2007 Petris Symposium:
Implementing Health Reforms in California
Keynote Speaker Biographies
Tangerine Brigham, MPP,
Director, San Francisco Health Access Program
Tangerine Brigham is the Director of the Health Access Program where she works to provide
health care for uninsured residents of San Francisco. Prior to working at HAP, she was the
Community Health Program Officer for the San Francisco Foundation. Ms. Brigham served as Chief
of Staff for LA Care Health Plan, Director of the Corporation for Supportive Housing's
California program, and Director of Policy and Planning for the San Francisco Department of
Public Health. She serves on the boards of First Place Fund for Youth, Tenderloin Neighborhood
Development Corporation, and the Fred Finch Youth Center. She received her Master of Public Policy
degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and is on the Advisory Board of the Petris Center.
Sandra Shewry, MSW, MPH,
Director, California Department of Health Services
Sandra Shewry was appointed Director of the California Department of Health Services by Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger in March 2004. The programs under Ms. Shewry's leadership include public health
protection including emergency preparedness and disease-prevention, the licensing of health facilities,
and the State's Medicaid Program (Medi-Cal). Prior to joining CDHS in 2004, Sandra Shewry was the
Director of Health at the National Governor's Association's Center for Best Practices. Ms. Shewry
served as the Executive Director of the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, and was
responsible for development and implementation of California's high risk pool (MRMIP), a subsidized
pregnancy coverage program (AIM), a small employer purchasing cooperative (The HIPC), and the state's
S-CHIP (Healthy Families). Ms. Shewry earned graduate degrees in Public Health and Social Welfare
from the University of California at Berkeley.
Moderator Biography
Stephen Shortell, PhD, MPH,
Dean, School of Public Health, and Blue Cross of California Distinguished
Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Shortell is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management
and Professor of Organization Behavior at the School of Public Health and Haas School of Business at
UC Berkeley; He is also the Dean of the School of Public Health. He has been the recipient of many
awards including the distinguished Baxter-Allegiance Prize; the Distinguished Investigator Award from
AcademyHealth; the Gold Medal Award from the American College of HealthCare Executives; and, the Honorary
Lifetime Membership Award from the American Hospital Association. Prof. Shortell received a commendation
by California State Senate for his contribution to health through leadership of the technical committee
on "Pay for Performance."
Participant Biographies
Timothy T. Brown, PhD,
Associate Director for Research, Petris Center, UC Berkeley
Mr. Brown received his doctorate in Health Services and Policy Analysis from UC Berkeley. His
current research focuses on health care labor markets, child behavioral health, oral health, and
the connection between social capital and health. He has presented his work most recently at the
5th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association, the American Public Health
Association's 133rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, and the 2005 Annual Research Meeting of
AcademyHealth. His work has been published in Health Services Research, Health Economics, and
The Archives of Internal Medicine. As Associate Director, Mr. Brown manages the research staff
and predoctoral and postdoctoral research trainees at the Petris Center.
Glen R. Elliott, PhD, MD,
Emeritis Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, UCSF; Chief Psychiatrist, Childrens Health Council,
Palo Alto, Chief Psychiatrist for the Children's Health Council
Dr. Elliott is the Director of the Children's Center at Langley Porter and is an Emeritus Professor
of Clinical Psychiatry at UCSF. He has served at the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of
Sciences in Washington, DC, and at the Division of Health Policy Research and Education at Harvard.
He has a longstanding interest in improving the diagnosis and treatment of severe psychiatric disorders
in children and adolescents. He has served as Vice-Chair for an Institute of Medicine study that
resulted in a child mental health research initiative at National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Dr. Elliott obtained his Ph.D. and M.D. through the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program, and
completed his training in general psychiatry at McLean Hospital/Harvard and in Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry at Stanford.
Saul Feldman, DPA,
Chairman (and CEO) Emeritus, United Behavioral Health;
and Member, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
Dr. Saul Feldman is Chairman Emeritus of United Behavioral Health (UBH), following 15 years as its
Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining UBH, Dr. Feldman was President and CEO of HealthAmerica
Corporation of California. He was an executive at the National Institute of Mental Health, where he
founded and directed its Staff College, and its community mental health and applied services research
programs. Appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, he served for 6 years as a member
of the National Advisory Council of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
For the past two years he has served on a panel of experts appointed by the Institute of Medicine,
National Academy of Sciences, to analyze and make recommendations for the improvement of behavioral
health services across the country. Dr. Feldman is a member of the MacArthur Foundation Network on
Mental Health Policy Research and a Commissioner on the state's Mental Health Services Oversight and
Accountability Commission. He has held faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins, State University of New
York at Stony Brook and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Feldman holds a
graduate degree in psychology and a doctorate in public administration.
H.E. Frech III, PhD,
Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara
H.E. Frech III, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has published over
100 articles and books. His research has ranged over a wide variety of topics, including health insurance
and managed care, competition, monopoly and antitrust policy, the production of health, Medicare reform,
and Australian health insurance. Prof. Frech has consulted on health economics for private and public
organizations. He has testified in federal and state courts, state legislatures, state and federal
regulatory bodies, and in the US Congress. He has lectured in North America and in Europe. In 1990,
Prof. Frech co-organized (with Peter Zweifel) the Second World Congress of Health Economics in Zurich.
Howard H. Goldman, MD, PhD,
Director of Mental Health Policy Studies, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Maryland Medical School
Dr. Goldman is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He received
joint M.D. - M.P.H. degrees from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in social policy research from the Heller
School at Brandeis University. Dr. Goldman is the editor of Psychiatric Services, a mental health services
research and policy journal published monthly by the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Goldman served
as the Senior Scientific Editor of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health from 1997-1999, for which
he was awarded the Surgeon General's Medallion. During 2002 and 2003 Dr. Goldman was a consultant to the
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. In 1996 he was elected to membership in the National
Academy of Social Insurance, and in 2002 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Goldman's
expertise is in evaluating mental health services and financing programs and policies. He is the director
of the Network on Mental Health Policy Research, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. He also served as
Principal Investigator of the study team conducting the Evaluation of the Implementation and Impact of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program.
Erica Goode, MSP,
Assistant Science Editor &
former human behavior writer, New York Times
Erica Goode began writing about human behavior for the New York Times in 1998, and is now Assistant
Science Editor. Previously, she was an assistant managing editor at U.S. News and World Report,
editor of the magazine's Science and Ideas section, and a senior writer, covering the behavioral
sciences as well as national and international news. Ms. Goode received her M.S. in social psychology
from the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1980, she was a mass media fellow, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and worked at the San Francisco Chronicle. Upon winning
a permanent job at the Chronicle, she spent six years there as a general assignment reporter and a
science writer specializing in psychology and mental health. She has won awards from the National
Mental Health Association, the American Psychiatric Association and other mental health organizations.
Stephen Hinshaw, PhD,
Chair, Department of Psychology, UC Berkeley
Stephen Hinshaw is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California,
Berkeley, and an internationally recognized leader in developmental psychopathology. He received his
A.B. from Harvard, summa cum laude, and a PhD in clinical psychology from UCLA. He has directed research
programs for children with ADHD, is the author of more than 175 articles, chapters, and reviews, and is
also the recipient of numerous research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health. His books
are Attention Deficits and Hyperactivity in Children, The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father's Life
with Bipolar Disorder, and most recently, The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda
for Change, Oxford University Press.
Diane Koditek, MFT,
Director, Kern County Mental Health Department
Ms. Koditek holds a BA and MA in psychology, and is licensed as a marriage and family therapist in
the State of California. She has more than 20 years experience developing and delivering community
mental health services. She is the president-elect of the California Mental Health Director's
Association, and a board member of the California Institute of Mental Health. She is a commissioner
for the Children and Families Commission, a board member for the Workforce Investment Board, and
for the California Association of Elected Women for Education and Research. She is also a Professional
Advisory Committee member for the MSW Program at California State University, Bakersfield.
Stephen W. Mayberg, PhD,
Director, California Department of Mental Health
Dr. Mayberg has been Director of the California Department of Mental Health since February 1993.
Since then, he has embarked on an ambitious agenda that includes major initiatives to reform the
mental health system. These reforms reflect changes based on programmatic research and program
outcomes and accountability. Dr. Mayberg received his undergraduate degree from Yale University
and his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota. During his public service
career, he has been an advocate for interagency programming and planning. In June 2002, Dr. Mayberg
was appointed to the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
Richard M. Scheffler, PhD,
Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center
Richard Scheffler is the Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy at the University
of California, Berkeley, and holds the Chair in Health Care Markets & Consumer Welfare. He is on the
faculty of the Graduate School of Public Health and the Goldman School of Public Policy. Professor Scheffler
is the founding Director of the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare.
In 2004, he received the Carl A. Taube Award from the American Public Health Association for distinguished
contributions to the field of mental health services research. He has published one hundred and thirty eight
papers in refereed journals, and has edited and written six books. His newest book, Is There a Doctor in the
House: Market Signals & the Supply Cycle will be published next year by Stanford University Press.
Susan Stone, PhD,
Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
Susan Stone received her PhD from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.
She currently teaches Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Research Methods, and Social Work and
Education within the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley. Professor Stone's research interests include
family and school influences on child and adolescent school performance, especially for urban and at-risk
children and youth; parenting under stress; family treatment; linking families, schools, and communities;
school-based social work practice; mixing quantitative and qualitative methods; and multi-level statistical
modeling. She has been published in the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, the Journal
of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Children and Youth Services Review, and Children in Schools.