RAB Members
Co-Chairs:
Trish Ploehn
Director, DCFS
Dr. Jacquelyn McCroskey
Research Director, CFRC
Wendy Aron
Children’s Deputy, Third District
Carol Biondi
Commissioner, Commission for Children & Families
Elizabeth Calciano
Children’s Deputy, First District
Dr. Bruce Chernof
Acting Director & Chief Medical Officer, DHS
Dr. James Decker, Director
Social Work Program, CSUN
William Donnelly
Director, Inter-University Consortium, UCLA
Dr. Karin Elliott-Brown
Director, School of Social Work, CSULA
Jeff Farber
Helpline Youth Counseling, SPA 7 Council
Yolie Flores-Aguilar
Executive Director, Children’s Planning Council
Dr. Marilyn Flynn
Dean, School of Social Work, USC
Marilynne Garrison
CSA III, POE & MAT, DCFS
Dan Grunfeld
Executive Director, Public Counsel
Honorable Margaret Henry
Judge, Edelman’s Children’s Court
Nick Ippolito
Children’s Deputy, Fourth District
Armando Jimenez
Director of Research & Evaluation, First 5 LA
Dr. Stuart Kirk
Chair, Department of Social Welfare, UCLA
Helen Kleinberg
Chair, Commission for Children & Families
Miriam Krinsky
Executive Director, Children’s Law Center
Miriam Long
Children’s Deputy, Second District
Colleen Mooney
Director, South Bay Center for Counseling, SPA 8 Council
Dr. Barbara Needell
Center for Social Services Research, UC Berkeley
Dr. John Oliver
Director, Department of Social Work, CSULB
Dr. Larry Ortiz
Director, Master of Social Work Program, CSUDH
Richard Panost
Children’s Planning Council, SPA 5 Council
Dr. Michael Rauso
Multi-Agency Services Division Chief, DCFS
Dr. Cheryl Saban
Executive Director, Saban Family Foundation
Dr. Stephen Sanders
Regional Administrator for Wateridge Office, DCFS
Sacha Klein
Child Welfare Policy Director
Lari Sheehan
Service Integration Branch Director, CAO
Dr. Marvin Southard
Director, DMH
Janis Spire
Executive Director, Alliance for Children’s Rights
Robert Taylor
Chief, Probation Department
Dr. Sharon Watson
Lead Consultant, Education Coordinating Council
Dawna Yokoyama
Services Bureau 3 Regional Administrator, DCFS