Bruce Saltzer received his law degree from USC and an MBA from the Claremont Graduate School. He began his career in Legal Aid and worked as an advocate for the developmentally disabled. In 1991, he was appointed Executive Director of the Association of Community Mental Health Agencies, and continued in this position when the organization […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marvin Southard earned his MSW at UC Berkeley and his DSW at UCLA. He served as Director of Clinical Services at El Centro Human Services Corporation in East LA for seven years and as Director of Mental Health in Kern County for five years, prior to being appointed Director of the Los Angeles County Department […]