Awards & Recognitions
2024 CBHA Award Recipients
Rusty Selix Award of Merit
Erin O’ Brien, LCSW
President/CEO
Community Solutions
CBHA Behavioral Health Champion
Assemblymember Gregg Hart
California State Assembly
District 37
Health Equity Champion Award
Tomiquia Moss, Secretary, Business Consumer Services and Housing Agency
Consumer Advocate Award
Vision y Compromiso
Neighborhood Wellness Foundation
CBHA Member Advocate Award
Tim Ryder, MBA,
President/CEO,
San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc.
Previous Award Recipients
2023
Rusty Selix Award of Merit
Al Rowlett, CEO, Turning Point Community Programs
Sparky Harlan, CBHA Emeritus
CBHA Behavioral Health Champion
Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Health Equity Award
Diana Ramos, California Surgeon General
Consumer Advocate Award
Rayshell Chambers, CEO, Painted Brain
CBHA Member Advocate Award
Harry Bruell, CEO, PathPoint
2022
Rusty Selix Award of Merit - Debbie Manners, President & CEO, Sycamores
2021
Rusty Selix Award of Merit - Vitka Eisen
CBHA Behavioral Health Champions - Senator Scott Wiener & Senator Anthony Portantino
Health Equity Award - Dr. Shirley Weber, CA Secretary of State & CA Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
2020
CBHA Behavioral Health Champion - Senator Jim Beall & Assemblymember Anthony Rendon
2019
Rusty Selix Award of Merit - Linda Rosenberg, former CEO, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
CBHA Behavioral Health Champion - Senator Richard Pan & Senator Anna Caballero
2018
Rusty Selix Award of Merit - Leslie Preston, Director of Behavioral Health, La Clinica de la Raza (posthumously)
CBHA Behavioral Health Champion - Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula