Behavioral Health Task Force

About

The California Health & Human Services Agency has convened the Behavioral Health Task Force (BHTF) to inform its work on behavioral health issues across the state. The diverse BHTF membership is positioned well to elucidate connections among wide ranging perspectives and interests related to behavioral health needs and care, ground truth the framing of behavioral health issues in the State, and advance innovative and coordinated work to drive progress.

The Key Goals of the BHTF are:

Goal 1. Ground truth the State’s behavioral health agenda

Goal 2. Uplift constituency voices

Goal 3. Promote learning to expand collective understanding of behavioral health issues facing the State

Goal 4. Advance approaches that are creative, responsive, and coordinated

For questions, inquiries, or to join the task force listserv, contact BehavioralHealthTaskForce@chhs.ca.gov.

Members

Chair
State Representatives
Task Force Members

Mark Ghaly, MD, MPH. Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency

Sonya Aadam, California Black Women's Health Project
Lenore Anderson, Californians for Safety and Justice
Seciah Aquino, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Sarah Arnquist, SJA Health Solutions
Charles Bacchi, California Association of Health Plans
Kirsten Barlow, California Hospital Association
Ken Berrick, Seneca Family of Agencies
Michelle Cabrera, County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
Jessica Cruz, NAMI California
Matthew Diep, Mental Health America of California
Vitka Eisen, HealthRIGHT 360
Toby Ewing, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
Laila Fahimuddin, California Board of Education
Lishaun Francis, Children Now
Le Ondra Clark Harvey, California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
Virginia Hedrick, California Consortium for Urban Indian Health
Emma Hoo, Pacific Business Group on Health
Andrew Imparato, Disability Rights California
Linnea Koopmans, Local Health Plans of California
Karen Larsen, Steinberg Institute
Kim Lewis, National Health Law Program
Christine Olmstead, Orange County Department of Education
Elizabeth Oseguera, California Primary Care Association
Hector Ramirez, Disability Rights California
Rebecca Ruan-O'Shaughnessy, California Community Colleges
Cathy Senderling-McDonald, County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA)
Albert Senella, Tarzana Treatment Centers
Christine Stoner-Mertz, California Alliance of Child and Family Services
Toni Trigueiro, California Teachers Association
Carolina Valle, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Marie Webber, University of California - San Diego Health (UCSD Health)
Jackie Wong, First 5 California
Jose Zavala, Fresno Unified School District
Ashley Zucker, Kaiser Permanente