I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of experience leading behavioral health executives and agencies.
I have been providing expert witness services for eight years, consulted on over 120 cases, and testified 17 times. I am the author of the 2025 publication with Oxford University Press entitled No Crash Landings: Upholding the Standard of Care in Child and Youth Behavioral Health Services. As the Executive Director of the Behavioral Health Collaborative of Alameda County, I provided leadership to mental health and substance use treatment providers serving over 175,000 of the highest need individuals in Northern California.

As the CEO of Edgewood Center for Children and Families, I led a staff of more than 500 and overseeing all residential treatment, community-based, and crisis stabilization programs. I have held multiple C-level positions and run numerous residential treatment programs, group homes, and community-based programs serving acute and high risk children, youth, and adults. I have provided training and consultation to executives and staff across the U.S. and internationally on behavioral health standards of care, clinical practice, and program design. I have presented at numerous conferences in areas such as residential treatment, complex trauma, family treatment, and crisis intervention models. I have been appointed to government and private task forces, think tanks, and work groups and have advanced understanding of industry standards of care.