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Words to Deeds

​ Paradigm Awards

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.
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Words to Deeds XII Paradigm Awards 2019

Judicial Champion
  • Honorable Eileen Moore - Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal
Presented by Honorable Stephen Manley - Judge, State of California, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Law Enforcement Champion
  • Wendy Still - Chief Probation Officer, Alameda County
Presented by Kathy Jett - Senior Policy Consultant, California Forward

State Champion
  • Mark Grabau, PhD - Forensic Services Division, California Department of State Hospitals
Presented by Stephanie Clendenin - Director, California Department of State Hospitals

Words to Deeds XII Paradigm Awards 2018

Law Enforcement Champion
  • Charles Dempsey - Detective III, Officer-In-Charge of the Administrative Training Detail, Mental Evaluation Unit, Los Angeles Police Department
Presented by Linda Boyd - Clinical Program Manager II, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Judicial Champion
  • Honorable James Bianco - Site Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court Mental Health Court
Presented by David Meyer - Clinical Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine

Behavioral Health Champion
  • Kita Curry, PhD - Chief Executive Officer, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Presented by Stephanie Welch - Executive Officer, Commission on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health

Words to Deeds XI Paradigm Awards 2017

Law Enforcement Champion
  • Terri McDonald - Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County
Presented by Kathryn Jett - Senior Policy Consultant, California Forward

State Champion
  • Tina Wooton - Manager, Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness; Chair, California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
Presented by Toby Ewing, PhD - Executive Director, California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission

Lifetime Achievement
  • Charles Walters, PhD - Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County
Presented by Honorable Stephen Manley - Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Words to Deeds X Paradigm Awards 2016

Law Enforcement Champion
  • George Gascon - District Attorney, San Francisco County
Presented by Jennifer Johnson - Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco County​

State Champion
  • Bill Brown - Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Barbara County
Presented by Martin Ryan - Sheriff-Coroner, Amador County; Immediate Past President, California State Sheriffs' Association

County Champion
  • Jackie Lacey - District Attorney, Los Angeles County
Presented by David Meyer - Professor, USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine

Words to Deeds IX Paradigm Awards 2015

Legislative Champion
  • Senator Jim Beall - California State Senator
Presented by Judge Stephen Manley - Santa Clara County Superior Court

Behavioral Health Champion
  • Linda Boyd, RN, BSM, MN - Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Emergency Outreach Bureau
Presented by David Meyer - Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Judicial Champion
  • Judge Richard J. Loftus, Jr. - Santa Clara County Superior Court
Presented by Charles Walters - Council on Mentally Ill Offenders

County Champion
  • Jo Robinson, MFT - Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Behavioral Health Services
Presented by Patricia Ryan - California Behavioral Health Directors Association (Retired)

Words to Deeds VIII Paradigm Awards 2014

County Champion
  • Susan Adams - Marin County Supervisor
Presented by Elizabeth Howard Espinosa - California State Association of Counties

Behavioral Health Champion
  • Mark Refowitz - Director, Orange County Health Care Agency
Presented by Patricia Ryan - California Mental Health Directors Association (Retired)

Law Enforcement Champion
  • Norm Hurst - Deputy Chief, San Bernardino Sheriff's Department (Retired)
Presented by Steve Moore - San Joaquin County Sheriff-Coroner

Criminal Justice Champion
  • Lisa Rodriguez - San Diego County Assistant District Attorney
Presented by David Meyer - Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Words to Deeds VII Paradigm Awards 2013

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 - Partnership for Community Excellence, California Forward

County Champion
  • Scott Macdonald - Santa Cruz County Probation Chief
Presented by Mack Jenkins - Probation Chief San Diego County

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 - 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

Community Champion
  • Tona Wakefield - Bringing Our Community Home, Santa Barbara
Presented by Bill Brown - Santa Barbara Sheriff-Coroner

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 - 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 - 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
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