Speaker's Profile

Healthcare Executive who has helped to shape the mental health and addiction care landscape through meaningful, transformative growth by deploying a multidimensional understanding of the healthcare continuum. As a dedicated change agent and gubernatorial appointee on numerous high-profile commissions and committees – including the California Mental Health Services and Oversight Commission, City Planning Commissioner, National Mental Health America, and the Steinberg Institute – I am passionate about increasing awareness and eliminating stigma at the local, state, and national levels through tireless advocacy and a hand-spun approach to ensure the sustainability of healthy, operationally strong workforce cultures. I have extensive experience overseeing the development, implementation, and execution of programs throughout the healthcare continuum – including CEO level oversight of Skilled Nursing, PACE, Medical Center, Mental Health Service Line and free-standing mental health system, and also senior level experience at Children’s Hospital’s and Health Plan. As a dedicated change agent, I am passionate about increasing awareness and eliminating stigma for mental health and addiction care at the local, state, and national levels by advocating for action, ensuring healthy and operationally strong workforce cultures where personnel thrive. I apply systems thinking to bridge the gap between stakeholders while securing buy-in among multi-state, cross-functional teams throughout large-scale healthcare companies.