NAMI CC Board of Directors

Meet your NAMI Contra Costa Board Members

Officers

LaTanyua Brown-Thompson – President

Author and Speaker; Disability Consultant; Community Advisory Board (CAB): Chair for CAB Program and Service Subcommittee; Castro Advisory/Stake Holder Board; Facilitator Certificate with World Impact & The Trauma Healing Institute; Mental Health First Aid; Mental Health Advocate and Coach with Green Heart University; Life Coach for Men & Women of Purpose. Phone: (925) 942-0767

Vacant – 1st Vice President

Cri Campbell Schine – 2nd Vice President

Dr. Campbell Schine received a B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in Ethnic Studies from U.C. Davis, and an M.A. and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley. She owns Schine Enterprises and is the co-founder of MDUSD Parents for Multicultural Education. Dr. Campbell Schine serves on the Executive and Fundraising committees […]

Sangeeta Golani – Secretary

Sangeeta Golani is a mom first, to a beautiful young lady, who inspires her to be a better person every day! Sangeeta has a BA in psychology, MA in European History and an MBA in marketing and information systems. She is the founder/owner of Gteam Realty and has worked for almost 2 decades in customer […]

Jeremy Taubman – Treasurer

Jeremy Taubman, LCSW, CAS, is an addiction medicine psychotherapist and the Director of the John Muir Behavioral Health – Partial Hospitalization Program, a large outpatient behavioral health department in Northern California. He is a continuing education instructor for several professional mental health organizations and has served on the faculty of the University of the Pacific […]

Board of Directors Members

Stephanie Taddeo – Director

Retired middle school Social Studies teacher from Los Angeles, advocating for students transitioning from elementary to high school. She volunteered with Vitas Hospice and at A Baby’s Breath in the Philadelphia area, and for 2 years was a full-time caregiver to a family member battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia who received a bone marrow transplant. She […]

Al Farmer – Director

Retired Chevron: Graduate Stanford, BS Petroleum Engineering; Northwestern University, MBA. Past President NAMI-CC, NAMI-CC Warm Line. Phone: (925) 942-0767

John Dean Behzad – Director

John Behzad is a second-year student at Diablo Valley College, where he encourages campus wellness initiatives and promotes TimelyCare, the college’s free virtual therapy service. He will transfer to the University of California, Davis, to complete his Bachelor’s in Psychology. Born and raised in Vietnam, John has firsthand experience working in stigmatized communities. He has […]

Angelica Lopez – Director

Angelica “Angie” Lopez, Esq. is a faith-based, driven, and dedicated family law attorney serving the Bay Area, with a passion for justice and mental health advocacy. Having personally faced the challenges of mental illness, she works every day to help dismantle the stigma surrounding mental health—especially in underserved and marginalized BIPOC communities. Angie also serves […]