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 […]

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 […]

Victoria Sofro grew up in Northern California and attended USC School of Social Work, where she was certified in psychosocial rehab counseling.  She had her first exposure to people with mental illness in her early twenties through taking care of a family member.  She later worked as an art therapist for a group called the […]

Gloria Sheppard is Mental Health Clinical Program Head at the American Indian Counseling Center in Cerritos, California. Transcript