employees Association, an Administrative Law Judget, and a mediator before beginning his career in public service by serving on the Sacramento City Council from 1992 to 1998. Steinberg served […]