CBHA Board and Staff
CBHA is successful because of its expert team of staff guided by a diverse Board of Directors. You may contact the CBHA team at: (916) 557-1166 or email response@cccbha.org, and we will respond to your inquiries.
CBHA staff members look forward to assisting you!
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Interim President
& Finance Chair
Tim Ryder
San Fernando Valley Community
Mental Health Center, Inc.
Executive Vice President
Christina Miller, Ph.D.
Mental Health America of Los Angeles
Immediate Past President
Al Rowlett, L.C.S.W.
Turning Point Community Programs
Vice President Public Policy
Simona Cataldo, Ph.D.
Victor Community Support Services
Secretary
Martine Singer
Children's Institute, Inc.
Directors-At-Large
Jack Barbour, M.D.
Southern California Health and Rehabilitation Programs
Henry "Harry" Bruell
PathPoint
Shawn Caracoza, L.C.S.W.
Pacific Clinics
Kent Dunlap
Star View Children and Family Services
Al Gilbert
Felton Institute
Steve Eckert
Alum Rock Counseling Center
Kathy Icenhower
SHIELDS for Families
Sarita Kohli
Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Josefina Alvarado Mena, J.D.
Safe Passages
Amanda Nugent Divine, Ph.D.
Kings View
Stacey Roth
Hillsides
Al Senella
Tarzana Treatment Centers
Utaka Springer, Ph.D.
Native American Health Center
Hugo Villa
The Village Family Services
Yolanda Whittington
SISTAHFRIENDS Women's Counseling and Eldercare Management
CBHA Team
Le Ondra Clark Harvey, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Le Ondra Clark Harvey, Ph.D.
Dr. Clark Harvey is a psychologist and the Chief Executive Officer of the California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (CBHA). CBHA is a statewide advocacy organization representing mental health and substance use disorder non-profit agencies that collectively serve approximately one million Californians. She is also the Executive Director of the California Access Coalition- a group of advocacy organizations and pharmaceutical industry companies that advocates for patient access to behavioral health treatment. Dr. Clark Harvey has previously served as Chief Consultant to the California State Assembly Committee on Business and Professions, Principal Consultant to the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, and a health policy consultant to the office of former Senator Curren D. Price, Jr.
Prior to her work within the California Legislature, she completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She completed her pre-doctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles Mattel Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Clark Harvey has maintained an impressive record of leadership including serving on national and local boards including the National Council of Mental Wellbeing, American Psychological Association, Association of Black Psychologists, Sacramento County Public Health Advisory Board and the Sacramento County Children’s Coalition. Dr. Clark Harvey has received numerous local and national awards. In 2020, she was appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to his Master Plan on Aging Advisory Committee and Behavioral Health Task Force. In 2021, she was appointed by California Lieutenant Governor, Eleni Kounalakis, to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Board and by the federal Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Advisory Committee for Women’s Services.
Richardson Davis
Policy and Legislative Affairs Manager
Richardson Davis
Richardson started his career in healthcare as a medical technician and then with the CA Black Health Network advancing healthcare for black Californians. He then worked with Public Health Advocates as a Program Specialist supporting youth in Stockton. Recently he staffed Assemblymember Mike Gipson as a Legislative Aide and Democratic Caucus Consultant. Staffing multiple committees for the Assemblymember and helping organize the work of staff to meet, coordinate, and schedule coverage of committees by staff and the Member. He is passionate about quality of work and takes a special interest in the legislative cycle, budget, and how these processes can work together with the people to better the state.
Devika Bhushan, M.D.
Senior Health Equity Advisor
Devika Bhushan, MD
Devika Bhushan, MD, is a pediatrician, public health leader, and writer on a mission to drive health innovation, equity, and resilience. Previously, as California’s Acting Surgeon General and the office’s inaugural Chief Health Officer, Dr. Bhushan was a key public health spokesperson, advisor to the California Governor, and led policy and practice innovation at a statewide level.
Dr. Bhushan’s policy, research, and clinical expertise spans trauma-informed systems, stress and resilience, mental health, and gender and health equity. Her work has been featured in The Lancet, Pediatrics, National Public Radio (NPR), The Los Angeles Times, and Healthy Children. She has served on Stanford’s faculty and trained at Harvard Medical School (MD, Cum Laude), Johns Hopkins (pediatrics residency), and Columbia (BA in Neuroscience and Behavior, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Dr. Bhushan serves as a senior advisor to entities that aim to advance health, innovation, and equity, including the Weitzman Institute, focused on primary care innovation, GreyMatter, a venture capital fund dedicated to mental health innovation, and Health Management Associates, focused on health policy and strategy.
Dr. Bhushan is deeply committed to destigmatizing living with serious mental illness and to promoting healing; to this end, she has shared her own journey with bipolar disorder publicly and launched a vibrant community to advance well-being through a newsletter and YouTube channel. Having spent her early years between the Philippines, India, and the United States, Dr. Bhushan is an immigrant and a first-generation American. She lives in San Francisco with her long-time partner and their son, and they are frequently on the road together.
Rachel Weingarten
Member Experience & Events Manager
Rachel Weingarten
Rachel Weingarten moved to California in the summer of 2021. Prior to moving to California, for over 17 years, she was Director of Community Training at Community Outreach Wisconsin, a program serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in the community. She has previously specialized in Member Services and Programming for KCTS Public Television in Seattle, WA, as well as serving as Lead Event Manager for Fighting Bob Fest in Wisconsin.
Rachel received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In her free time, she enjoys creating things, attempting to garden, spending time with her family, and meeting new people with the help of her golden retriever.
Catey McSweeney
Partnership Consultant
Catey McSweeney
Catey McSweeney is originally from Los Angeles, California. A long-time social justice activist, she left her career in Real Estate to pursue her passion for helping others. She recently graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Political Service (Public Service). She is excited to bring her decade of experience to the behavioral health space to serve communities throughout California.
Jessica Rodriguez Landin
Office Operations Manager & Executive Assistant
Jessica Rodriguez Landin
Being the first in her family to obtain a Bachelors degree from Sacramento State University, Jessica has continued her lifelong passion serving her community for over 8 years in various capacities before being offered an opportunity to work at the California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies as the Office Manager & Executive Assistant for Dr. Le Ondra Clark Harvey.
Outside of work, Jessica enjoys adventuring out into the wilderness, loosing track of time in a book, and crafting her imagination into reality through Arts & Crafts. Jessica is also a self-taught avid baker who cherishes spending time with her family and friends.
Courtnie Thomas
Senior Manager of Operations & Special Projects
Courtnie Thomas
Courtnie Thomas is the Senior Manager of Operations and Special Projects at CBHA. A Sacramento, California native she grew up understanding the importance of civic engagement. Prior to moving to CBHA, she worked at NextGen Policy and the California State Legislature.
In her spare time, Courtnie enjoys getting lost in the nearest book she can find, crafting artisan baked goods, and attending all of the extracurricular activities her son participates in.
P Moreno-Gonzalez
Policy and Legislative Affairs Coordinator
P Moreno-Gonzalez
P Moreno-Gonzalez is a UC Riverside alumni, with a Bachelors in Political Science. Experienced in higher education policy and mental health reform, with a record of legislative affairs in local, state and federal advocacy. Former Vice Chair of the UC Student Association Board of Directors and Assistant Director of Government Relations at the Associated Students of UCR. First gen, non-binary, and by-product of immigrants, passionate about serving communities. Empowering the lives of LGBTQ+, underserved, and marginalized communities. Policy-driven and committed to fostering widespread knowledge and policies that protect and inspire comprehensive mental health and substance abuse policies for California.
Zoe Guttman, Ph.D.
Strategic Growth Consultant
Zoe Guttman, Ph.D.
Dr. Zoe Guttman is a Research and Strategic Growth Specialist at CHBA. She is also a California Council on Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Anthony Portantino, where she has worked on a wide range of budget and policy areas, including mental health, education, environment, and judicial and insurance issues. She also serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Science Policy and Governance and was previously a Science Fellow with the Little Hoover Commission.
Prior to her work in the California legislature, Zoe received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA, where she investigated why people make choices that are not always in their best interest. She specialized in neuroeconomic research, combining cognitive neuroscience with behavioral economic models of risk and uncertainty to deepen our understanding of addictive disorders. With a passion for public health policy, Zoe was chosen as an Early Career Policy Ambassador with the Society for Neuroscience, a Science Policy Scholar with the National Science Policy Network, and a Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She also founded various groups, courses, and award programs at UCLA to empower other scientists interested in policy, advocacy, and communication. In her spare time, she enjoys reading very long books and playing with her rescue dog, Romeo.
Jay Calcagno
Policy Analyst
Jay Calcagno
Jay Calcagno is a CBHA alum who returns with a wealth of experience in advocacy, education, and mental health work. He has worked for nonprofit organizations including the California Alliance of Child and Family Services, the California School-Based Health Alliance, and Planned Parenthood, engaging in policy work to improve youth and family well-being. Additionally, Jay was an educator for several years in the Bay Area with Teach for America, teaching elementary students in Title I schools. His own life experience as an LGBTQ+ individual, his Latinx heritage, and growing up in a Deaf family motivate him to improve education and health equity for all Californians.
Jay is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Loyola Marymount University with a master's degree in Education Policy and Leadership
Melissa Santos-Martinez
Interim Communications and PR Manager
Melissa Santos-Martinez
Melissa Santos-Martinez is a proud First-Generation Latina graduate from UC Davis. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Human Development with a minor in Public Health. She began with CBHA as an intern through Health Career Connections (HCC), a program that encourages individuals to find empowerment in their passion for advocacy for reducing health disparities.
Prior to CBHA, Melissa was a research assistant for the California Babies Project, a longitudinal study that aims to increase the representation of Mexican origin children in developmental research. She assumed responsibility for leading and conducting play-based tasks between mothers and their child, while upholding research integrity during all lab visits. In addition Melissa previously volunteered and trained as a Doula at her local hospital, empowering the birthing community while creating positive birthing experiences. She recognizes that services to treat mental health conditions such as perinatal or postpartum depression are not easily accessible for underrepresented communities.
In her spare time, Melissa enjoys being active and spending time with her partner, family and friends.
Sade Neri
CBHA Intern
Sade Neri
Capri
Senior Mascot and Wellness Manager
Capri
Born in Seattle, WA, Capri is a happy NorCal transplant. She loves long stroller rides, new friends, playing one-way fetch (is there any other way?), and all things food.
Capri serves as the CBHA lead on self-care, wellness, and being adorable.