Paradigm Honorees
Recognizing leaders in criminal justice and mental health who champion efforts to end criminalization of individuals with mental illness by supporting proven strategies that promote early intervention, access to effective treatments, a planned reentry, and the preservation of public safety.
COMMUNITY CHAMPION MARK GALE
California Treatment Advocacy Coalition Former Chair, NAMI California Government Affairs and Public Policy Committee and Criminal Justice Workgroup Presented by Sharon Aungst - Correctional Healthcare Consultant |
COUNTY CHAMPION SCOTT MacDONALD
Santa Cruz County Probation Chief Presented by Mack Jenkins - San Diego Probation Chief |
LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAMPION CURTIS HILL
Former San Benito County Sheriff Coroner Former Executive Officer, California Board of State and Community Corrections Presented by Adam Christianson - Stanislaus County Sheriff; 1st Vice President, California State Sheriffs' Association |
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT DAVID MEYER, ESQ.
Clinical Professor and Research Scholar, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Presented by Patricia Ryan – California Mental Health Directors Association (Retired) |
Inaugural Words to Deeds Paradigm Awards
2013 W2D Paradigm Awards Program |
Congratulations Inaugural Paradigm Awards Recipients!
January 24, 2013
January 24, 2013
Recognizing leaders in criminal justice and mental health who champion efforts to end criminalization of individuals with mental illness by supporting proven strategies that promote early intervention, access to effective treatments, a planned reentry, and the preservation of public safety.
- COMMUNITY CHAMPION
Tona Wakefield, Bringing Our Community Home, Santa Barbara
Presented by Santa Barbara Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown - JUDICIAL CHAMPION
Judge Stephen Manley, Santa Clara Superior Court
Presented by Sharon Aungst, Partnership for Community Excellence, California Forward - LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAMPION
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca
Presented by David Meyer, Esq., Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine - STATE CHAMPION
Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg
Presented by Pat Ryan, California Mental Health Directors Association - COUNTY CHAMPION
Jennifer Johnson, San Francisco County Public Defender
Presented by David Meyer, Esq., Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Helen Thomson, State and County Elected Official
Presented by Mike McGowan, Yolo County Supervisor