Task Force Members
Alicia Bazzano, M.D., M.P.H.
Physician Consultant at Westside Regional Center and Program Director
Cecily Betz, R.N., Ph.D.
Director of Nursing Training, USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
Irma Castaneda, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.,
District Chief, LA County Department of Mental Health (DMH)
Carlo DeAntonio, M.D.
Clinical Director at North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC)
Robert Fletcher, D.S.W.
Founder/ CEO, National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD)
Ereida Galda
Grant Coordinator, Westside Family Resource & Empowerment Center
Fran Goldfarb, M.A., M.C.H.E.S.
Director, Family Support USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
Thompson Kelly, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist, WRC
Danise Lehrer, L.Ac., L.C.S.W.
Clinical Services Director, WRC
Mayra Mendez, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., C.G.P., IFECMHS
Program Coordinator for Developmental Disabilities/ Mental Health, Saint John’s Child and Family Development Center
Samantha Persoff, L.C.S.W., M.S.Ed.
Program Director, Family Behavioral Services
Michele L. Renfrow, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist II, LA County DMH, Service Area II Administration
Andrew Russell, M.D.
Chief of Clinical Services, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA’s Semel Institute
Kimber Salvaggio
Training Coordinator, LA County DMH, Service Area II Adult Program Administration
Lisa Schoyer, M.F.A.
Family and Community Partnerships Program Children’s System of Care LA County DMH
Karol Scota
Executive Director, Options for Life
Larry Schallert , L.C.S.W.
Director of Adult, Education and Outreach Services Family Center, Santa Clarita
Elizabeth Spencer
Coordinator, Westside Family Resource & Empowerment Center
Wendy Sun, Psy.D.
Clinical Director, Westside Infant-Family Network (WIN)
Marcia Taborga, Psych.D.
Child, Youth & Family Program, LA County DMH
Kathleen Van Dam, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.
School Based Program Manager, Child and Family Guidance Center
Peggie Webb, M.A.
Executive Director, Mosaic Connections, Inc. and Project Director of the Solutions Building Project
Caroline Wilson, R.N.
CEO, Autism Society, Los Angeles
Larry Yin, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Community & Clinical Services Director, USC UCEDD at CHLA