SBHI San Diego Committees

Steering Committee

Member Title and Practice Specialty
Moises Baron, PhD
Consultant / Former CEO, San Diego Center for Children
Specialty Mental Health
Luke Bergman, PhD &

Laura Vleugels, MD
Director, County of San Diego Behavioral Health Services

Medical Director, County of San Diego Behavioral Health Services
County Behavioral Health
David Bond, LCSW
Director of Behavioral Health Enterprise and Government Affairs, Blue Shield Promise
Medi-Cal Health Plan
Karen Connolly
Chief Impact Officer, Good for Others
Workforce
Michelle Dern, MD
Pediatrician, Scripps Coastal Medical Center
Pediatrician
Pradeep Gidwani, MD
Medical Director, AAP-CA3
Early Childhood
Ben Maxwell, MD
Division Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Hospital
Heather Nemour
Coordinator Student Support Services and Programs Division, San Diego County Office of Education
Schools
Jeff Rowe, MD
Child Psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
Marisa Varond
Executive Director, McAlister Institute
Substance Use Disorder
Aimee Zeitz &

Kristina “TK” Halmai-Gillan, LMFT
Executive Director of Community Wellbeing, YMCA of San Diego County

Director of Service Innovation, YMCA of San Diego County
Early Care and Education
Cheryl Rode, Ph.D.
Vice President, Clinical Operations, San Diego Center for Children
Specialty Mental Health
Community Support

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