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Staff Biographies

Linda Buzzini
Staff Attorney

Ms. Buzzini worked for the State Personnel Board and the Departments of Health and Developmental Services until 1984, when she was appointed by Governor Deukmejian and assumed responsibility for labor/management relations with State-employed firefighters. She became an attorney for the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) in 1996 where she practiced labor and employment law in various forums, including the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court. She represented Governor Davis in labor contract negotiations with the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the Services Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000, the Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG) and the Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Health Officers in State Employment (CASE). In October 2002, Ms. Buzzini became the DPA's Deputy Chief Counsel. In February 2004, she prepared a Madrid remedial plan on behalf of the California Youth and Adult Correctional Agency. Since upon returning to the DPA, Ms. Buzzini represented various State agencies in cases pertaining to State employment and labor/management relations.

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Steve Cambra Jr.
Custody Support Specialist

Mr. Cambra's responsibilities include assisting with the development and implementation of those elements of the Receiver's Plan of Action with custody and security implications. Mr. Cambra has 37 years of experience in the correctional field. Mr. Cambra began his career in the CDCR in 1970 as a correctional peace officer. He promoted through the ranks, ultimately serving in executive leadership positions during his last 11 years in the Department. In January 1998, Mr. Cambra was appointed Chief Deputy Director and was responsible for all departmental operations. Beginning in November 2000, Mr. Cambra served as the Director of the Department until he retired in July 2001. Mr. Cambra has experience working with a variety of the Department's programs, including its educational, vocational and work, and drug and alcohol programs. He has also worked with the State's most violent population, including condemned, security housing and administrative segregation units. In 1995, Mr. Cambra was appointed Warden of Pelican Bay State Prison, following the United States District Court's intervention in Madrid v. Gomez related to the excessive use of force in the facility. Mr. Cambra oversaw the development and implementation of new use of force policies for the facility, and in 1998 he assisted the Department in implementing the "Use of Force" management plan in all 33 prisons.

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Dave Cameron
Financial Consultant

Mr. Cameron provides accounting and other financial support services to the Office of the Receiver. Among Mr. Cameron's 20 years of financial and accounting experience, he spent 1994 to 1995 as the Chief Financial Officer of the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System (SCVHHS), and from 1988 to 1994 as the SCVHHS Assistant Director of Finance - Controller. Since that time, Mr. Cameron has been the Chief Financial Officer and General Partner of Professional Club Management Inc. (1995-1999), and the Vice President - Finance and Treasurer of Club One (1999-2005). Mr. Cameron is currently the principal of his own investment company, Cameron Enterprises, LLC.

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Jackie Clark, RN
Director of Nursing Operations

Ms. Clark is responsible for assisting the Statewide Nursing Officer with providing oversight of the operations and delivery of all nursing services throughout the 33-prison medical system. Ms. Clark has more than 20 years of correctional management experience in both prisons and adult and juvenile detention facilities. Most recently she was the clinical director of the San Francisco County Jails system within the Department of Public Health. She previously worked for the Department of Developmental Services, Department of Corrections and U.C. Davis in various managerial roles. She has served as a court monitor and court expert in various cases across the nation related to both correctional and acute care settings. She also has worked as an auditor for the California Medical Association (CMA) and the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC).

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John Dovey
Custody Support Specialist

Mr. Dovey's responsibilities include assisting with the development and implementation of those elements of the Receiver's Plan of Action with custody and security implications. Mr. Dovey recently retired from the California Department of Corrections with over 27 years in State service. Mr. Dovey began his career in 1979 as a Correctional Officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino where he worked for several years, promoting to the rank of Captain until he transferred to the California Rehabilitation Center as Associate Warden in 1995. In 1999, Mr. Dovey moved to the California Institution for Women where he ultimately was appointed as the prison's first male Warden. He subsequently served the Department as Chief Deputy Director - Field Operations and as Director, Division of Adult Institutions. During his tenure Mr. Dovey's successes included leading the Department's efforts to transition all institutions to a tobacco-free environment; guiding an institution, as Warden, through the first assessment of prison culture ever to be undertaken in the Department's history; and implementing a program enabling inmates to train puppies for placement as service dogs for the community-the first program of its kind in a California prison.

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Jared Goldman
Chief Counsel

Mr. Goldman worked for the County of Santa Clara, Office of the County Counsel, as Deputy County Counsel from 2001 to 2006. While at the Office of the County Counsel, Mr. Goldman represented the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System (SCVHHS), including Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. From 2004 until joining the Office of the Receiver, Mr. Goldman served as primary counsel for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Mr. Goldman's practice areas include health care operations and compliance, contracts and general government.

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Justin V. Graham, M.D., M.S.
Chief Medical Information Officer

Dr. Graham will be developing strategic and tactical plans for the implementation, adoption and optimal utilization of health care information technology (HIT) in the California prison system. Dr. Graham comes to the Receivership from Lumetra, a non-profit health care consulting and training organization. As Lumetra's Medical Director for Quality and Informatics, he provided strategic and operational leadership for the adoption of health care information technology impacted by Lumetra's diverse portfolio of health care quality programs, including its Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). He also was the Physician Advisor for Illumisys, Lumetra's business unit specializing in HIT adoption and electronic health record (EHR) implementation. Dr. Graham was the physician leader for the Doctor's Office Quality - Information Technology (DOQ-IT) Project, a CMS-sponsored pilot program to promote the adoption of EHRs in small- to medium-sized physician offices. Dr. Graham also provided strategic leadership to the California Systems Improvement and Organizational Culture project, which helps hospitals implement bar-coding, electronic medical records, and telehealth. Dr. Graham represented Lumetra on a number of state and national advisory boards, including the National Quality Forum, the Physicians' Foundations for Excellence HIT Subcommittee, the California State Task Force on Healthcare-Associated Infections, and the Clinical Working Group of CalRHIO, California's umbrella Regional Health Information Organization. Prior to Lumetra, Dr. Graham served as Deloitte Consulting's national physician lead for Kaiser's multi-billion dollar Epic information systems installation at 30 hospitals. Dr. Graham also helped develop a change management tool kit to guide physicians through the difficult journey of health care IT adoption. Dr. Graham is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, with medical and informatics training at the University of California, San Francisco, Harvard University and Stanford University. Dr. Graham continues to practice medicine as an infectious disease specialist at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco.

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Betsy Chang Ha, RN, MS, CPHQ
Chief Nurse Executive

Ms. Ha has more than 25 years of public and private sector experience in health care delivery systems. Prior to joining the Office of the Receiver, she was the Director of Quality Improvement at the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS). At CHCS, Ms. Ha was responsible for quality improvement initiatives and technical assistance for Medicaid managed care organizations, including CHCS's nationally recognized Best Clinical and Administrative Practices (BCAP) workgroups. Prior to CHCS, Ms. Ha was the Director of Operational and Quality Improvement at CalOptima, a county organized health system that provides managed health services to approximately 300,000 members in Orange County, CA. Prior to joining CalOptima, she was with MedPartners, a national provider managed organization, where she served as the Associate Director of Integrated Health Services, responsible for government programs, health plan compliance, care coordination, and special projects for the western region. Ms. Ha has extensive clinical experience in improving care for the medically complex pediatric population. She developed the integrated continuity care and case management programs at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and provided consultation for the State of California on the Pediatric Sub-acute Care Task Force and home care services. She also served on the Board of Baldrige Examiners for California Awards for Performance Excellence. Ms. Ha has a master's degree in health care management from California State University of Los Angeles and received her bachelor's degree in nursing from University of Maryland, School of Nursing. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality.

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John Hagar
Chief of Staff

Mr. Hagar is a San Francisco attorney with extensive litigation experience in jail and prison cases, including class action injunction cases and damage jury trials. For approximately 25 years, Mr. Hagar has provided legal workshops for jail and prison managers throughout the United States. He is certified as a law enforcement trainer in numerous states, including Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, and serves as a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections. Mr. Hagar was the State Court appointed Monitor over all jails and prisons in Alaska (Cleary v. Smith) and is presently the Special Master appointed by the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson over Pelican Bay State Prison (Madrid v. Tilton). In addition, Mr. Hagar has previously been appointed as the Court's Correctional Expert in Plata v. Schwarzenegger.

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Kristina Hector
Staff Attorney

Ms. Hector worked with Judge Thelton E. Henderson and Special Master John Hagar since 2001 on the case of Madrid v. Tilton. Ms. Hector's duties included working closely with the Special Master, Court appointed experts, the CDCR and affiliated agencies to create and implement new policies and procedures, review inmate complaints of inappropriate use of force by prison officials, and correspond with inmates and inmate advocates regarding medical care. Ms. Hector has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a graduate of UC Hastings College of the Law. At Hastings, Ms. Hector was a co-founder and editor of the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, the first such journal of its kind at Hastings to address the issues facing under-represented minorities and poor communities. She is a member of the California State Bar.

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Donald Hill
Custody Support Services Specialist

Mr. Hill will be assisting the Director of Custody Support Services, Joe McGrath, with establishing custody health care access teams and with identifying and developing appropriate medical space within the community and existing prison facilities. Mr. Hill was employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for 33 years. He started his career as a Correctional Officer and held a variety of positions including Chief of Investigative Services, Coordinator of the Statewide Prison Gang Task Force and Special Agent with the Law Enforcement Liaison Unit. Mr. Hill also consulted for the Special Master in the Ruiz vs. Estelle case in Texas. Mr. Hill culminated his career as the Warden of the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi. Since his retirement in December 1996, Mr. Hill has consulted for a private prison company and has been employed as a retired annuitant with the CDCR as a member of the Mental Health Quality Management assessment team, co-chair of the Budget Deficit Review Team and co-chair of the Standardization Team.

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Terry Hill, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Hill, a geriatrician, was most recently Senior Medical Director for Quality Improvement at Lumetra, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for California. From 1999 to 2004 he was medical director of Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco. Dr. Hill is on the core faculty of the Stanford Geriatric Education Center and is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, UC San Francisco. He serves on the National Quality Forum's Palliative and Hospice Care Review Committee, and he co-chairs the California Coalition for Compassionate Care. He is a board member of the California Institute for Health Systems Improvement, a consultant to the California Medical Association's Committee on Quality Care, and a leader in the California Adult Immunization Coalition. He is immediate past-president of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine. Dr. Hill was in private practice in Oakland from 1994 to 1999. He has led program development for hospitals and managed care organizations, and he has been medical director of retirement communities, nursing facilities, adult day health centers and a hospice program. His research and writing has focused on end-of-life care, winter viruses, nurse-physician communication and ethno geriatrics.

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Kent Imai, M.D.
Medical Consultant

Dr. Imai assists the Receiver and Chief Medical Officer with medical staff matters, medical protocols and standards, process redesign and metrics for access to primary care, and system redesign for incident reporting. Dr. Imai has served in multiple leadership positions at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), including President of the Medical Staff and Chief to the Department of Medicine Primary Care Division. He remains Associate Chief of the Primary Care Division. Dr. Imai has been on the Stanford clinical faculty since 1975, rising to the rank of Clinical Professor of Medicine. In 1986, Dr. Imai led the creation of Valley Health Plan, an HMO for Santa Clara County employees, and since 1997 he has served as Medical Director of the plan. Since 2004, Dr. Imai has led the development of the SCVMC Cancer Center. Dr. Imai is fellow in the American College of Physicians.

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Clark Kelso
Receiver

Mr. Kelso is a Professor of Law and Director of the Capital Center for Government Law and Policy at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law located in Sacramento, California. Mr. Kelso comes to the California Prison Health Care Receivership with more than fifteen years of experience in a wide variety of positions in all three branches of state government, including the California Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the Courts, where he worked in support of court unification; the Department of Insurance, where he replaced Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, who abruptly resigned amid allegations of corruption; and as California’s Chief Information Officer, where he turned around the State’s troubled information technology program. Because of his achievements, Mr. Kelso has developed a well-regarded reputation for independence and integrity and maintaining a commitment to collaborative leadership and organizational change in government.

Mr. Kelso has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious 1998 Bernard E. Witkin Amicus Curiae Award from the California Judicial Council and the “Top 25 Award for 2004 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers” from Government Technology. He was also named by Computerworld to their list of “Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2007.” He resides in Sacramento with his wife, Kari Kelso, Ph.D., and two daughters.

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Rich Kirkland
Director, Plata Support Division

The Plata Support Division is a unit within the CDCR that is dedicated to supporting the specific projects being undertaken by the Receiver. Mr. Kirkland worked for more than 32 years with the State of California, the last 22 with the CDCR. He retired from the position of Deputy Director for the Office of Fiscal Services, where he was responsible for the oversight and management of all CDCR accounting and support budget functions. In that role he served as the senior level liaison with the Department of Finance and legislative staff with respect to CDCR budget issues. Prior to that, Mr. Kirkland served at Pelican Bay State Prison in a variety of senior management positions for 14 years, including two as Warden and one as Chief Deputy Warden. During that time he participated in and oversaw the implementation of the state's remedial plan in the case of Madrid v. Tilton. Mr. Kirkland also has eight years of experience in the management of prison construction projects. He served as Project Director for the construction of Pelican Bay State Prison, Calipatria State Prison, California State Prison-Sacramento, and the maximum security units at the California Correctional Institution (Tehachapi). Prior to that, Mr. Kirkland worked for ten years as an analyst and supervisor for the California Department of Social Services. During that time he was responsible for the development of rate-setting methodologies, the development of computerized management information systems, and the management of quality control corrective action plans.

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Sunny Rosenfeld Lerner
Staff Attorney

Ms. Lerner assists John Hagar, the Receiver's Chief of Staff, concerning report and motion writing, as well as legal research. Prior to joining the Receiver's Office, Ms. Lerner was the Lead Staff Attorney for the California Superior Court, San Francisco, general civil division. There, she worked on a wide range of litigation for judges of the Trial Court and Appellate Division, as well as managed a staff of legal research assistants. She graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley in 1998 and is a member of the California Bar.

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Randy Lucas
Investigation and Discipline Coordinator

Mr. Lucas is responsible for coordination and preparation of investigative and discipline cases related to the medical system. Mr. Lucas has worked in California corrections for approximately 25 years and recently retired from the CDCR, Division of Correctional Health Care Services, where he was responsible for the oversight of statewide medical investigations and discipline. Mr. Lucas previously served the CDCR in many different capacities, including serving as an Internal Affairs Investigator and an Employee Relations Officer at Pelican Bay State Prison. Mr. Lucas assisted with the implementation of the remedial plan developed in the case of Madrid v. Gomez related to the use of force. Mr. Lucas also assisted in the development and implementation of the Employee Investigation and Disciplinary Matrix adopted by the Federal Court and currently in use by the CDCR.

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Jamie Mangrum
Chief Information Officer

Jamie Mangrum has been an Information Technology (IT) professional for over 25 years and in IT management for over 20 years. Following a year long hiatus due to health reasons, in March 2008 Jamie Mangrum was hired as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the California Prison Health Care Services organization lead by the Federal Receiver, Clark Kelso. In 2006, Jamie was appointed assistant secretary for IT at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. From 2004 to 2006, he served as the CIO and deputy director for the Office of Technology Resources (OTR) at the Department of General Services (DGS). Previously, he served in the DGS OTR from 1994 to 2004 in a variety of capacities, including Office Chief and as Operations Manager for varying areas including web and application technologies, end user support services and enterprise services.

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Joe McGrath
Director of Custody Support Services

Mr. McGrath has worked in California corrections for 27 years and recently retired from the position of Chief Deputy Secretary, Adult Operations, for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) where he was responsible for prison and parole operations statewide. Mr. McGrath also served as the Assistant Secretary, CDCR Office of Internal Affairs, where he improved and implemented statewide employee investigation and discipline processes for the Department. Prior to that, Mr. McGrath was the Warden at Pelican Bay State Prison for several years. During his tenure at Pelican Bay, Mr. McGrath co-authored California's use of force policy and procedure, and the health care remedial plan in connection with the case of Madrid v. Tilton. He is an industry expert in prison security operations and recently co-authored a chapter of a text book entitled Managing Special Populations in Jails and Prisons, New York: Civic Research Institute. Mr. McGrath is a certified Phi Theta Kappa instructor in leadership and ethics for public safety officers and earned a B.A. in Corrections and Social Justice from California State University, Sacramento.

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Donald Meier
Custody Support Services Specialist

Mr. Meier will be assisting the Director of Custody Support Services, Joe McGrath, with establishing custody health care access teams and with identifying and developing appropriate medical space within the community and existing prison facilities. Mr. Meier was employed by the CDCR for 32 years. He started his career as a Correctional Officer and promoted through the custody ranks. During his career Mr. Meier worked a wide range of assignments, including Statewide Transportation, Acting Chief of the Program Support Unit, and Coordinator for the Statewide Standardization Project. Mr. Meier concluded his career in CDCR as Associate Warden at High Desert State Prison. During his tenure Mr. Meier was responsible for the development of statewide staffing standards for all custody level institutions. Additionally, Mr. Meier developed regionalized Hospital Guarding Units for CDCR throughout the state. Since Mr. Meier's retirement in May of 2006, he has been employed by the CDCR as a Retired Annuitant, serving as the liaison for the Warden of San Quentin and CPR. Mr. Meier has also been a partner in a consulting firm specializing in security design reviews, design intent, design staffing reviews and staff training.

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Glen Moy
Director of Health Information Integration

Mr. Moy is responsible for the implementation, integration, and support of many of the clinical information systems for the CDCR. Prior to joining the Office of the Receiver, Mr. Moy was Manager of Health Information Technology at Lumetra and was responsible for overseeing its efforts to assist small- to medium-sized physician practices throughout California with the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). He also played a key role in the development and rollout of the Doctor's Office Quality-Information Technology project, a pilot program sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to promote the adoption of EHRs. Prior to that, Mr. Moy was a senior project manager/implementation consultant for Chicago-based Allscripts Healthcare Solutions.

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Kathy Page, R.N.
Nursing Consultant

Ms. Page has been a private consultant specializing in correctional health system and emergency management plan review for the past six years. Since 1988, Ms. Page also has served as an auditor for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, where she assesses adult and juvenile detention facilities' compliance with health service standards. From 1979 to 2000, Ms. Page was the Director of the Multnomah County Oregon Corrections Health Division. Ms. Page also served as a reservist in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps for 20 years, retiring in 2004 at the rank of Colonel. Ms. Page's initial assignment with the Receiver is as a nurse consultant for the San Quentin Team.

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Karen Rea (Williams), PHN, MSN, FNP
Regional Director of Nursing (Central)

Ms. Rea provides nursing leadership and oversight to state prisons located in Central California. Ms. Rea has 20 years of nursing, education and administrative experience. From 2002 to 2006, Ms. Rea worked as the Quality Assurance Manager and Deputy Director for the Fresno County Department of Children and Family Services where she developed a quality improvement program for social workers and mental health clinicians and managed the only free standing children's emergency psychiatric facility in the Central Valley. From 1993 to 2002, Ms. Rea was the Fresno County Public Health Nurse (PHN) and Supervising PHN of the Communicable Disease and Epidemiology program. From 1987 to 1993, Ms. Rea was a Neonatal Intensive Care/ICU Nurse and the Director of the FOCUS substance abuse program for San Joaquin County. Ms. Rea has also worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner, hospice nurse and educator at Pacific Union College and University of Phoenix. Ms. Rea's memberships include: American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, California Association for Healthcare Quality, California Association of Nurse Practitioners and Academy of Correctional Health Professionals.

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Jane P. Robinson, BSN, RN
Regional Director of Nursing (Northern)

Ms. Robinson provides nursing leadership and oversight to state prisons located in Northern California. Prior to coming to California, Ms. Robinson worked in correctional health care for the Washington Department of Corrections where she was a Continuous Quality Improvement Nurse and most recently a Health Care Manager. Ms. Robinson has also served as a patient advocate for detainees in jail settings in the capacity of a court expert. Prior to her work in correctional health care systems, Ms. Robinson was a patient care coordinator in an acute care hospital in the Midwest, where her responsibilities included quality management, staff development, and policy and program development.

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Jayne Russell
Acting Health Care Project Officer

Ms. Russell has 25 years of correctional management experience in prisons and jails. She has managed intake classification departments and was on loan to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, National Institute of Corrections, as a Program Specialist. Ms. Russell managed the health care in the Maricopa County Jail, Phoenix AZ for nine years. She also developed and spearheaded the state corrections accreditation department and achieved national NCCHC accreditation for their prisons during her tenure. Ms. Russell retired from the Arizona Department of Corrections in health administration in 2006. Ms. Russell is on the Board of Directors for the NCCHC and is past Chair of the National Academy for Correctional Professionals. She conducts workshops and trainings at national conferences and has published numerous articles and training curricula for corrections. Ms. Russell has a master's degree in counseling from University of Massachusetts and, in the early stage of her career, she worked as school psychologist with juveniles and adolescents.

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Lara Saich
Coordinator of Projects and Receivership Activities

Ms. Saich worked for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) since 2000. There Ms. Saich monitored compliance and coordinated remedial efforts under the Madrid v. Tilton (Post Powers) remedial plan related to CDCR's employee discipline and internal affairs investigation processes. This included revising the statewide policy governing employee discipline, assisting in the development of the Employee Disciplinary Matrix, and coordinating the implementation and statewide training of staff on the Matrix and all related disciplinary process revisions. Ms. Saich also tracked completion of related remedial tasks and composed all reports and correspondence related to the progress of the remedial plan. From 2000 to 2004, Ms. Saich worked within the Division of Correctional Health Care Services on the initial Plata v. Schwarzenegger policies and procedures, served as the Division's Legislative Coordinator, and developed various health care related policies, procedures and training materials.

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Susan Scott, RN, BSN, PHN, TNCC, MICN
Regional Director of Nursing (Southern)

Ms. Scott provides nursing leadership and oversight to state prisons located in Southern California. Prior to working in the state prison system, Ms. Scott worked for 17 years at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard where she served in multiple roles including Pre-Hospital Care Coordinator, Emergency Department Manager and Director of Emergency Services. Ms. Scott has worked as a clinical nurse in emergency department, operating room, and post-anesthesia recovery unit environments. In addition, Ms. Scott has served as a nurse for the Ventura County Search and Rescue Unit, and provided education and consultation for numerous projects related to emergency nursing, pre-hospital care and emergency medical services systems. Ms. Scott has a B.S. in Nursing from San Diego State University, and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Nursing.

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Stephen W. Weston
Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff

Mr. Weston is a 32-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol. From 1991 to 2006, he managed the CHP unit responsible for the investigation of threats against California state officials. Mr. Weston has been on the staff of the Los Rios College District since 1978 as an instructor in dignitary protection, threat assessment, and major event planning. He was an instructor in the nationwide contemporary threat management training sponsored by the National Sheriffs' Association. Mr. Weston is currently on the faculty of California State University, Sacramento, in the Criminal Justice Division. In 1996, he graduated from Lincoln Law School in Sacramento and was admitted to the California State Bar. Steve Weston is the co-author, with Frederick S. Calhoun, of "Defusing the Risk to Judicial Officials: The Contemporary Threat Management Process," and "Contemporary Threat Management: A Practical Guide." Mr. Weston consults with government and private organizations in the management of threatening situations and lectures throughout the country on public official threat management. He has served as president of the Northern California chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP).

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