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Mental Health Association in California
Rusty Selix is the Executive Director and Legislative Representative for MHAC. He leads all advocacy activities and is responsible for all other staff services. 1127 11th Street, Suite 925 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 557-1166 FAX: (916) 447-2350
Jerry Jeffe is the Deputy Executive Director and Legislative Advocate for MHAC. He monitors all legislation and testifies before legislative committees. Stacie Hiramoto is the Director for Special Programs for MHAC. She is responsible for working on the project funded by the California Endowment regarding underserved communities. She is the general consultant on cultural competence, diversity and children’s system of care issues. Stacie is also responsible for special projects as assigned by the Executive Director. Rachel Scherer is the Senior Legal Analyst. Her research is primarily focused on diversionary programs to protect and aid the mentally ill in the criminal justice system: the development and implementation of mental health courts, pre-booking diversion programs, crisis intervention training, and prison reform are some of the projects she is interested in. In addition to her general legal research on a variety of mental health issues, she is the Project Director on a grant from the Office of the Patient Advocate; through this grant she provides statewide education and outreach concerning mental health parity and managed care mental health benefits. Rachel also actively participates in the ACCESS Coalition and the CAYEN Project. Zima Graffigna is MHAC’s Internal Operations Specialist. She is responsible for the office computers and website. She provides technical support to the office staff. Zima maintains and develops the organization’s database. Zima also supports the various programs and grants. Pam Easley began working for Rusty Selix in 1989. She is the Executive Assistant for MHAC. Pam plans, contracts, and arranges meetings. Brenda Hettema is the Bookkeeper for MHAC. She is responsible for daily operations in the Accounting Department, specifically A/R, A/P, membership dues and employee benefits. She is also responsible for word processing and document preparation. Desiree Alarcon is MHAC's Administrative Assistant. She is responsible for answering all incoming calls, updating and maintaining the office calendar, filing, faxing, coping, and data entry. She provides the office staff with clerical assistance. |
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