CIBHS is organized into Executive and Operations, Evidence-Based Practices, Evaluation, Health Equity, Health Care Reform and Workforce. Diverse and accomplished, CIBHS staff have years of experience in providing and promoting excellence in behavioral health. CIBHS is funded through a variety of funding sources, including private funds, charitable foundations, county, state, and federal contracts, grants, fees, and product sales.
Sandra Naylor Goodwin is the founding (1993) Executive Director of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. With nearly 30 years of professional experience, Dr. Goodwin has experience and knowledge of administration, treatment and service methodologies, and planning and policy development at the county and state levels.
Percy Howard, LCSW is the Interim CEO for the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. Over the past five years, Percy has been a key player and leader in California’s drive to implement recovery-oriented and family-directed Evidence-Based Practice. During the course of his 32 year work history, Percy has worked for County Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Systems, Private healthcare providers, Non-Profit CBOs and in Juvenile Justice Settings.
Victor Kogler is Vice President of CIBHS. Mr. Kogler has worked in the substance use disorder field in California since 1971. He served as Alcohol and Drug Program Administrator of Santa Barbara County for twenty years and is a past president of the County Alcohol and Drug Programs Administrators Association of California. Mr. Kogler had been the Executive Director of the Alcohol and Other Drug Policy Institute (ADPI) for 8 years prior to the merger of that organization with the California Institute for Mental Health which created CIBHS. In addition to his senior management role, Mr.
Hope Alvidrez is a native to the central valley and has lived in Sacramento, CA since 1994. After working for the Lieutenant Governor and the California State Legislature, Hope became an employee of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS formerly CiMH). In 2011, she was promoted to CIBHS’s Human Resources Manager responsible for better staff and management relations, policy and procedure development and payroll. Hope has graduated from the Human Resources Certification Program at California State University, Sacramento.
Helen Lao is the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO. She was formally the Project Support Specialist for the Health Equity Team of the Center for Multicultural Development at the CIBHS. She is a certified facilitator for the Mental Health First Aid Training and Applied Suicide Interventional Skills Training.
Karen Dickson is a graduate from WTBC in Jackson Tennessee. She and her family have owned an accounting practice since 1984. Mrs. Dickson has been working in the non profit field for over 9 years. Though her field is accounting, she has been involved with the inter-racial fost/adopt care system with special needs children. She has adopted 3 wonderful children through the county and is an adoptee herself. “1 in 13 children suffer from serious mental illness; we must be vigilant in finding ways to help them.”
Samantha has been an employee of CIBHS since February of 2016, and will soon be receiving three AAs in the following: Sign Language and Interpretation, Deaf Studies, and Foreign Language.
Gloria comes to CiBHS with over 30 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Project and Department Administration. Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University. Master Equivalent in Finance – General Electric Financial Management Program
Interesting Fact – My parents are legal immigrants from Mexico, who raised me to honor and respect this great country of many opportunities. My first job as a young girl was picking fruits in San Jose California to Holding a Top Secret US Government Black Program Clearance.
Natasha Jones has been with CIBHS since October of 2013. Natasha was a clerk at the CA Department of Justice (DOJ) before gaining employment at CIBHS. She also worked at AFLAC as the Regional Administrator for 3 years before joining DOJ. Natasha has about 10 years of professional administrative experience. She loves Karaoke, cooking, being outdoors, and the ocean. One really fun fact about Natasha: She tries to make words out of license plates when driving.
Ericka Lett has been the Receptionist of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS) for the past 4 years. Ms. Lett has combined experience in the Federal Employment field with the Defense Investigative Service as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs where she served as an administrative professional for over 30 years. She has developed a great passion for making beaded jewelry, horticulture and taking long country road drives. She is the proud mother of 4 adult children and has six beautiful and spunky grandchildren.
Ms. Addis is a graduate of UCSC and the University of Copenhagen with a Master’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology. Rikke has particular interests in data-driven decision-making, evidence-based practices, and the participatory evaluation method. Rikke’s areas of expertise include qualitative and quantitative data analysis, research, and evaluation.
Shoshana Zatz, BS, has worked with CIBHS since 2011. She has over twenty years of experience working with nonprofits and vulnerable populations on issues related to affordable housing, homelessness and hunger and mental health. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Community Nutrition with a psychological/behavioral focus from UC Davis in 1988.
After relocating to Sacramento in 2000 Candice spent many years providing administrative services as an administrative consultant. Candice provided consultant services to CIBHS for six years before becoming part of the CIBHS staff in 2013. She has worked on several projects over the years, but her biggest interest is in data collection and analysis.
I have lived in Sacramento all of my life and I travel to Mexico for vacations. I enjoy office work and have six years of experience in administrative positions. I enjoy playing soccer but need more practice time to improve!
Pam Hawkins is employed with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS), Child and Family Services Unit. She is currently a Senior Associate working to help develop the organizational capacity to assist county mental health departments and other local system programs to understand, develop, and implement values-driven Evidence-Based Practices (EBP).
Lori Ford is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist as well as having PhD in Clinical Psychology and research. Lori is a California Statewide Consultant for Functional Family Therapy and currently supervises teams across California to sustain fidelity to this evidence-based practice. This is Lori’s “Year of the Half” running a half marathon every month as a personal challenge!
After graduating from California State University, Sacramento in 1993 with a double major in History and Ethnic Studies, Kelly started an internship with the California State Archives working on the state museum project. She left the State Archives for a year to work on a grant project cataloging the Japanese American Archival Collection at California State University, Sacramento. In 1998, she was one of the first employees at the newly opened Golden State Museum (later known as The California Museum).
May Chan has been at CIBHS for 7 years and provides project support to the Health Equity team. She is trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR). She’s passionate about her culture and community and serves as an advocate and liaison. May is also a freelance writer for ethnic media.
Sheron Wright has been with CIBHS since 2006. She has staffed many MHSA funded projects. This year she is working with the Workforce Development/Juvenile Justice, Health Equity and Health Care Reform teams integrating her experience and education.
Will Rhett-Mariscal, PhD, MS, is the Associate Director for the Health Equity team at CIBHS. Dr. Rhett-Mariscal has developed and implemented practice and system improvement projects impacting California’s public behavioral health system in the areas of health equity, health care integration, prevention and early intervention, and SUD.
Khani Gustafson is a Senior Associate with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS). She is a member of the Evidence Based Practices Team and project lead for EBP training and implementation including Moral Reconation Therapy CBT MRT, Trauma Focused CBT and PIER Model Training for identification and intervention of early psychosis.
Kristee L. Haggins, Ph.D. is a Senior Associate on the Health Equity Team at the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS). She was trained as a psychologist and has extensive experience in university mental health where she worked as a clinician, educator, trainer and administrator with a focus on diversity issues and African American mental health for almost 20 years while at UC Davis.
Gayaneh is an Armenian/Iranian/American clinician who is interested in trauma informed care, evidenced based practices, individual differences and health care equity. Gayaneh has certification in TFCBT and PCIT. Gayaneh lives with her husband Malcolm and dog, Napoleon in Sacramento California.
Sheron Wright has been with CIBHS since 2006. She has staffed many MHSA funded projects. This year she is working with the Workforce Development/Juvenile Justice, Health Equity and Health Care Reform teams integrating her experience and education.
May Chan has been at CIBHS for 7 years and provides project support to the Health Equity team. She is trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR). She’s passionate about her culture and community and serves as an advocate and liaison. May is also a freelance writer for ethnic media.
Sandra Naylor Goodwin is the founding (1993) Executive Director of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. With nearly 30 years of professional experience, Dr. Goodwin has experience and knowledge of administration, treatment and service methodologies, and planning and policy development at the county and state levels.
Alice Washington is an associate at the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. Ms. Washington was awarded a Bachelor’s of Art degree from Stanford University during March of 1988. Her major was Sociology: Social Sciences. In the past few years, Ms. Washington has received a Train-the-Trainer Certificate from California State University, Sacramento. In 2013, Alice completed an A.S. in Graphic Design. She also completed a Diploma in Web Design and Interactive Media in December 2015. Finally, Alice has skills in developing technology-based trainings.
Victor Kogler is Vice President of CIBHS. Mr. Kogler has worked in the substance use disorder field in California since 1971. He served as Alcohol and Drug Program Administrator of Santa Barbara County for twenty years and is a past president of the County Alcohol and Drug Programs Administrators Association of California. Mr. Kogler had been the Executive Director of the Alcohol and Other Drug Policy Institute (ADPI) for 8 years prior to the merger of that organization with the California Institute for Mental Health which created CIBHS. In addition to his senior management role, Mr.
Amy McIlvaine, supervised by Victor Kogler, has nearly 25 years of leadership and management experience. Her primary areas of expertise include innovation design, change management, process improvement, and business operations. She is passionate about mentoring and training behavioral health teams to become innovative change leaders who are resilient, lead effective change teams and implement changes that result in improvements.
Ms. Stanley-Salazar has a distinguished and long career in the SUD field. As a Registered Nurse and Group Home Administrator with a Master’s in Public Health, she began her career in the substance abuse field at Behavioral Health Services in Torrance, California, as the Vice-President of Alcohol Services and Administrator of Redgate Memorial Hospital. She left BHS in 1987 to join the Monterey County Public Health Department as the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrator.
Yvonne Frazier works under the supervision of Victor Kogler, CIBHS Vice President, as the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Training Manager. She is responsible for the coordination of the training and technical assistance project in support of county-implementation of the 1115 waiver. She began working as an independent contractor with CIBHS in March 2016 and became an employee in October 2016. She works with the CIBHS DMC-ODS staff and county SUD and Behavioral Health Staff to coordinate training activities.
Maleah Novak has 29 years of experience in the SUD field, seventeen of which was at the State Department of Health Care Services’ Driving-Under-the-Influence Program Branch.
For the last 12 years, she has consulted for six County Administrators monitoring their DUI Programs and PC1000 Treatment Programs. As Project Coordinator for CIBHS, she coordinates requests for technical assistance and training for SUD facilities and/or counties.
Kim Waterman joined CIBHS in May 2016 as Project Coordinator of the statewide Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) training project. She reports to Victor Kogler and Yvonne Frazier. At the DMC-ODS project’s inception, she was responsible for creating the infrastructure to organize the project, including establishing the event management database and communications plan to manage 94 trainings in the final two quarters of 2016. She works extensively with training contractors and county contacts across the state to coordinate and support DMC-ODS trainings.
Paige D’Angelo joined CIBHS and the DMC-ODS Waiver project in January 2017. As a Project Coordinator, Paige works closely with Elizabeth Stanley-Salazar, Project Manager on the Blue Shield of California Foundation grant, and Amy McIlvaine, Project Manager on Los Angeles County’s Substance Use Disorder Organized Delivery System project.
Kimberly Mayer, MSSW, is Associate Director for Workforce Development for the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS). During the past several years at CIBHS, Kimberly has led several workforce development projects promoting collaboration between public mental health, education, and providers, including peers. For the past 20 years, Kimberly has worked in a variety of human services leadership positions, including county government, a private consulting firm, and nonprofit management settings.
Kristin Dempsey is a new Senior Associate at CIBHS and is the new project manager for the Greater Bay Area Mental Health and Education Workforce Collaborative. Kristin is a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and most recently worked as Director of Workforce Development at San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS). She started at BHRS in 2001 as a clinician specializing in the treatment of dual diagnosis (mental health and substance issues) and later oversaw quality improvement efforts to integrate mental health and substance abuse services.
Karen Kurasaki, Ph.D., is a Senior Associate and manages several Workforce Area projects related to public safety realignment, juvenile justice behavioral health policy and programming, and behavioral health training for law enforcement.
Pam Hawkins is employed with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS), Child and Family Services Unit. She is currently a Senior Associate working to help develop the organizational capacity to assist county mental health departments and other local system programs to understand, develop, and implement values-driven Evidence-Based Practices (EBP).
Lori Ford is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist as well as having PhD in Clinical Psychology and research. Lori is a California Statewide Consultant for Functional Family Therapy and currently supervises teams across California to sustain fidelity to this evidence-based practice. This is Lori’s “Year of the Half” running a half marathon every month as a personal challenge!
Shoshana Zatz, BS, has worked with CIBHS since 2011. She has over twenty years of experience working with nonprofits and vulnerable populations on issues related to affordable housing, homelessness and hunger and mental health. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Community Nutrition with a psychological/behavioral focus from UC Davis in 1988.
After graduating from California State University, Sacramento in 1993 with a double major in History and Ethnic Studies, Kelly started an internship with the California State Archives working on the state museum project. She left the State Archives for a year to work on a grant project cataloging the Japanese American Archival Collection at California State University, Sacramento. In 1998, she was one of the first employees at the newly opened Golden State Museum (later known as The California Museum).
Executive Management
Executive Management
Sandra Naylor Goodwin, PhD, MSW
Emeritus President and CEO
Sandra Naylor Goodwin is the founding (1993) Executive Director of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. With nearly 30 years of professional experience, Dr. Goodwin has experience and knowledge of administration, treatment and service methodologies, and planning and policy development at the county and state levels.
Percy Howard, III, LCSW
Interim CEO
Percy Howard, LCSW is the Interim CEO for the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. Over the past five years, Percy has been a key player and leader in California’s drive to implement recovery-oriented and family-directed Evidence-Based Practice. During the course of his 32 year work history, Percy has worked for County Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Systems, Private healthcare providers, Non-Profit CBOs and in Juvenile Justice Settings.
Victor Kogler
Vice President, Substance Use Disorders
Victor Kogler is Vice President of CIBHS. Mr. Kogler has worked in the substance use disorder field in California since 1971. He served as Alcohol and Drug Program Administrator of Santa Barbara County for twenty years and is a past president of the County Alcohol and Drug Programs Administrators Association of California. Mr. Kogler had been the Executive Director of the Alcohol and Other Drug Policy Institute (ADPI) for 8 years prior to the merger of that organization with the California Institute for Mental Health which created CIBHS. In addition to his senior management role, Mr.
Hope Alvidrez
Human Resources Manager
Hope Alvidrez is a native to the central valley and has lived in Sacramento, CA since 1994. After working for the Lieutenant Governor and the California State Legislature, Hope became an employee of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS formerly CiMH). In 2011, she was promoted to CIBHS’s Human Resources Manager responsible for better staff and management relations, policy and procedure development and payroll. Hope has graduated from the Human Resources Certification Program at California State University, Sacramento.
Helen Lao
Executive Assistant
Helen Lao is the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO. She was formally the Project Support Specialist for the Health Equity Team of the Center for Multicultural Development at the CIBHS. She is a certified facilitator for the Mental Health First Aid Training and Applied Suicide Interventional Skills Training.
Operations
Operations
Karen Dickson
Accounting Manager
Karen Dickson is a graduate from WTBC in Jackson Tennessee. She and her family have owned an accounting practice since 1984. Mrs. Dickson has been working in the non profit field for over 9 years. Though her field is accounting, she has been involved with the inter-racial fost/adopt care system with special needs children. She has adopted 3 wonderful children through the county and is an adoptee herself. “1 in 13 children suffer from serious mental illness; we must be vigilant in finding ways to help them.”
Samantha Karis
Accounting Assistant
Samantha has been an employee of CIBHS since February of 2016, and will soon be receiving three AAs in the following: Sign Language and Interpretation, Deaf Studies, and Foreign Language.
Antoniette (Tina) Leon
Accounting Payable
Gloria Hurd
Contract Analyst
Gloria comes to CiBHS with over 30 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Project and Department Administration. Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University. Master Equivalent in Finance – General Electric Financial Management Program
Interesting Fact – My parents are legal immigrants from Mexico, who raised me to honor and respect this great country of many opportunities. My first job as a young girl was picking fruits in San Jose California to Holding a Top Secret US Government Black Program Clearance.
Natasha Jones
Office Coordinator
Natasha Jones has been with CIBHS since October of 2013. Natasha was a clerk at the CA Department of Justice (DOJ) before gaining employment at CIBHS. She also worked at AFLAC as the Regional Administrator for 3 years before joining DOJ. Natasha has about 10 years of professional administrative experience. She loves Karaoke, cooking, being outdoors, and the ocean. One really fun fact about Natasha: She tries to make words out of license plates when driving.
Ericka Lett
Receptionist
Ericka Lett has been the Receptionist of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS) for the past 4 years. Ms. Lett has combined experience in the Federal Employment field with the Defense Investigative Service as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs where she served as an administrative professional for over 30 years. She has developed a great passion for making beaded jewelry, horticulture and taking long country road drives. She is the proud mother of 4 adult children and has six beautiful and spunky grandchildren.
Conference Planning
Conference Planning Team
Theresa Ferrini, CGMP
Conference Planner Department Manager
Gerilyn Walcott
Conference Planning Department Assistant
Evaluation
Evaluation
Rikke Addis, MA
Associate
Ms. Addis is a graduate of UCSC and the University of Copenhagen with a Master’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology. Rikke has particular interests in data-driven decision-making, evidence-based practices, and the participatory evaluation method. Rikke’s areas of expertise include qualitative and quantitative data analysis, research, and evaluation.
Shoshana Zatz
Associate
Shoshana Zatz, BS, has worked with CIBHS since 2011. She has over twenty years of experience working with nonprofits and vulnerable populations on issues related to affordable housing, homelessness and hunger and mental health. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Community Nutrition with a psychological/behavioral focus from UC Davis in 1988.
Candice Medina
Evaluation Coordinator
After relocating to Sacramento in 2000 Candice spent many years providing administrative services as an administrative consultant. Candice provided consultant services to CIBHS for six years before becoming part of the CIBHS staff in 2013. She has worked on several projects over the years, but her biggest interest is in data collection and analysis.
Robin Texeira
Project Coordinator
Robin has been at CIBHS two years. She is the Program Coordinator for the Evidence Based Practice and Evaluation teams.
Alejandra Ramos
Administrative Assistant
I have lived in Sacramento all of my life and I travel to Mexico for vacations. I enjoy office work and have six years of experience in administrative positions. I enjoy playing soccer but need more practice time to improve!
Evidence Based Practices
Evidence Based Practices
Pam Hawkins
Senior Associate
Pam Hawkins is employed with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS), Child and Family Services Unit. She is currently a Senior Associate working to help develop the organizational capacity to assist county mental health departments and other local system programs to understand, develop, and implement values-driven Evidence-Based Practices (EBP).
Lori Ford, MFT, PhD
Associate
Lori Ford is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist as well as having PhD in Clinical Psychology and research. Lori is a California Statewide Consultant for Functional Family Therapy and currently supervises teams across California to sustain fidelity to this evidence-based practice. This is Lori’s “Year of the Half” running a half marathon every month as a personal challenge!
Kelly Bitz
Project Coordinator
After graduating from California State University, Sacramento in 1993 with a double major in History and Ethnic Studies, Kelly started an internship with the California State Archives working on the state museum project. She left the State Archives for a year to work on a grant project cataloging the Japanese American Archival Collection at California State University, Sacramento. In 1998, she was one of the first employees at the newly opened Golden State Museum (later known as The California Museum).
May Chan
Program Support Specialist
May Chan has been at CIBHS for 7 years and provides project support to the Health Equity team. She is trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR). She’s passionate about her culture and community and serves as an advocate and liaison. May is also a freelance writer for ethnic media.
Health Care Reform
Health Care Reform
Karin Kalk
Associate Director
Sheron Wright
Project Coordinator
Sheron Wright has been with CIBHS since 2006. She has staffed many MHSA funded projects. This year she is working with the Workforce Development/Juvenile Justice, Health Equity and Health Care Reform teams integrating her experience and education.
Health Equity
Health Equity
Will Rhett-Mariscal, PhD
Associate Director
Will Rhett-Mariscal, PhD, MS, is the Associate Director for the Health Equity team at CIBHS. Dr. Rhett-Mariscal has developed and implemented practice and system improvement projects impacting California’s public behavioral health system in the areas of health equity, health care integration, prevention and early intervention, and SUD.
Khani Gustafson, MSW
Senior Associate
Khani Gustafson is a Senior Associate with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS). She is a member of the Evidence Based Practices Team and project lead for EBP training and implementation including Moral Reconation Therapy CBT MRT, Trauma Focused CBT and PIER Model Training for identification and intervention of early psychosis.
Kristee Haggins, PhD
Senior Associate
Kristee L. Haggins, Ph.D. is a Senior Associate on the Health Equity Team at the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS). She was trained as a psychologist and has extensive experience in university mental health where she worked as a clinician, educator, trainer and administrator with a focus on diversity issues and African American mental health for almost 20 years while at UC Davis.
Gayaneh Karapetian, LMFT
Associate
Gayaneh is an Armenian/Iranian/American clinician who is interested in trauma informed care, evidenced based practices, individual differences and health care equity. Gayaneh has certification in TFCBT and PCIT. Gayaneh lives with her husband Malcolm and dog, Napoleon in Sacramento California.
Sheron Wright
Project Coordinator
Sheron Wright has been with CIBHS since 2006. She has staffed many MHSA funded projects. This year she is working with the Workforce Development/Juvenile Justice, Health Equity and Health Care Reform teams integrating her experience and education.
May Chan
Program Support Specialist
May Chan has been at CIBHS for 7 years and provides project support to the Health Equity team. She is trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR). She’s passionate about her culture and community and serves as an advocate and liaison. May is also a freelance writer for ethnic media.
Special Projects
Special Projects
Sandra Naylor Goodwin, PhD, MSW
Emeritus President and CEO
Sandra Naylor Goodwin is the founding (1993) Executive Director of the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. With nearly 30 years of professional experience, Dr. Goodwin has experience and knowledge of administration, treatment and service methodologies, and planning and policy development at the county and state levels.
Alice Washington
Associate
Alice Washington is an associate at the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. Ms. Washington was awarded a Bachelor’s of Art degree from Stanford University during March of 1988. Her major was Sociology: Social Sciences. In the past few years, Ms. Washington has received a Train-the-Trainer Certificate from California State University, Sacramento. In 2013, Alice completed an A.S. in Graphic Design. She also completed a Diploma in Web Design and Interactive Media in December 2015. Finally, Alice has skills in developing technology-based trainings.
Substance Use Disorders
Victor Kogler
Vice President, Substance Use Disorders
Victor Kogler is Vice President of CIBHS. Mr. Kogler has worked in the substance use disorder field in California since 1971. He served as Alcohol and Drug Program Administrator of Santa Barbara County for twenty years and is a past president of the County Alcohol and Drug Programs Administrators Association of California. Mr. Kogler had been the Executive Director of the Alcohol and Other Drug Policy Institute (ADPI) for 8 years prior to the merger of that organization with the California Institute for Mental Health which created CIBHS. In addition to his senior management role, Mr.
Amy McIlvaine
Project Manager
Amy McIlvaine, supervised by Victor Kogler, has nearly 25 years of leadership and management experience. Her primary areas of expertise include innovation design, change management, process improvement, and business operations. She is passionate about mentoring and training behavioral health teams to become innovative change leaders who are resilient, lead effective change teams and implement changes that result in improvements.
Elizabeth Stanley-Salazar, MPH
Project Manager
Ms. Stanley-Salazar has a distinguished and long career in the SUD field. As a Registered Nurse and Group Home Administrator with a Master’s in Public Health, she began her career in the substance abuse field at Behavioral Health Services in Torrance, California, as the Vice-President of Alcohol Services and Administrator of Redgate Memorial Hospital. She left BHS in 1987 to join the Monterey County Public Health Department as the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrator.
Yvonne Frazier
Project Manager
Yvonne Frazier works under the supervision of Victor Kogler, CIBHS Vice President, as the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Training Manager. She is responsible for the coordination of the training and technical assistance project in support of county-implementation of the 1115 waiver. She began working as an independent contractor with CIBHS in March 2016 and became an employee in October 2016. She works with the CIBHS DMC-ODS staff and county SUD and Behavioral Health Staff to coordinate training activities.
Maleah Novak
Project Coordinator
Maleah Novak has 29 years of experience in the SUD field, seventeen of which was at the State Department of Health Care Services’ Driving-Under-the-Influence Program Branch.
For the last 12 years, she has consulted for six County Administrators monitoring their DUI Programs and PC1000 Treatment Programs. As Project Coordinator for CIBHS, she coordinates requests for technical assistance and training for SUD facilities and/or counties.
Kim Waterman
Project Coordinator
Kim Waterman joined CIBHS in May 2016 as Project Coordinator of the statewide Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) training project. She reports to Victor Kogler and Yvonne Frazier. At the DMC-ODS project’s inception, she was responsible for creating the infrastructure to organize the project, including establishing the event management database and communications plan to manage 94 trainings in the final two quarters of 2016. She works extensively with training contractors and county contacts across the state to coordinate and support DMC-ODS trainings.
Paige D’Angelo
Project Coordinator
Paige D’Angelo joined CIBHS and the DMC-ODS Waiver project in January 2017. As a Project Coordinator, Paige works closely with Elizabeth Stanley-Salazar, Project Manager on the Blue Shield of California Foundation grant, and Amy McIlvaine, Project Manager on Los Angeles County’s Substance Use Disorder Organized Delivery System project.
Workforce Development
Workforce
Kimberly Mayer, MSSW
Associate Director
Kimberly Mayer, MSSW, is Associate Director for Workforce Development for the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS). During the past several years at CIBHS, Kimberly has led several workforce development projects promoting collaboration between public mental health, education, and providers, including peers. For the past 20 years, Kimberly has worked in a variety of human services leadership positions, including county government, a private consulting firm, and nonprofit management settings.
Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC
Senior Associate
Kristin Dempsey is a new Senior Associate at CIBHS and is the new project manager for the Greater Bay Area Mental Health and Education Workforce Collaborative. Kristin is a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and most recently worked as Director of Workforce Development at San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS). She started at BHRS in 2001 as a clinician specializing in the treatment of dual diagnosis (mental health and substance issues) and later oversaw quality improvement efforts to integrate mental health and substance abuse services.
Karen Kurasaki, PhD
Senior Associate
Karen Kurasaki, Ph.D., is a Senior Associate and manages several Workforce Area projects related to public safety realignment, juvenile justice behavioral health policy and programming, and behavioral health training for law enforcement.
Pam Hawkins
Senior Associate
Pam Hawkins is employed with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS), Child and Family Services Unit. She is currently a Senior Associate working to help develop the organizational capacity to assist county mental health departments and other local system programs to understand, develop, and implement values-driven Evidence-Based Practices (EBP).
Lori Ford, MFT, PhD
Associate
Lori Ford is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist as well as having PhD in Clinical Psychology and research. Lori is a California Statewide Consultant for Functional Family Therapy and currently supervises teams across California to sustain fidelity to this evidence-based practice. This is Lori’s “Year of the Half” running a half marathon every month as a personal challenge!
Shoshana Zatz
Associate
Shoshana Zatz, BS, has worked with CIBHS since 2011. She has over twenty years of experience working with nonprofits and vulnerable populations on issues related to affordable housing, homelessness and hunger and mental health. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Community Nutrition with a psychological/behavioral focus from UC Davis in 1988.
Kelly Bitz
Project Coordinator
After graduating from California State University, Sacramento in 1993 with a double major in History and Ethnic Studies, Kelly started an internship with the California State Archives working on the state museum project. She left the State Archives for a year to work on a grant project cataloging the Japanese American Archival Collection at California State University, Sacramento. In 1998, she was one of the first employees at the newly opened Golden State Museum (later known as The California Museum).
Desiree Alarcon
Project Coordinator