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, served as Assistant Deputy Director for the California Department of Mental Health Systems of Care from 1998 through 2000, and was promoted to Deputy Director of the Department of Mental Health in 2001. She also played a critical role overseeing the implementation of the Mental Health Services Act, which was approved by California voters in November, 2004.

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