Alameda TCOM Collaborative Members

The Alameda TCOM Collaborative is comprised of staff from agencies that provided mental health services in Alameda County. Members are available to provide consulting and coaching support around use of the TCOM tools (ANSA, ANSA-T, & CANS) in both the Adult and Child Systems of Care. We look forward to working with you!
Bree Desmond
Fred Finch Youth & Family Services
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Bree Desmond, LCSW, is a social worker who has worked in various roles throughout her 20+ years of service at multiple non-profit organizations. This included direct practice work in: multiple Residential Treatment Centers; early intervention programs through Easter Seals; evidenced based programs supporting Adults and Transition Age Youth (TAY) with serious mental illness; school based settings; and a full service partnership wraparound program for at risk youth. Bree was also the Project Director and Evaluator for a SAMSHA grant at the Native American Health Center and held multiple administrative roles at Fred Finch Youth & Family Services (FF) including being a Quality Assurance Manager, a Data Analyst, and her current role as the Training Director. She joined the Alameda TCOM Collaborative in 2018 and enjoys spreading TCOM principles throughout our various systems of care.
Cassandra Cooper
Center for Innovation in Population Health University of Kentucky 
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Cassandra Cooper, MA, LCPC is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Innovation in Population Health at the University of Kentucky. She works with Illinois and other states and jurisdictions providing training and facilitating Learning Collaboratives to systems implementing the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM). Prior to joining the TCOM team, Ms. Cooper was a Field Implementation Support Specialist, Trauma Informed Practice Specialist and Learning Collaborative Facilitator at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, where she served as a primary facilitator on the implementation of a family- centered, trauma- informed and strength-based model of practice. Ms. Cooper utilizes her experience as a licensed clinical professional counselor, an educator and her knowledge of TCOM in coaching and supporting individuals and jurisdictions on the practice applications of the CANS, ANSA and other TCOM.
​Christine Mukai
Alameda County Behavioral Health
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​Christine Mukai, LCSW is currently in the role of the Critical Care Manager for ACBH and has worked extensively with children, youth and families in many settings including outpatient mental health, school-based mental health, day treatment programs and crisis services over the past 20+ years in various positions. Christine also leads our TCOM CANS/ANSA outcomes data efforts throughout ACBH. Christine received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Science with a minor in Ethnic Studies and her Master’s degree in Social Work and later completed her Master’s in Business Administration with a focus on Healthcare Administration. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, photography and cooking with her family and dog. 
Cinthya Chin Herrera
WestCoast Children's Clinic
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​Cinthya Chin Herrera received her doctoral clinical psychology degree from John F. Kennedy University.  She is the Director of Clinical & Community Training at WestCoast Children's Clinic (WCC) and also an adjunct professor of clinical psychology, teaching courses and consulting to organizations on topics that bridge research and clinical topics.  As a member of the Alameda County TCOM Provider Collaborative, Cinthya centers the importance of transparency, youth and family voice and choice, and client representation in clinical practices. As a child and family psychologist, Dr. Chin Herrera values cross-cultural dialogue and transformational practices to support families in the areas of trauma, resilience, collaboration, advocacy, and empowerment.  She draws upon her Nicaraguan, Mexican, and Chinese roots and her experience as an immigrant to the United States to inform her practice.
​Crystal Moore
​WestCoast Children's Clinic
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Crystal Moore, MS, LMFT is the Assistant Director of Training and Associate Director of the California Family Urgent Response System for Alameda County at Westcoast Children's Clinic in Oakland, CA. Prior to those roles, Crystal was a therapist in the Transition Age Youth department and then a clinical supervisor at Westcoast Children’s Clinic. In addition to working at Westcoast, Crystal supervises at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley, CA and sees people in private practice. Prior to joining the Westcoast Children’s Clinic team, Crystal worked at Casa de la Vida, a residential treatment program for Transition Age Youth with severe and persistent mental illness while also volunteering at a suicide prevention hotline.  Outside of her clinical work, Crystal was a board member for Healthy Black Families, which focused on decreasing health disparities for members of the Black community in Berkeley, CA. Throughout her career, Crystal has paid particular attention to the needs of the most marginalized and vulnerable populations. As a member of the TCOM Collaborative, she will work from that lens. Crystal believes the CANS gives us a common language to better understand, rate and respond to the needs of the people we serve. 
Dana Wolfenbarger
Seneca Family of Agencies  
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​Dana Wolfenbarger is a Clinical Documentation Analyst with Seneca’s Quality Improvement Team. She has been with Seneca since 2013 and has held positions in the training department as well as clinical positions in both community-based and school-based programs. Dana received her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, her Master’s degree in Social Work, and served on the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Commission. Dana has worked directly with youth and families to engage them in the assessment process, including coming to a shared understanding of strengths and needs and facilitating transparency around the CANS tool. Dana has been a member of the Alameda TCOM Collaborative for more than 3 years and facilitates trainings for the community. 
Danielle Pence
​Alameda County Behavioral Health
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Danielle Pence, LMFT, LPCC is currently in the role of Clinical Review Specialist for ACBH in the Quality Assurance department. Prior to working for ACBH, she provided mental health services to youth and families involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems for over 15 years at several non-profits. She has provided direct services in community outpatient settings, psychiatric hospital facilities, non -public day treatment school settings, Therapeutic Behavioral Services and WRAP. She was a clinical supervisor and the Assistant Director/Interim Director of Quality Management at Alternative Family Services as well as the Assistant Director of Specialty Mental Health Services at Asian Health Services.  The programs she worked in provided services to youth and families in multiple counties in Northern California. Working in both direct services and quality management has allowed her to see and train others in how the CANS tools can support transparent treatment for families, inform best practices for agencies and improve outcomes for youth and families. In her free time, she enjoys teaching and  performing middle eastern and fusion dance, cheering her children on at baseball and soccer, being a girls scout leader, teaching birthing classes and advocating for services to improve the lives of youth and families in the community.
Ellen Kinoy
Lincoln Families 
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​Ellen Kinoy is Clinical Director for Lincoln Families, where she began as a Clinical Supervisor for their burgeoning school-based programs. She received her MA in Clinical Psychology from New College of California, became licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist, and has worked for 30 years providing services and designing programs for youth and families in the community and within the public funding stream.  Ellen is dedicated to providing accessible, innovative, and culturally-relevant services in response to community need and is especially committed to the education and training of mental health professionals.  Ellen is a CAMFT Certified Supervisor and adjunct faculty in the MA in Counseling Psychology program at JFK School of Psychology.  Ellen has been a member of the Alameda County TCOM Collaborative for more than 5 years and is a frequent provider of TCOM trainings.  
​Esmeralda Gonzalez
Stars Community Services 
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​Esmeralda Gonzalez, Training Coordinator at Stars Community Services, has been a member of the Alameda County TCOM Collaborative since late 2018.  Although not having much prior experience with the CANS/ANSA tools, she has grown to love how impactful proper usage of the tools can be for clients and families. Esmeralda not only supports with training through the collaborative, she also supports direct care staff at Stars through training and coaching. Esmeralda is the go-to person for all things CANS as well as Objective Arts (OA), ensuring all systems are in communication with one another for ease of use. 
Jessica Vigil
​Alameda County Behavioral Health
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Jessica Vigil, LCSW is a Behavior Clinician II, Specialty Services Coordinator in the Child and Young Adult System of Care (CYAOC). Jessica supports the following work: CANS, presumptive transfer (AB 1299), and post-crisis coordination from Willow Rock and BERT. Jessica spent the last four years working as a Child Welfare Worker in the Emergency Response and Family Maintenance Unit in Alameda County. Prior to working at Child Welfare, Jessica worked as a Behavioral Therapist and Program Coordinator providing care and specialized treatment to children and young adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
 
Jessica received her Bachelor’s in Psychology from University of California, Santa Barbara and a Master’s Degree in Social Welfare from University of California, Los Angeles. Jessica is an Oakland native who enjoys exploring new hikes in the Bay Area. 
​Melanie Wartenberg 
East Bay Agency for Children
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​Melanie Wartenberg, LMFT, MBA represents East Bay Agency for Children in the collaborative. Melanie has over 25 years of experience in program leadership, training, and consulting in behavioral health and child welfare including many years working in school-based behavioral health and in adoption/foster care.