WAW2017: Full Schedule

Book your room NOW at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown Arena for only $119/night plus tax! Limited rooms available at this great price!

9:00am PDT

Welcome to Sacramento! by Susan Gallagher, Executive Director of NorCal MHA, and Andrea Crook, Client Advocate Liaison of NorCal MHA

Speakers

Andrea Crook

Andrea Crook is the Consumer Advocate Liaison for NorCal MHA and Sacramento County’s Division of Behavioral Health Services. Andrea has a B.S. in Organizational Behavior and Leadership from the University of San Francisco, is an Advanced Level Wellness and Recovery Plan (WRAP) Facilitator... Read More →

Susan Gallagher

Executive Director, NorCal MHA

Susan Gallagher has been the Executive Director of NorCal MHA for over 19 years, and has been the driving force behind the growth and development moving the agency into a leadership role in the peer support and advocacy movement in California. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in... Read More →

Monday June 5, 2017 9:00am - 9:15am PDT
Grand Ballroom

Speakers

9:15am PDT

Uma K. Zykofsky, Deputy Director for Sacramento County's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Speakers

Uma K. Zykofsky

Uma K. Zykofsky is a Deputy Director for Sacramento County’s Department for Health and Human Services (DHHS). She represents DHHS as the Behavioral Health Director -- Mental Health Director and the Alcohol and Drug Administrator. Ms. Zykofsky has worked for Sacramento County... Read More →

Monday June 5, 2017 9:15am - 9:30am PDT
Grand Ballroom

Speakers

9:30am PDT

Welcome by the Copeland Center, Khatera Aslami-Tamplen, Board Chair, and Matthew Federici, Executive Director

Speakers

Khatera Aslami-Tamplen

Khatera Aslami-Tamplen is an Afghan-American mental health consumer who came to the United States as a refugee with her family when she was 3 years old. She has been the consumer empowerment manager at Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services since 2012. In 2013, Khatera was... Read More →

Matthew Federici

Executive Director, Copeland Center

Matthew comes to the Copeland Center from the Institute for Recovery & Community Integration where he served as Program Director. He is an Advance Level Mental Health Recovery Educator and WRAP Facilitator through the Copeland Center For Wellness and Recovery. Matthew’s personal... Read More →

Monday June 5, 2017 9:30am - 10:00am PDT
Grand Ballroom

Speakers

10:00am PDT

Toby Ewing, Executive Director, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission

Speakers

Toby Ewing

Toby Ewing, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, the body that oversees Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). Voter- approved Prop 63 is funded by a one percent tax on millionaires and has generated... Read More →

Monday June 5, 2017 10:00am - 10:15am PDT
Grand Ballroom

Speakers