General Information
The MHSA Housing Advisory Board is comprised of community leaders, stakeholders, consumer advocates and other public funders of supportive housing with experience in housing development.
Duties and Responsibilities
The MHSA Housing Advisory Board will represent the interests and needs of various communities, organization or constituency groups while advising and making recommendations to the Department of Mental Health on the development and implementation of its homeless and housing policy, the allocation of housing funds, as well as promoting the coordination and leveraging of funds with other City, County, State and Federal housing initiatives.
Current Board Members
The board is currently comprised of the following members:
Dorothy Banks, Chair SAAC Service Area VI
Timothy Elliott, City of L.A. Housing Department
Pamela Inaba, Chair Emeritus/ Los Angeles County Client Coalition
Lynn Katano, County of Los Angeles – Community Development Commission
Eddie Lamon, Community and Family Advocate
Peter Lynn, Director, Los Angeles Housing Service Authority
Sherrill Martin, Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.
Steve Renahan, Senior Policy Advisor, Shelter Partnership, Inc.
Molly Rysman, Health Deputy, Board of Supervisor – 3rd District
Sarkis Semerdjyan, Health Deputy, Board of Supervisor – 1st District
Mary Ann Shemdin, Family Advocate
Maria Tan, Secretary of Speakers Club Member
Cheri Todoroff, Sr. Staff Analyst, LAC-Department of Health Services
Marc Tousignant, Sr. Program Director, Southern CA, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Carlos Van Natter, Director of Housing, HACLA, Section 8
Dhakshike Wickrema, Health Deputy, Board of Supervisor – 2nd District
Former Members
Blair Babcock, County of Los Angeles – Community Development Commission
Maurice Caldwell, Resident of Permanent Supportive Housing
Phyllis Coto, Los Angeles County Client Coalition
Ken D’Oyen, NAMI Urban-Los Angeles
Javier Gayoso, Resident of Permanent Supportive Housing
Mindy Glazner, NAMI-Los Angeles
Kathy Godfrey, Chief of Staff for Councilwoman Jan Perry
Delores Huffman, Mental Health Commissioner
Rebecca Isaacs, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Joycellette Jones, Resident of Permanent Supportive Housing
Nicole D. Kee, Resident of Permanent Supportive Housing
Flora Gil Krisiloff, Westside Senior Field Deputy for County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky
Anne Lansing, City of Pasadena Housing Department
Lisa Luboff, City of Santa Monica Housing Department
Neil McGuffin, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Peter Mezza, City of Santa Monica-Housing Authority
Jed Minoff, Director, Probation, Emancipation Services
Keris Jan Myrick, NAMI SGV/NAMI Urban LA
LaCheryl Porter, Esq. Community Development Commission
Alicia Rodriguez, Los Angeles County Latino Client Coalition
Ivet Samvelyan, City of Glendale Housing Department
Osbee I. Sangster, Los Angeles County Client Coalition
Lari Sheehan, Chief Administrator Ofc-Service Integration Branch
Garrison Smith, Homeless Coordinator, Chief Administrator Office-Service Integration Branch
Sean Spear, City of Los Angeles Housing Department
Lois Starr, County of Los Angeles – Community Development Commission
Elizabeth Stochl, Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department
Kevin Thompson, Resident of Permanent Supportive Housing
Bridgette Tucker, Homeless Service Provider
Leslie Wise, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Pansy Yee, County of Los Angeles – Community Development Commission
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Housing Policy and Development Unit at (213) 251-6558.
