CA Alliance Committees
California Alliance Steering Committee Members
Adoption Agency Committee | FFA Committee |
Commercial Insurance Committee | Mental Health Committee |
Education Committee | Prevention Services Committee |
TAY Services Committee |
Page is currently under construction to reflect the changes in steering committee members.
ADOPTION COMMITTEE |
Karen Alvord (Chair), CEO, Lilliput Families
Jacqueline Rutheiser, Alliance Staff
Agnes Perez, Clinical Director, Uplift
Barbel Osburg, Program Director, Alternative Family Services
Carol Bishop, Statewide Adoption Policy Director, Regional Executive Director, Central Coast, Seneca Family of Agencies
Cindy Stogel, Foster Care and Adoption Coordinator, Children's Bureau
Elizabeth Curtis, Adoption Program Supervisor, A Greater Hope
Jennifer Bliss, Director of Adoption and Foster Care, Visa del Mar
Jill Jacobs, Executive Director, Family Builders
Jim VanderZwan, Executive Vice President & Adoptions Director, Kern Bridges Youth Homes
Kari Hanson, Program Manager, Stanford Sierra Youth & Families
Laura Richardson, Compliance Manager, Koinonia Family Services
Shamra Tripp, Associate Division Director, Resource Family Program, Aspiranet
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMMITTEE |
Tom Alexander (Co-Chair), CEO, Fred Finch Youth Center
Stacey Roth (Co-Chair), CEO, Hillsides
Adrienne Shilton, Alliance Staff
Eleanor Castillo-Sumi, Vice President, Research and Program Development, Uplift Family Services
Eva Terrazas, VP Public Policy and Special Initiatives, Uplift Family Services
Helena Lopez, President and CEO, A Greater Hope
Janelle Battaglia, Director of Business Development, San Diego Center for Children
Katherine Schwartz, Executive Director, Alameda Family Services
Kent Dunlap, President and CEO, Stars Behavioral Health Group
Kim Peterson, Vice President of Change Management, Aviva Family and Children's Services
Mike Couchman, CFO, Maryvale
Monica Hendrix, CEO, Gadda Hendrix Consulting
Samuel Gonzalez, Vice President of Business Development, Sycamores
Shawna Morris, CEO, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
Simona Cataldo, COO, Victor Community Support Services
Steve Elson, CEO Emeritus, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
EDUCATION COMMITTEE |
Dan Petrie (Chair), Executive Director, Mountain Valley Child & Family Services
Danielle Mole, Alliance Staff
Arielle Lugn, Vice Principal, San Diego Center for Children
Dan Maydeck, CEO, Haynes Family of Programs
Emily Allison, Director of Policy & Strategic Initiatives, Seneca Family of Agencies
Jacquelyn Torres, Deputy Regional Executive Director, Uplift Family Services
James McElroy, Principal, San Diego Center for Children Academy
Jessica Rojas, School Based Services Program Director - Contra Costa County, Lincoln
Jill Davidson, Executive Director, Plumfield Academy
Marika Collins, Special Projects and Public Policy Officer, Casa Pacifica
Marisa Perez, Vice President of School-Based Services & Early Education, Hathaway Sycamores
Mark Capritto, Director of Education/Principal, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
Pamela Hansen, Senior Director of Specialty Clinical Programs, San Diego Center for Children
Steve Albrecht, Regional Administrator, LA County, Stars
FFA COMMITTEE |
Norma Duque (Board Rep.), President & CEO, Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children's Services
Sue Evans (Chair), COO, Walden Family Services
Jacqueline Rutheiser, Alliance Staff
Carol Ramirez, COO, Lilliput Families
Dana Nichols, Resource Family Services Manager, Family Care Network
David McCoy, Administrator, A Coming of Age Foster Family Agency
Diana Guerrero, Program Manager - Foster Care, Adoptions and ISFC, Victor Treatment Centers
Gordon Richardson, Vice President, Clinical Administration, Uplift Family Services
Jay Berlin, CEO, Alternative Family Services
Jeannie Imelio, COO, Aspiranet
Kate Napp, Program Director, FFA and STRTP, Redwood Community Services
Laura Heintz, CEO, Stanford Youth Solutions + Sierra Forever Families
Melinda Elson, Director, SA 3 (Community Mental Health Services, MAT, FFA/ISFC), Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
Shannon Pierce, COO, Children First FFA
Shelby Howard, Executive Director, Resource Family Programs, Seneca Family of Agencies
Victor Antonio, CEO, Victory Family Services
MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE |
Eva Terrazas (Chair), Vice President Public Policy and Special Initiatives, Uplift Family Services
Adrienne Shilton, Alliance Staff
Camille Schraeder, Director of Policy, Redwood Community Services
Christine Graham, Vice President and Chief Clinical Services Officer, Stars
Douglas Yost, Leroy Haynes
Gibrán Méndez, Director of Quality Improvement, Stanford Sierra Youth & Families
Jodie Langs, Policy Director, West Coast Children's Center
Joe Lopez, Chief Program Officer, A Greater Hope
Jon Nibbio, COO and Director of Clinical Services, Family Care Network
Karen Bergman, TLC Child & Family Services
Kerry Ahearn, CEO, Aldea
Leticia Galyean, COO, Seneca Family of Agencies
Marika Collins, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Mike DeRose, Behavioral Health Core Division Director, Aspiranet
Moisés Barón, San Diego Center for children
Shelley Katz, COO, Victor Community Support Services
Teresa Chapa, Southern California Regional Vice President, Fred Finch Youth & Family Services
Tiffany Raymond-Rivera, Sierra Vista Child & Family Services
Toni Aikins, Hillsides
Wendy Wang, Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy, Sycamores
PREVENTION COMMITTEE |
Ron Brown (Chair), President & CEO, Children’s Bureau
Danielle Mole, Alliance Staff
Jim Roberts, CEO/ Founder, Family Care Network
Josh Leonard, CEO, East Bay Agency for Children
Camille Schraeder, Program Development Director, Redwood
Mary Martone, Vice President, Intensive Community Based Services, Vista Del Mar
David Baker, CEO, Sacramento Children’s Home
Don Taylor, Executive Director, Bay Area Region, Uplift
Cher Ofstedahl, CEO, Trinity Youth Services
Tonya Bauhofer, Director of Juvenile Justice Intervention Services, Therapeutic Behavioral Services, School Based Services & Napa Community Based Family Services, Stanford Sierra
Tony Yadon, Executive Director, Parents by Choice
Wendy Wang, Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy, Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
David Channer, Chief Operating Officer, A Better Way
RESIDENTIAL CARE/JUVENILE JUSTICE COMMITTEE |
Dretona Maddox (Chair Res. Care), CEO, Purposely Chosen, Inc.
Aubree Sweeney (Chair Juvenile Justice), Executive Director, Rancho San Antonio
Stephanie Ivler, Alliance Staff
Amy Jaffe, Sr. Vice President, Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services
Arby Fields, Executive Director, Fields Comprehensive Youth Services
Bruce Wexler, Senior Director, Dual Diagnosis Services, Fred Finch Youth Center
Cher Ofstedahl, CEO, Trinity
Cheryl Rode, Vice President of Clinical Operations, San Diego Center for Children
Chris Burns, CEO, Boys Republic
Dan Maydeck, CEO, Haynes Family of Programs
David Baker, Executive Director, Sacramento Children's Home
Doug Yost, Vice President of Therapeutic Programs, Haynes Family of Programs
Joe Ford, Sr. Vice President, Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
Lawrence Howell, Executive Director, Rite of Passage
Russell Rice, Executive Director, River Stones Residential Services Inc.
Steve Elson, CEO Emeritus, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
Susan Gambini, ED Emeritus, Courage to Change
Tonya Bauhofer, Clinical Director, Stanford Sierra Youth & Families
TAY SERVICES COMMITTEE |
Mary Denton (Chair), CEO, Side By Side
Stephanie Ivler, Alliance Staff
Danielle Martinez, Manager of TAY Housing, Family Care Network
Jane Schroeder, Director of Public Policy, First Place for Youth
Luis Madrid, Associate Division Director, Aspiranet
Rebecca Hathorn, Program Director, Side By Side
Rylle Jones, Clinical Associate Director, Uplift Family Services
Shelby Means, Program Director, TLC Child and Family Services
Stan Rushing, Vice President, Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
Sue Evans, COO, Walden Family Services