Community Advisory Board

Clayton Chau, MD, PhD

Clayton Chau is currently the Chief Clinical and Strategy Officer for MindOC, the non-profit entity which he co-founded to support BeWell OC, a private/public/faith based/academic coalition aims to transform the mental health system.  He was previously with Providence St Joseph Health System as the Regional Executive Medical Director of the Institute of Mental Health and Wellness Southern California Region.  He has recently been appointed by the 23^rd US Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee.  His past positions include Senior Medical Director for Health Services at L.A. Care Health Plan responsible for behavioral health, care management, utilization management, disease management, etc., and Director of the Center of Excellence in Education, Training, Research and Advocacy for Reducing Health Disparities, Orange County Health Care Agency Behavioral Health Services where he developed the first Bidirectional Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration Model in the State.  At L.A. Care he was also the Co-Principal Investigator for a multi-year Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation grant in Transforming Clinical Practice.  He is also a Lecturer for the UCLA School of Public Health, an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Director for the Transcultural Psychiatry Curriculum at UC Irvine School of Medicine. 

 

Dr. Chau obtained his MD degree from the University of Minnesota and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Chelsea University.  He completed his psychiatry residency at UCLA/San Fernando Valley followed by a fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health in psychoneuroimmunology focusing on substance abuse and HIV.  During his residency he was also selected for the American Psychiatric Association Mead Johnson Fellowship in Community Leadership.

 

Dr. Chau has conducted international trainings in the areas of health care integration, health care system reform, cultural competency, veteran’s health, trauma, homelessness and mental health policy.  He is featured in the 2013 documentary “A New State of Mind:  Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness” narrated by Glenn Close, produced by PBS, the 2013 Emmy Awards winner 60 Seconds PSA and the 2012 Emmy Awards winner Informational/Public Affairs Series “Profiles of Hope” produced by the LA Department of Mental Health.    Dr Chau was named the 2012 Visionary Leader by the National Council for Behavioral Health.  In that same year he was also awarded the prestigious Warren Williams, MD Award from the American Psychiatric Association “for his extraordinary contributions to the profession of psychiatry and the care of those with mental illness.”

Casey Crosbie, PhD

Casey Crosbie is the founding Executive Director of Family Promise of Orange County, a shelter program that partners with the faith community to find stable housing for homeless families with minor children. He has also worked with a number of advocacy organizations focusing on community organizing and anti-gentrification efforts both here in Southern California and in Washington D.C.   In 2019, he received his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University in Ethics, Politics & Society, with research interests focusing on community assessment and the relationship between philanthropy, the state, and the public good.  He also teaches occasionally in the MSW department at Cal State Fullerton.

Denise Cunningham, LMFT

Denise Cunningham is the Senior Vice President of Crittenton Services for Children & Families.  She’s a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and earned a Masters in Counseling and a Bachelors in Human Services from California State University, Fullerton.  She has served Crittenton Services in various capacities since 1991 and has more than 25-years experience in clinical and program management within the Social Services field.  In her current role, she leads the management team of the various programs including Short Term Residential Treatment Program, Shelter Care, Family Preservation, Foster Care, Wraparound, Community Based-School Linked Services, and Outpatient Mental Health Services.  She coordinated the agency's Practicum Student Program and continues to be a strong advocate for its success.  In addition to serving on the CSUF Department of Social Work Community Advisory Board, she serves on the Human Services Advisory Board.

 

Mindy Hohman, PhD

Melinda (Mindy) Hohman is Professor Emeritus from San Diego State University (SDSU) School of Social work.  She has her BASW and MSW from the University of Pittsburgh and her PhD from Arizona State University.  Prior to joining the faculty at SDSU in 1995, she worked as a juvenile probation officer and as a substance use therapist.  She has taught courses on substance use disorders, cultural competency, and social work practice, including Motivational Interviewing (MI).  Dr. Hohman has been an MI trainer since the late 1990s, becoming a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 1999.  Since then she has trained thousands of social workers, probation officers, and substance abuse counselors among others, in MI, both across California and nationally.  Dr. Hohman has served as a MINT Trainer of Trainers.  She is also the author of the book Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice which she is currently updating for a second edition.