CARE Collaborators

The CARE partnership includes core and advisory teams of individuals representing diverse cultural groups, public mental health consumers, provider agencies, payer and state organizations, and clinical and scholarly experts. The advisory team has three subcommittees: Cultural Responsivity Training (CRT), Workforce Development/Wellbeing Services, and Policy/Organizational Support. A community sounding board also provides feedback to guide team decisions.

We are immensely grateful to the partners and collaborators who were instrumental to designing and advancing the CARE project during its first year! You can view a list of those individuals and organizations, here.

Our current collaborators are listed below:

Makinie Fortino
Deconstructing the Mental Health System

Mariam Haris
CoLab

Martha Ortiz
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Pete Gonzales
SPARK Peer Learning Center

Rachel Porter
CoLab

Sarah C Walker
CoLab

Shayla Collins
UW Center for Child and Family Wellbeing

Stef Cervantes
SPARK Peer Learning Center

Taquesha Dean
Deconstructing the Mental Health System

CORE TEAM

Alya Azman
CoLab

Anna Duncan
CoLab

Carolyn Cox
SPARK Peer Learning Center

Cece Byrd
SPARK Peer Learning Center

China Bolden
CoLab / Seattle Children’s Hospital

Deekon Jones
New Developed Nations

Diana McCallum
SPARK Peer Learning Center

Elizabeth Perry
Consultant

Jazmaine Wong
SPARK Peer Learning Center

- Ali Goodyear, Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Becca Calhoun, UW Center for Child and Family Wellbeing
- Bill O'Connell, BHSS Clinical Training Program
- Carolyn Cox, SPARK Peer Learning Center
- China Bolden, CoLab / Seattle Children's Hospital
- Deekon Jones, New Developed Nations
- Jami Armstrong, Workforce Central
- Jim Mancini, Washington INCLUDE Collaborative
- Jim Theofelis, North Star Advocates
- Kari Haugen, Workforce Central
- Laurie Lippold, Partners for Our Children
- Lawrence S. Wissow, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Libby Hein, Molina Healthcare
- Liliana J. Lengua, UW Center for Child and Family Wellbeing
- Makinie Fortino, Deconstructing the Mental Health System
- Mariam Haris, CoLab
- Martha Ortiz, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Mary Ann Woodruff, Pediatrics Northwest
- Paul Davis, Health Care Authority
- Rachel Lettieri, Pediatrics Northwest
- Ray Gregson, Great Rivers Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization
- Rebecca Betts, Providence Health and Services
- Sarah C Walker, CoLab
- Sarah Rafton, Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Shayla Collins, UW Center for Child and Family Wellbeing
- Someireh Amirfaiz, New Americans Alliance for Policy and Research
- Taquesha Dean, Deconstructing the Mental Health System
- Terry Lee, Community Health Plan of Washington
- Trenecsia Wilson, Psychotherapist
- Winona Wynn, Heritage University
- Chalon Ervin, Deconstructing the Mental Health System
- Cindy Trevino, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Deekon Jones, New Developed Nations
- Makinie Fortino, Deconstructing the Mental Health System
- Mariam Haris, CoLab
- Ray Gregson, Great Rivers Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization
- Sarah Walker, CoLab
- Shayla Collins, UW Center for Child and Family Wellbeing
- Someireh Amirfaiz, New Americans Alliance for Policy and Research
- Taquesha Dean, Deconstructing the Mental Health System
- Trenecsia Wilson, Psychotherapist
- Carolyn Cox, SPARK Peer Learning Center
- Cindy Trevino, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Mariam Haris, CoLab
- Martha Ortiz, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Ray Gregson, Great Rivers Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization
- Sarah Walker, CoLab
- Someireh Amirfaiz, New Americans Alliance for Policy and Research