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www.namicalifornia.org
California
2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
August 21st & 22nd
Marriott Hotel & Spa, Newport Beach, CA
namica.org | #namiconca
NAMI California Annual Conference 2015
MArriott hotel & spa
Newport Beach, CA
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RESTAURANT
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Letter from the Director
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2014–2015 NAMI Board of Directors
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Conference At-a-Glance Agenda 5
Conference Opening Hours 6
Conference Agenda 14
Workshops Guide
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Conference Information & Tips 21
Keynote Speaker
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Plenary Speakers
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Films
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Award Winners
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Voting Procedures
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Meet the Candidates
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Acknowledgements
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Sponsors
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NAMI Tree of Tribute 2015
Conference Social: #namiconca
Together as one
A Letter From The Director
“Your conference needs to be for parents,” a woman told me last year, just minutes after someone else let me know that our
conference was wonderful, but should really focus on law enforcement and criminal justice issues. This was just minutes after
an Affiliate leader let me know that while he gained a lot from the conference, he would have preferred if most of the information
was geared toward Affiliates and their needs. And you know what? I agree with all of them.
NAMI Board of Directors 2014–2015
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,
M.D., Ph.D.
President
Dorothy Hendrickson
1st vice President
NAMI Orange County
NAMI Sacramento
The world of mental illness is expansive and all-encompassing.
The challenges and opportunities we face are often overwhelming, because mental illness intersects with our lives in multiple
areas and often at the same time. As the Executive Director of NAMI California, I strive each day to prioritize my time to ensure
we at NAMI California make the biggest impact for the communities in our great state. Our Board of Directors shares this passion and has set up our strategic plan to focus our energy to stay on course while working to bring communities together.
Bringing Communities Together to focus on our mission is exactly what we are doing at the 2015 NAMI California Annual
Statewide Conference. This year’s conference format is a bit different; we have exciting and engaging plenary sessions focusing
on six topics: Families and Consumers, Advocacy, Criminal Justice, Transitional Aged Youth, Multicultural Engagement, and
Affiliate Leadership. We hope to have provided you with options that you will find useful and interesting no matter which door
brought you to NAMI. My personal hope is that you not only enjoy the conference, but that you will take back information to
utilize in your community, further expanding NAMI’s presence statewide.
As we walk through the conference this year, I look forward to seeing and chatting with as many of you as possible. I hope to hear
there were so many great pieces to our conference that you wish you could multiply yourself just to hear all the speakers, attend
workshops, network, etc. I will smile and nod my head, knowing that I have the same wish. Luckily, because we have an extended
family, team and support in each of you, I know that we will continue to learn and grow. We are stronger together, as always.
Here’s to an amazing conference!
Warmly,
Guy Qvistgaard, MFT
Kenton Rainey
NAMI Alameda County South
Chief of Police, SF Bay Area
2nd vice president
treasurer
Rapid Transit District
NAMI Alameda County
May Farr
Amanda Lipp
NAMI Inland Valley
NAMI Sacramento
Secretary
Board Member
Juan Garcia, Ph.D., LMFT
Ratan Bhavnani
NAMI Fresno
NAMI Ventura County
Board Member
board member
Shannon Peterson
Gustavo Loera, EdD
NAMI Orange County
NAMI Long Beach
Board Member
board member
Jessica Cruz, MPA/HS
Executive Director
NAMI California
Diane Van Maren
Board Member
NAMI Sacramento
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conference At-A-Glance Agenda
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd
7:30a–4:00pRegistration Open
8:00a–11:30aRegistration Open
8:00a– 6:00pExhibit Hall Open
8:00a–3:00pExhibit Hall Open
8:00a–4:30p
8:00a–4:00p
Welcome Center Open
8:30a–9:15aOpening Ceremony
8:30a–8:45a
Welcome
9:15a–9:45aBreak
9:45a–12:00pSession Breakout
8:45a–10:00a
Keynote Speaker:
Patrick Corrigan
Welcome Center Open
Advocacy
Criminal Justice
10:30a–11:30a
“Bringing Communities Together”
Panel Discussion
11:30a–12:00pBreak
Affiliate Leadership
12:00p–12:15pAwards
Engaging Diverse Communities
12:15p–1:05pBusiness Meeting / Lunch
12:15p–12:45pMeeting
12:45p–1:05pMovie: A Choice to Heal: Mental
Health in California
12:00p–1:30p
Lunch (On your own)
1:30p–2:45p
Workshops
2:45p–3:30pBreak
3:30p–4:45p
Workshops
4:45p–5:00pBreak
5:00p–6:00p
President’s Reception
(Invitation-Only)
6:00p–7:30pDinner
Special Crisis Intervention Team
Awards Ceremony
7:30p–9:00pMovie Screening:
Buried Above Ground
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Welcome Center
Del Mar
Friday, August 21st
Saturday, August 22nd 8:00a–4:30p
8:00a–4:00p
• Comfortable Chairs
• Quiet Space
• Reading Materials
• Art & Crafts
• Connections Group Schedule
• Consumer Council Information
• Information You Can Use!
10:00a–10:30aAwards
Consumer & Family Engagement
Transitional Aged Youth
conference opening hours
1:15p–2:30p
registration
Newport Registration Desk
Thursday, August 20th Friday, August 21st Saturday, August 22nd
3:00p–7:00p
7:30a–4:00p
8:00a–10:30a
consumer support groups
Thursday, August 20th 4:00p–5:30p
(Salon 1) 5:30p–7:00p
12:00p–1:30p
Friday, August 21st
(Copper Cove)4:45p–6:00p
7:30p–9:00p
4:15p–5:45p
Saturday, August 22nd
(Copper Cove)
5:45p–7:00p
Workshops
2:30p–3:00pBreak
3:00p–4:15pAsk the Doctor
Q&A Workshops
Exhibit Hall
Salon 1 & 2
Friday, August 21st Saturday, August 22nd Ask the Pharmacist
Salon 1 & 2
8:00a–6:00p
8:00a–3:00p
Friday, August 21st
Saturday, August 22nd
12:00p–4:00p
12:00p–4:00p
Voting
Ballroom Registration
ceus
Ballroom Registration
Friday, August 21st 7:30a–9:30a
3:00p–5:00p
7:30a–9:30a
Saturday, August 22nd Friday, August 21st Saturday, August 22nd 1:00p–5:15p
12:30p–3:00p
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST
7:30a–4:00p
Registration Open
8:00a–6:00p
Salon 1 & 2
Exhibit Hall Open
8:00a–4:30p
Del Mar
Welcome Center Open
8:30a–9:15a
Opening Ceremony
Grand Pacific Ballroom
- Color Guard & National Anthem
- Welcome Address:
- Steve Pitman, President, NAMI Orange County,
- Mark Refowitz, Director, Orange County Health Care Agency,
- Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD, President, NAMI California Board of Directors
Director & Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, UC Davis Center for Reducing
Health Disparities,
- Jessica Cruz, MPA/HS, Executive Director, NAMI California.
- Spoken Word Presentation (DeAndre Evans)
9:15a–9:45a
Break
9:45a–12:00p
Session Breakout: See Facing Page for Details
Advocacy
Salon C
Criminal Justice
Salon D
Consumer &
Family Engagement
Salon 4
Affiliate
Leadership
Salon 3
Transitional
Aged Youth
Baycliff
9:45a–10:00a
Introductions
9:45a–10:00a
Introductions
9:45a–10:00a
Introductions
9:45a–10:00am
Introductions
9:45a–10:00a
Introductions
Facilitator: Diane
Van Maren
Facilitator: Kenton
Rainey
Facilitator: Guy
Qvistgaard, MFT
Facilitator: Ratan
Bhavnani
Facilitator:
Gustavo Loera, EdD
10:00a–10:45a
Federal Policy
Update:
10:00a–10:45a
CIT and the
Community:
Partnerships,
Responsibility,
Accountability and
“MORE:”
10:00a–10:45a
The Family Talk:
Approach to Family
Conversation:
10:00a–10:45a
Words with Friends:
Competitive Grant
Writing Strategies
for 2015:
10:00a–10:15a
Personal Story:
Andrew Sperling,
JD, Director of
Legislative
Advocacy,
NAMI National
10:45a–11:30a
Covered California
Update:
Waynee Lucero,
External Affairs
California Health
Benefit Exchange
(Covered
California)
11:30a–12:00p
Closing Remarks
Major Sam
Cochran, CIT
Coordinator and
Trainer, University
of Memphis CIT
Center and
Shelby County
Sheriff Department
Trainer
10:45a–11:30a
Mental Health
Courts: Bridging the
Criminal Justice &
Treatment Divide
Honorable
Lawrence Brown,
Superior Court
Judge, Superior
Court of California,
County of
Sacramento
11:30a–12:00p
Closing Remarks
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William Beardslee,
MD, Director,
Baker Prevention
Initiatives, Boston
Children’s Hospital
& Gardner-Monks
Professor of Child
Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical
School
10:45a–11:30a
Panel: A Family’s
Success Story, with
Lived Experiences
Danny Gibbs
Ben Gibbs
Tom Gibbs
Nancy Gibbs
11:30a–12:00p
Awards:
Outstanding Peer
Award: Maricela
Estrada
Outstanding
Family to Family
Award: Joe Rose
Gary Bess, PhD,
Owner, Gary Bess
Associates
10:45a–11:30a
Panel: What
Building Your
Affiliate Means to
You.
Steve Pitman,
President, NAMI
Orange County
Kathy Forward,
President, NAMI
Santa Clara
Shannon Jaccard,
Chief Executive
Officer, NAMI
San Diego
DeAndre Evans
10:15a–10:45a
Personal Stories,
From Directing
Change
Participants:
Stan Collins,
Suicide Prevention
Specialist
10:45a–11:30a
Panel: TAY Making
a Change
Moderator:
Amanda Lipp.
Troy Mondragon
Chris Allen
Ronny Choe
11:30a–12:00p
Closing Remarks
11:30a–12:00p
Closing Remarks
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST
12:00p–1:30p
Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30p–2:45p
Workshops:
Verbal De-Escalation: Performance and Skills are the Mosaic Art of CIT
Salon C
Criminal Justice Track
- Major Sam Cochran, Retired Major, University of Memphis CIT Center
Salon D
Consumer & Family
Engagement Track
Together is Better: Family Unit Approach to Treatment
- Amanda LaPera, Board Member, NAMI Orange County
- Steve Pitman, Board Member, NAMI Orange County
- Lynne Thies, Board Member, NAMI Orange County
Salon 3Stopping Restraint & Seclusion in Schools: For My Child and All Children
Advocacy Track - Leslie Morrison, Director, Disability Rights California
- Lauren Giardina, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights California
Salons E & F
Engaging Diverse
Communities Track
Reducing Mental Health Disparities in Your Community – A Way Forward - Ruben Cantu, Program Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
Salon 5A Solution for the Payroll Headache: Employee Vs. Independent
Affiliate Leadership TrackContractor?
- Melanie Olson, HR Consultant, HR to Go
Baycliff Coming Out Proud to Erase the Stigma of Mental Illness
Advocacy Track
- Patrick Corrigan, PsyD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Illinois
Institute of Technology
Salon 4Affiliates Helping Affiliates: Affiliate Mentoring Pilot Project,
What We’ve Learned
Affiliate Leadership Track
- Bettie Reinhardt, Independent Contractor & Affiliate Development Consultant,
NAMI California
2:45p–3:30pBreak
3:30p–4:45p
Workshops:
CardiffEmbrace the Change: Effective Personal Youth Advocacy
Transitional Aged
- Troy Mondragon, MSW, Social Entrepreneur
Youth Track 8
Salon C
Building a Reformed Criminal Justice System: The
Sequential-Intercept Model
- Mark Gale, Criminal Justice Chair, NAMI Los Angeles Council
- Ratan Bhavnani, Board Member, NAMI California
Salon D
Consumer & Family
Engagement Track
40 Days to Wellness: An Integrative Nutrition and Wellness Approach
to Mental Health - Kelly Thorpe Baker, Founder, Bipolarblessings.com
Salon 3On the Job with a Mental Illness: What Are My Rights?
Advocacy Track - Marilynn Mika Spencer, Managing Attorney, The Spencer Law Firm
- Thomas J. McCammon, Attorney, The Spencer Law Firm
Salon EFrom Me to You to Us: Mental Health Education in All Communities Engaging Diverse - Melen Vue, Director of Community Engagement, NAMI California
Communities Track
- Veronica Delgado, Community Engagement Coordinator, NAMI California
Baycliff Building Rome Day 1: Where to Begin & How to Get Started Grant Writing Affiliate Leadership Track
- Gary Bess, PhD, Owner, Gary Bess Associates
- Heather Fox, MSW, Grant Writer, Gary Bess Associates
Salon 4The Family Talk: Approach to Family Conversation
Consumer & Family - William Beardslee, MD, Director, Baker Prevention Initiatives, Boston Children’s
Engagement Track
Hospital and Gardner-Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Salon 5What You Can Do to Prevent Suicide
Transitional Aged
- Stan Collins, Suicide Prevention Specialist
Youth Track
4:45p–5:00pBreak
5:00p–6:00p
Atrium Court
President’s Reception (Invitation-Only)
6:00p–7:30p
Dinner / Special Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Awards Ceremony
- Awards Ceremony
- Outstanding Criminal Justice Advocate: Kathy Ellis, President NAMI Chino Valley
- Outstanding Criminal Justice Professional: Commissioner Joe Farrow,
California Highway Patrol
Movie Screening:
7:30p–9:00p
Salons 4 & 5
- Buried Buried Above Ground: Sneak Preview of the new documentary film
by Ben Selkow
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8:00a–11:30p
Registration Open
8:00a–3:00p
Salon 1 & 2
Exhibit Hall Open
8:00a–4:00pWelcome Center Open
Del Mar
8:30a–8:45a
Welcome
Newport Coast Ballroom
- Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD, President, NAMI California Board of Directors Director & Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, UC Davis Center for Reducing
Health Disparities
Keynote Speaker – Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness:
What Says the Dodo Bird?
- Patrick Corrigan, PsyD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute
8:45a–10:00a
of Technology
10:00a–10:30a
Awards
- Don & Peggy Richardson Memorial Award: May Farr, NAMI California Board
of Directors
- Outstanding Mental Health Director: Mike Kennedy, Director, Sonoma County
Dept. of Mental Health
10:30a–11:30a
Panel: “Bring Communities Together
11:30a–12:00p
Break
- Steve Pitman, Family and Consumer Engagement Track
- Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD, Engaging Diverse Communities Track
- Major Sam Cochran, Criminal Justice Track
- Andrew Sperling, JD, Advocacy Track
- Bettie Reinhardt, Affiliate Leadership Track
- Amanda Lipp, Transition Aged Youth Track
12:00p–12:15p
Awards
- Media Award: California Health Line Daily Digest/ Dr. Sandra Hernandez
- Outstanding Treatment Provider: El Camino Hospital
- Outstanding Clergy: Kent Peters, Director, Office of Social Ministry
Business Meeting / Lunch:
12:15p–1:05p
- Business Meeting: 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
- Movie: 12:45 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. A Choice to Heal: Mental Health in California
1:15p–2:30pWorkshops:
CardiffThe Dream Between the Lines: A Shift in Perspective that Allows Us
Transitional Aged
to See Beyond the Disability
- Gaby Segura, Owner, DTS Life Coach
Youth Track
Salon 4The Crisis Intervention Team, A Community Partnership
- Lieutenant Daniel Lamm, California Highway Patrol
Salon 5Using Laughter to Break the Cycle of Psychological Negativity
Consumer & Family
- Teena Miller, Chief Laughter Officer, Moving Mountains Now
Engagement Track
Salon 3Changing Policy, Saving Lives: School Suicide Prevention Policies
Advocacy Track - Victor Ojakian, Board Member, NAMI Santa Clara County
- Mary Ojakian, Board Member, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:
Greater Bay Area
Salon 2Take One Day at a Time
Engaging Diverse - Margie Harper, President, NAMI Los Angeles South Central
Communities Track - Ronda Hampton, REACH for Mental Health Awareness
- Gregory Willis, NAMI Member, NAMI Los Angeles South Central
Baycliff Changing Lives with NAMI Programs? This One’s for You!
Affiliate Leadership Track
- Ratan Bhavnani, Former Executive Director, NAMI Ventura County
- Joe Rose, President, NAMI Alameda County South
SunsetCommunity-Defined Solutions for Latino Transition Age Youths’ Mental
Engaging Diverse
Health Care Communities Track
- Gustavo Loera, EdD, Mental Health Policy Researcher, Center for Reducing Health
Disparities, UC Davis, Board Member, NAMI Long Beach
2:30p–3:00p
Break
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3:00p–4:15p
Ask the Doctor Q&A Workshops
Get answers to your mental health related questions at these sessions:
Kaiser Permanente is a proud sponsor of the 2015 NAMI
California Annual Conference and its mission to support NAMI
members and their families.
Salon 4Children & Adolescents Q&A
- Richard Lee, MD, Associate Medical Director, Countywide Children’s Programs,
Riverside County Department of Mental Health, Health Sciences Assistant, Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry, UC Riverside, School of Medicine
- Dan Tzuang, MD, Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Double Board Certified
psychiatrist in both Adult Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
As the largest provider of mental health care in California,
CardiffUn Diálogo Con el Doctor
- Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD, President, NAMI California Board of Directors,
Director & Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, UC Davis Center for Reducing
Health Disparities
this year’s conference, but every day in our ongoing efforts to
Kaiser Permanente is committed to building a 21st century
model of mental health health care to provide help, hope,
and health for those living with mental illness.
We’re honored to partner with NAMI California, not just at
address California’s mental health needs with mutual respect
and compassion.
Salon 3Bipolar Q&A
- Rajagopal K. Sunder, MD, Principal Investigator and Board Certified Psychiatrist,
CiTrials, Inc.
Baycliff Schizophrenia Q&A
- Luis Sandoval, MD, MPH, Psychiatrist, Southern California Permanente
Medical Group
Laguna & Sunset
Depression / Anxiety Q&A
- Dr. Huma Qureshi, MD, Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist, County of Riverside
- Dr. Janet Charoensoo
share.kp.org/mentalhealth
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criminal justice track
advocacy track
Salon C
Salon 3 Baycliff
Stopping Restraint & Seclusion in Schools: For My Child and All Children
• Restraint and Seclusion procedures are usually harmful, traumatizing, and sometimes
fatal, yet they are still broadly employed in California public schools. In this engaging
presentation, you will learn how to stamp out negative emergency behavioral situations at
your child’s school and utilize grassroots mobilization for positive behavioral programs.
• Leslie Morrison, Director, Disability Rights California
• Lauren Giardina, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights California
Coming Out Proud to Erase the Stigma of Mental Illness
• This workshop will orient participants to the Coming Out Proud program (COPp), a
three-session group program designed to reduce self-stigma of mental illness through
strategic disclosure. The COPp is a six-hour program facilitated by two trained leaders
with lived experience with mental illness. The workshop will discuss lessons on
Considering the Pros and Cons of Disclosing, Different Ways to Disclose, and Telling
Your Story. These lessons are designed to promote personal empowerment, facilitate peer
support, increase self-esteem and reduce stigma.
• Patrick Corrigan, PsyD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois
Institute of Technology
Salon 3
On the Job with a Mental Illness: What Are My Rights?
• Workshop presenters will summarize key laws. Participants will receive useful materials and
forms, and have a chance to ask experienced employment attorneys anything about work and
mental disability.
• Marilynn Mika Spencer, Managing Attorney, The Spencer Law Firm
• Thomas J. McCammon, Attorney, The Spencer Law Firm
Salon 3
Changing Policy, Saving Lives: School Suicide Prevention Policies
• Learn how to make a difference and help save lives in your community. Despite the great
potential for schools to step in and offer support to help prevent student suicides, many
school districts do not have a suicide prevention policy in effect. While teen suicide is
preventable, without an officially instated suicide prevention policy, schools may not be able
to recognize the signs and effectively intervene. This workshop not only explains what
actions to advocate for, but how to advocate for a suicide prevention policy, even when met
with resistance.
• Victor Ojakian, Board Member, NAMI Santa Clara County
• Mary Ojakian, Board Member, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,
Greater Bay Area
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Verbal De-Escalation: Performance and Skills are the Mosaic Art of CIT
• Verbal de-escalation is vital to Crisis Intervention Team Training and this workshop gives
participants a hands-on learning experience outside of just a “textbook” lesson. Polish your
skills and learn to employ practical strategy applications in this diverse class experience.
Don’t miss out on this dynamic learning session that teaches participants to integrate skill
and strategy through interactive role playing exercises.
• Major Sam Cochran, Retired Major, University of Memphis CIT Center
Salon C
Building a Reformed Criminal Justice System: The Sequential-Intercept Model
• Imagine a framework for the justice system using a system of intercepts that can provide
hope to people who need mental health treatment instead of incarceration. Now imagine
that you can help lead a grassroots effort to adopt this system at the county level. Participants
of this workshop learn about the Sequential-Intercept Model, the many ways it can save and
improve lives, and how to advocate for its implementation within their own communities. Get
involved and make a positive difference in the lives of those who need it!
• Mark Gale, Criminal Justice Chair, NAMI Los Angeles Council
• Ratan Bhavnani, Board Member, NAMI California
Salon 4The Crisis Intervention Team, A Community Partnership
• Get active in changing culture and dialogue surrounding persons living with mental
health issues in all departments and ranks of law enforcement. At this workshop, expect a
challenging and engaging session preparing participants to become leaders and role models
within their respective agencies. Reach out to your own community, create an action plan,
and make a lasting, positive impact on how law enforcement agencies respond to people with
mental illness.
• Lieutenant Daniel Lamm, California Highway Patrol
engaging diverse communities track
Salons E & F
Reducing Mental Health Disparities in Your Community – A Way Forward • Get informed about the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP), a groundbreaking,
CalMHSA-funded effort to reduce mental health disparities in underserved communities.
This workshop will cover CRDP’s Strategic Plan, which gives attendees the tools to think
critically about community practices and the resources to seek necessary funding.
• Ruben Cantu, Program Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
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Salon E
From Me to You to Us: Mental Health Education in All Communities • Stigma prevents us from hearing the important voices and stories in underserved
communities. Join NAMI California staff as we talk about the development and cultural
adaptation of our new Mental Health 101 program and see a live demonstration!
• Melen Vue, Director of Community Engagement, NAMI California
• Veronica Delgado, Community Engagement Coordinator, NAMI California
Salon 2Take One Day at a Time
• We have come a long way when talking about mental illness, but we must continue the
conversation. In this workshop, participants will celebrate the conversation, while learning
to promote a more inclusive spectrum of diversity, and learn about the broad array of
resources available to diverse communities on local, state, and national levels.
• Margie Harper, President, NAMI Los Angeles South Central
• Ronda Hampton, REACH for Mental Health Awareness
• Gregory Willis, NAMI Member, NAMI Los Angeles South Central
Sunset
Community-Defined Solutions for Latino Transition Age Youths’ Mental
Health Care
• Learn how to be a part of the solution for today’s at-risk youth. Among Latino TAY and
Foster Care Youth, stressors are more likely to manifest in mental health problems that
eventually lead to school dropout rates, substance abuse, and/or suicide. In this workshop,
you will use research to develop preventive strategies and community models which provide
essential resources for at-risk TAY to get help and to stay healthy and active within
their communities.
• Gustavo Loera, EdD, Mental Health Policy Researcher, Center for Reducing Health
Disparities, UC Davis, Board Member, NAMI Long Beach
transitional aged youth track
Cardiff
Embrace the Change: Effective Personal Youth Advocacy
• This dynamic workshop explores effective win-win strategies and tactics for advocating the
most challenging problems that people living with mental illness, families, and society face.
Participants will learn how positive public advocacy is the surest way to end stigma and
create social change.
Salon 5
What You Can Do to Prevent Suicide
• Learn warning signs, risk factors and protective factors for suicide. Through student films
from the Directing Change Program, you will learn basic factors associated with suicide
ideation. Together we will discuss ways to respond to a friend in need, preventive action, and
identifying available resources.
• Stan Collins, Suicide Prevention Specialist, Directing Change Student Film Program
CardiffThe Dream Between the Lines: A Shift in Perspective that Allows Us to See
Beyond the Disability
• This workshop is designed to inspire participants to dream out loud and achieve their
goals! Workshop participants are encouraged to see life as full of possibilities, not limitations,
and will be challenged to see themselves beyond society’s definitions of disability. It’s time
to start planning for success and “The Dream Between the Lines” gives you the tools to
make it happen.
• Gaby Segura, Owner, DTS Life Coach
comsumer & family engagement track
Salon DTogether is Better: Family Unit Approach to Treatment
• Working in isolation may undermine your efforts to achieve recovery, and a family that
heals together has the best chance of helping a loved one with mental illness recovery.
Instead of putting up barriers, learn how to use a holistic approach to the family unit,
increase communication within your family, and maximize the effectiveness of mental
health treatment.
• Amanda LaPera, Board Member, NAMI Orange County
• Steve Pitman, Board Member, NAMI Orange County
• Lynne Thies, Board Member, NAMI Orange County
Salon D
40 Days to Wellness: An Integrative Nutrition and Wellness Approach to
Mental Health
• Shape up your health and fitness routine with our 40 Days to Wellness program! This
workshop offers participants a launching pad for their own 40-day wellness makeover. Learn
how to integrate a holistic lifestyle with your treatment plan for true health and wellness. In
this workshop you will learn to assess the health effects of each aspect of your lifestyle. We
give you the resources to cut out bad habits and make healthy choices for life!
• Kelley Thorpe Baker, Founder, Bipolarblessings.com
• Troy Mondragon, MSW, Social Entrepreneur
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WORKSHOPs guide
Salon 4The Family Talk: Approach to Family Conversation
• Parents living with mental illness may need extra support to be able to manage their
mental health challenges, raise and support their families, and continue to be strong role
models for their children. Maintaining family ties when living with mental illness means
effective communication with all family members throughout the treatment experience. Dr.
Beardslee has been a pioneer helping families keep the conversation about mental health and
treatment open and ongoing. In this workshop, he’ll discuss the research supporting his
methods and give examples and tips for families to initiate and maintain these vital lines
of communication.
• Dr. William Beardslee, MD, Director, Baker Prevention Initiatives, Boston Children’s
Hospital and Gardner-Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Salon 5
Using Laughter to Break the Cycle of Psychological Negativity
• Embrace the joy of living with laughter yoga and wellness deep breathing. Teena Miller is
Baycliff
Building Rome Day 1: Where to Begin & How to Get Started Grant Writing
• Grant writing can be a complicated and daunting task even for seasoned veterans of the
nonprofit sector. At this workshop, we cut through the confusion and guide you through
the process of researching potential grant sources, building relationships with funders, and
honing your skills and expertise to most effectively write your funding proposal. This
workshop is a must for both experienced and fledgling grant writers alike!
• Gary Bess, PhD, Owner, Gary Bess Associates
• Heather Fox, MSW, Grant Writer, Gary Bess Associates
Baycliff
Changing Lives with NAMI Programs? This One’s for You!
• This workshop expands on the Affiliate track Plenary Session topic. Listen to successful
NAMI California’s Affiliate leaders as they share their strategies in engaging their
community, growing their programs and increasing their membership to move NAMI’s
mission forward.
• Ratan Bhavnani, Former Executive Director, NAMI Ventura County
• Joe Rose, President, NAMI Alameda County South
bringing her ASTEP program to this workshop, where participants will learn to laugh their
way to wellness and relaxation. A delightful and alleviating coping technique, laughter yoga
and deep breathing exercises will help persons living with a mental illness positively impact
their mind, body and emotions.
• Teena Miller, Chief Laughter Officer, Moving Mountains Now
affiliate leadership track
Salon 5
A Solution for the Payroll Headache: Employee vs. Independent Contractor?
• Misclassifying your employees is risky business! At this workshop, learn the difference
between Independent Contractors and Flexible, Part-Time Employees, the penalties for
misclassification of employees, and which of these employee categories will be the best for
your organization. We also give you the right tools to transition employees from Independent
Contractor positions to Part-Time Employees.
• Melanie Olson, HR Consultant, HR to Go
Salon 4
Affiliates Helping Affiliates: Affiliate Mentoring Pilot Project, What
We’ve Learned
• Mentoring can be a rewarding experience and an effective way to share your specialized
knowledge with other Affiliates and programs that may be in need of your expertise. There’s
no better way to help someone than by empowering them to help themselves! If you’re
interested in implementing a mentoring program for your Affiliate, be sure to attend this
workshop! You will learn how the Affiliate Mentoring Pilot Project worked and what lessons
to derive from its initial startup phase.
• Bettie Reinhardt, Independent Contractor & Affiliate Development Consultant,
NAMI California
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Healing people and restoring hope is the essence of what we do at Loma
Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center. Serving the Inland Empire
for over 20 years, our compassionate and experienced staff understands
the complex needs individuals are faced with when dealing with mental
illness and addiction. Associated with a world-renowned teaching
hospital we are able to provide multi-level care in the following areas:
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Chronic Pain and Medication Dependency
Eating Disorders
Chemical Dependency Services
Adolescent Self Injury
Mental Health Services unique to youth, adults and seniors
For more information or to make a referral, please
call 909-558-9275 or visit us on the Web: llubmc.org
MANY STRENGTHS. ONE MISSION.
A Seventh-day Adventist Organization
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conference Information & tips
Liability Release
Dining Out
The views expressed at the NAMI California workshops
and presentations do not necessarily reflect the views
of NAMI California, the Board of Directors, Staff or
policies. NAMI California does not endorse sponsors or
presenters.
For options on dining out, please visit the Marriott’s
concierge.
Continuing Education Units
NAMI California is approved to offer CEUs. Be sure to
mark your attendance on the program after each session
so that you will have all the information on hand when
you are ready to apply. You can apply by visiting the
CEU table and pick up a form. Further instructions will
be provided at the table.
Do’s and Don’ts
Do turn cellphones and other electronic communication
devices to vibrate or mute when attending a session as a
courtesy to fellow convention attendees and speakers.
Do wear your name badge at all times during the
convention. It is required for entrance into the exhibit
hall and sessions.
Do Tweet and use social media to talk about the
convention. Use #namiconca.
Do ask for assistance if needed. NAMI California staff
members (Silver name badge) and volunteers are able
to help.
Don’t take reserved seats at the front of the
room during the sessions. They are reserved for
sight-impaired, deaf and hard of hearing convention
attendees.
Lost and Found
Check with hotel security about lost items.
NAMI California Resources
Resources about NAMI California services, policy
issues, NAMI Walks, educational programs, NAMI
FaithNet, your local affiliate, and all the information
you may need about NAMI California are available
online at namica.org
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Videography
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advertising, trade, publishing, or any other purpose
whatsoever. You hereby release, discharge, and agree to
hold harmless the Event Producer, legal representatives
and assigns, and all persons acting under the Event
Producer’s authority.
Tips for Planning
Your Personal
Conference Schedule
Review the program schedule carefully and plan your
personal conference schedule so that you can attend the
sessions most important to you.
Remember - you will not be able to attend everything.
Be sure to schedule breaks and rest periods for yourself.
keynote speaker
Patrick
Corrigan, PsyD
Distinguished Professor of
Psychology, Illinois Institute
of Technology
Patrick Corrigan is a Distinguished Professor
of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of
Technology. His research examines psychiatric
disability and the impact of stigma on
recovery and rehabilitation. Currently, Mr.
Corrigan is principal investigator on several
grants from NIMHD and PCORI that address
health disparities from a community-based
participatory research perspective.
Corrigan has authored or edited more than
a dozen books—most recently, The Stigma of
Disease and Disability: Understanding Causes
and Overcoming Injustices, and Coming Out
Proud to Erase the Stigma of Mental Illness:
Stories and Essays of Solidarity.
With support of the NIMH-funded Center
on Adherence and Self-Determination, Mr.
Corrigan and his team have developed the
Coming Out Proud program, which is aimed
at eliminating the self-stigma of mental illness.
Don’t record the workshops and presentations unless
specifically authorized by the presenter.
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plenary speakers
Dr. William Beardslee, MD
Gary Bess, Phd
Director, Baker Prevention Initiatives, Boston
Children’s Hospital, & Gardner/Monks Professor
of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Owner, Gary Bess Associates
Dr. William Beardslee directs the Preventive Intervention
Project at Judge Baker Children’s Center and also the
Prevention of Depression Study. He has served as the
Academic Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at
Children’s Hospital Boston and is the Gardner-Monks
Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
In 1998, Dr. Beardslee was appointed to the faculty at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Beardslee’s long-standing research interest has centered
on the development of at-risk children whose parents live
with severe mental illness. Dr. Beardslee is currently directing
a long-range study at Judge Baker funded by the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that explores the effects
of clinician-facilitated, family-based preventive intervention.
This research is designed to gauge the impact of direct intervention and measure its ability to enhance resilience and
family understanding for children of parents with affective
disorder. In June 2002, Dr. Beardslee published a book:
Out of the Darkened Room: Protecting the Children and
Strengthening the Family When a Parent Is Depressed.
Gary Bess, Ph.D., is the owner of Gary Bess Associates (GBA),
which provides grant writing, program evaluation and consultation to nonprofit and government agencies. GBA specializes
in public and private grant writing for human services, including Federally Qualified Health Center applications. Dr. Bess
holds two masters’ degrees in social work and applied
sociology from Case Western Reserve University, and Kent
State University, respectively.
Dr. Bess earned his doctorate in social work from the
University of Southern California. He has taught in graduate
schools of social work at UCLA, USC, and at California State
University, in Long Beach and Chico. For several years, Dr.
Bess directed free medical clinics in Southern California,
including the South Bay Free Clinic in Manhattan Beach,
and the Los Angeles Free Clinic, before opening GBA in 1991.
Stan Collins
CIT Coordinator and Trainer, University
of Memphis CIT Center & Shelby County (TN)
Sheriff Dept.
Suicide Prevention Consultant
Major Sam Cochran is nationally known for his work in
developing the CIT model. He served as CIT coordinator
from 1988 until his retirement in 2008. His firsthand
experience of CIT shares and promotes an understanding of
the CIT model beyond limitations of “just” training. He holds
a master’s degree in Political Science/Criminal Justice from
the University of Southern Mississippi. He has retired from
the Memphis Police Department after 33 years of service,
which include numerous assignments as Coordinator of the
Memphis Hostage Negotiation Team.
Major Cochran is currently working with the Shelby County
Sheriff Department Academy and as Coordinator of the
University of Memphis CIT Center. Major Cochran continues
in service to NAMI as a consultant and volunteer. In addition
to receiving the City University of New York (CUNY) John
Jay College of Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement News
Person of the Year Award (2000), the National Alliance on
Mental Illness (NAMI National and NAMI TN) has named an
annual law enforcement advocacy award after Major Cochran.
He has presented the Crisis Intervention Team model to
numerous organizations and communities, including
presentations on national public radio and the White House
Conference on Mental Health.
Stan Collins has worked in the suicide prevention field for
over 14 years. He has presented or provided training to over
500,000 adults and youth on the subject of suicide prevention.
His audiences have included medical professionals, military,
law enforcement, school staff and community members. In
2001, he testified before a United States Senate Subcommittee
on the topic of youth suicide.
Currently he is working as a consultant in the field, focusing on technical assistance in creation and implementation
of suicide prevention curriculum and strategies. A former
lifeguard with the City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department,
he is a registered EMT with the State of California. Stan is
co-author of the Know the Signs Training Resource Guide for
Suicide Prevention in Primary Care toolkit, and author of the
San Diego County Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
for First Responders.
Honorable Judge Lawrence Brown
DeAndre Evans
Superior Court Judge, Sacramento Superior Court
Performer, Community Organizer, Author & Teacher, RYSE Youth Center
Honorable Judge Brown was appointed to the Sacramento Superior Court by Governor Schwarzenegger
in January 2010. In addition to criminal jury trials, Judge Brown presides over the Sacramento Mental
Health Court and the Sacramento Reentry Court, and the recently-established Co-Occurring Mental
Health Court. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Brown served as First Assistant United
States Attorney in Sacramento from 2003-2008 and Interim United States Attorney in 2009.
Deandre Evans teaches weekly spoken word workshops and helps coordinate open mic events at the
RYSE Center, creating safe spaces for Richmond youth to express themselves. In addition to his weekly
classes and performances at the RYSE Center, Mr. Evans has become a local community organizer and
a well-respected voice in the dialogue regarding food justice, low-income housing rights, mental health
and other social justice issues in Richmond. Mr. Evans’ poetry and raps have been featured in The
Bigger Picture Campaign, and the play This is Home (as seen on the Off/Page Project).
A 1989 graduate of U.C. Davis School of Law, Judge Brown began his career as a deputy district
attorney and later was appointed as Executive Director of the California District Attorneys Association,
headquartered in Sacramento. Judge Brown also serves as adjunct law professor at U.C. Davis School of
Law, teaching courses on Judicial Process and Legislative Process.
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Major Sam Cochran
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plenary speakers
films
A Sneak Preview of the new
feature documentary by Ben Selkow
Screening Friday, August 21st
at 7:30 pm in Salons 4 & 5
Waynee Lucero
Mark Refowitz
External Affairs, California Health Benefit
Exchange (Covered California)
Director, Orange County Health Care Agency
Waynee Lucero currently works with Covered California in the
Department of External Affairs. Prior to working at Covered
California, Waynee was the Program Manager for a Covered
California Outreach and Education grant received by the
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce. There, she managed a $600,000 statewide grant that provided small businesses information about Covered California for Small Business.
Waynee moved to Sacramento from San Diego in 2013.
While in San Diego, Waynee worked for a Congressional
Representative, the Mayor of San Diego, and a local labor
union. Waynee’s community involvement includes serving
as President of the Chicano Democratic Association from
2009–2013, as well as Volunteer Coordinator for Alejandra
Sotelo-Solis Campaigns for National City Mayor and National
City Council. Waynee earned her BA in Political Science/
International Relations from UC San Diego in 2008.
Mark Refowitz has served as Director of the Orange County
Health Care Agency since 2012. As part of his role as Agency
Director, Mark serves as Chairman of the Board of CalOptima,
the largest single County Operated Health System in the state
of California. He also serves on the Children’s and Families
Commission and other local boards and commissions. Mark
represents Orange County through various professional, state,
and national associations.
Currently, he serves on the California State Association of
Counties’ Health & Human Services Committee, the Health
Steering Committee for the National Association of Counties
and the National Association of County Behavioral Health
Directors. He also served as past President of the California
Mental Directors Association, and as the Chair of the
California Institute for Mental Health.
SYNOPSIS
Buried Above Ground interweaves the stories of Americans
battling the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD): Luis, a veteran returning from the Iraq War; Ashley,
a New Orleanian who escaped Hurricane Katrina; and Erundina,
a survivor of child abuse, rape and domestic violence. Buried
Above Ground is a documentary film that keeps its cameras on
Americans battling PTSD long after the sensational headlines
have passed to see how people cope in the aftermath of a
traumatic event.
PTSD is a potentially devastating anxiety disorder that
develops after exposure to a serious traumatic event such as
a combat, rape, domestic assault, terrorist attack, bombing, or
natural disaster. BURIED ABOVE GROUND takes the realities
of living with PTSD out of the shadows and allows audiences
to experience the emotional, medical, and spiritual costs of this
growing mental health epidemic, as Luis, Ashley and Erundina
journey towards their recovery.
Andrew Sperling
Director of Legislative Advocacy, NAMI National
Andrew Sperling serves as Director of the Federal Legislative Advocacy program at NAMI National. He
has previously served as Deputy Director of Government Relations for the National Community Mental
Healthcare Council and as Coordinator of Public Policy Information for the National Council of
Community Mental Health Centers.
Mr. Sperling has penned several published works, including
Accessing Assistive Technology: A Policy Review & Funding Guide for the State of New Hampshire
for the New Hampshire Institute on Disability in 1992, and the article, “The Discretionary Function
Exception: A Limit on Municipal Liability After the City of Dover” for The New Hampshire Bar Journal
in 1991. In 1992, Andrew Sperling earned a Juris Doctor Degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center, and he
earned his MA in Legislative Affairs from George Washington University in 1987.
A Choice to Heal: Mental
Health in California
hosted by Mariel Hemingway
This documentary tells the story of Prevention &
Early Intervention—California’s groundbreaking
approach in treating mental illness. This half-hour
film highlights programs throughout the state and
illustrates how they’re making a difference.
Saturday, August 22nd at 12:15pm
in the Grand Pacific Ballroom
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award winners
Outstanding Criminal
Justice Professional Award
voting instructions
May Farr
• For a criminal justice professional who has advocated for and has been an integral part in implementing
accepted best practices that has resulted in decriminalization of persons with serious mental illness.
Outstanding Clergy Award
Outstanding Mental
Health Director
NAMI California’s Board is an all-inclusive board which
seeks highly qualified California leaders to serve on the
state Board of Directors to embrace NAMI California’s
mission and strategic direction. Service on the NAMI
California Board requires experience, knowledge,
commitment and time to help all those impacted by
mental illness in our state.
Don & Peggy Richardson
Memorial Award
• For distinguished service to persons afflicted with
serious mental illness.
Kent Peters
• In appreciation of devoted and compassionate service
to those with mental illness and their families.
Recovery Practitioner
Award
Hendry Ton, M.D., M.S
• For the clinical staff person who consistently initiates,
promotes and reinforces recovery principles within their
practice, county and sphere of influence.
Outstanding Peer Award
Maricela Estrada
• For excellence in advocacy and support of recovery.
Family-to-Family Award
Joe W. Rose
• For excellence in leadership with the NAMI
Family-to-Family programs.
Media Award
California Health Line
• For excellence in reporting on serious mental illness.
Outstanding Criminal
Justice Advocate Award
Kathy Ellis
• For exemplary time and effort in advocating for
accepted best practices that have resulted in the
decriminalization of persons with serious mental illness.
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Commissioner Joe Farrow
Mike Kennedy
• For excellence in establishing goals to better support
and treat those admitted into mental health treatment
facilities.
Outstanding Treatment
Provider
El Camino Hospital, Behavioral
Health Services
• For providing exemplary treatment and care to those
suffering from severe mental illness.
Vote at the NAMI California Conference
If you are registered and attending the conference,
you may bring your own ballot to the conference and
postpone turning in your vote until you have had the
opportunity to hear candidate speeches. You may present your ballot in its envelope at the registration table
before the polls close, Saturday, August 22nd.
NAMI California seeks qualified candidates who
have statewide knowledge, personal experience as a
family member or individual impacted by mental illness,
insight into large non-profit organizational structure,
participation on other boards, and/or legal, financial or
fundraising experience. This year, four candidates will
be elected to serve for a three-year term. We ask that
you take time to review each candidate’s statement of
willingness to determine your vote for NAMI CA Board
member.
What Expertise and Experience are Needed
Beyond their critical passion for the NAMI California
mission, Board members should have some high-level
decision-making experience and knowledge in one or
more of the following areas:
• Nonprofit and Change Management, to steward
NAMI California in a rapidly changing environment
• Fund Raising and Donor Cultivation, to ensure
NAMI California’s future and ongoing viability
• New Media and Technologies, especially in service
of education and peer support
• Marketing, Outreach and Communications, to grow
the organization and increase visibility
• Financial Management and Investments, to ensure
sound fiscal health
• Public Policy and Grassroots Advocacy, to shape
critical systems that affect those whose lives are
affected by mental illness
• Membership Development and Volunteerism, to
cultivate and honor the backbone of the NAMI
California movement
For over 50 years, Telecare
Corporation has offered
respect, recovery and results to
individuals suffering from
severe mental illness.
We are proud to be a sponsor
of the NAMI California 2015
Conference and want to thank
NAMI for being a beacon of
hope for those we serve.
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meet the candidates
CLAYTON CHAU, MD, PhD
AMANDA LIPP
NAMI Orange County / NAMI Member Since: May 20, 2015
Education: MD, University of Minnesota
Occupation: Medical Director, Care Management, Behavioral Health &
Provider Continuing Education Health Services
• PhD in Clinical Psychology, Chelsea University. Psychiatric Residency:
UCLA/San Fernando Valley.
• Fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health in
psychoneuroimmunology, focusing on substance abuse and HIV. During his
residency he was selected for the American Psychiatric Association
• Mead Johnson Fellowship in Community Leadership.
NAMI Sacramento / NAMI Member For: 6 Years
Education: BA Psychology, UC Davis, 2014
Occupation: Mental Health Advocacy as: Public Speaker,
Research Assistant, Independent Filmmaker, Writer and Artist
ELLEN FRUDAKIS
NAMI San Diego / NAMI Member For: 11+ Years
Education: Bachelor of Science in Human Services, Masters in Nonprofit
Leadership & Management
Occupation: Executive Director
• IOOV Coordinator (internship)
• IOOV Presenter
• Peer to Peer Mentor
• Connections Participant
• NAMI Walk attendee and Resource Fair participant since 2006
Kenton Rainey
NAMI San Francisco / NAMI Member For: 3 Years
Education: Master of Arts Degree in Organizational Leadership,
University of Phoenix, 2001
BA in Criminal Justice, California State University Long Beach, 1993
Occupation: Chief of Police, BART
JUAN GARCIA, PhD, LMFT
NAMI Fresno County / NAMI Member For: 3 Years
Education: PhD Anthropology, Stanford University, 1985.
MS Psychology (clinical), San Jose State University, 1982
Occupation: Professor of Counselor Education
• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Department of Consumer Affairs,
State of California since July 1991
• The California Community Colleges Instructor since 1977 in
Ethnic Studies, Anthropology and Psychology
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meet the candidates
JAMES RANDALL
NAMI San Fernando Valley / NAMI Member For: 16 Years
Education: M.S.W. Master of Social work, Cal State Northridge.
M.B.A. University of New Mexico, M.A. Latin American Studies,
University of New Mexico
Occupation: Social Worker
• NAMI Affiliate President for 3 years
• Affiliate Board Member for 13 years
• President of L.A. County Coordinates for 1 year
• Chair of L.A. County Criminal Justice Committee for 3 years
• NAMI Walk Manager for 1 year
SHIRLEE ZANE, SONOMA COUNTY SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT
NAMI Sonoma County / NAMI Member Since: May 22, 2015
Education: B.A. Speech Pathology & Audiology, California State University, Chico,
1978-1982. M.A. Theology & Missions, Cum Laude, Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School, Deerfield, IL 1983-1986. M.A. Counseling (Marriage, Child & Family) Chi
Sigma Iota member of counseling honor society, Sonoma State University,
Rohnert Park, CA 1991-1994.
Occupation: County Supervisor
• Founder, Behavioral Health Mobile Support Team, 2012
(to assist law enforcement on 911 mental health & substance abuse calls)
• Provided crucial support to establish CIT in the County.
• Speaker at numerous NAMI Events, public events, seminars and supports
NAMI fundraisers.
• Supporter of Suicide Prevention and instrumental in establishing a hotline
• Chair of L.A. County Criminal Justice Committee for 3 years
• NAMI Walk Manager for 1 year
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following sponsors whose generous contributions
helped to make the NAMI California 2015 Statewide Conference possible.
As of July 28, 2015:
sponsors
exhibitors
Loma Linda University Behavioral
Medicine Center
Crestwood Behavioral
Health Center
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Turning Point Community Programs
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Telecare Corporation
River City Bank
Sierra Health Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Sunovion
Recovery International
River City Bank
PSYCHU
Social Model Recovery Systems, Inc.
National Association of Social
Workers, California Chapter
Changing Options, Inc.
Azusa Pacific University
NAMI Los Angeles South Central
Crestwood Behavioral Health
Sierra Health Foundation
Proxy Parent Foundation
NAMI Orange County
We would like to extend a special thank you to NAMI Orange County and
their volunteers.
A special thanks to our NAMI California Employee Partners and the many
volunteers and supporters who have contributed to the success of the NAMI
California 2015 Statewide Conference.
In addition, we thank the 2014-2015 NAMI California Board of Directors for
their hard work and dedication to the NAMI California mission and vision.
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thank you sponsors!
gold level
nami tree of tribute
Celebrate, Honor, or Make a Tribute to a Special Colleague, Family Member,
or Mental Health Advocate.
silver level
NAMI California Tree of Tribute in Sacramento, California
bronze level
Each Year many NAMI California supporters choose to give a major gift to honor
a special family member, friend or colleague.
Our Tree of Tribute Giving Options Are:
A Bronze Leaf $500; a Silver Leaf $1,000; a Gold Leaf $3,000; a Small Gem Stone $3,000;
or a Large Gem Stone $5,000.
The leaf or gem stone at our California office will be a lasting tribute to the person you choose to honor.
Each leaf or gem stone has a story of advocacy, triumph and inspiration behind it and commemorates
our success in delivering the NAMI California mission. To honor or make a tribute to a special colleague,
family member or mental health advocate, visit our website at www.namica.org or contact Eugenia
Cervantes at [email protected] or 916-567-0163
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California
Please join us for next year’s
NAMI California Annual Conference
August 26th & 27th, 2016
San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront
1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA
See you all there!

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