Meet the BHAB

Meet the Behavioral Health Advisory Board Members

Composition of Board Members:
One (1) shall be a member of the Board of Supervisors and 14 members shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Seven (7) members shall be consumers, parents, spouses, siblings or adult children of consumers who are receiving/have received behavioral health services. Seven (7) members shall be experienced/knowledgeable of the behavioral health system or be public interest. 
**BOARD COMPOSITION SHOULD REPRESENT AND REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. **
 

2026 Chair- Alan Albright, LMFT, Veteran or Veteran Advocate
Appointment Date: 3/10/2023

2026 Vice- Chair - Linda Smith, Public Interest- 3rd District
Appointment Date: 11/28/2023

Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, Board of Supervisors, 2nd District
Appointment Data: 1/2024

Virginia Arvizu - Family Member
Appointment Date: 06/23/2026

Adela Cruz, Local Education Agency Employee
Appointment Date:  5/06/2025

Cielo Echegoyen, Consumer Youth 
Appointment Date:  03/10/2025

Michelle Fernandez, Family Member
Appointment Date: 2/25/2025

Stephen McNally, Family Member
Appointment Date: 3/10/2023

Cecilia Vega-Gonzalez, Public Interest- 2nd District
Appointment Date: 02/24/2026

Chase Wickersham, Public Interest- 5th District
Appointment Date: 3/14/2023

Vacant - Consumer 

Vacant - Family Member

Vacant - Public Interest- 1st District

Vacant - Public Interest- 4th District

Vacant - Treatment and Recovery Specialist

Behavioral Health Services Staff

Dr. Veronica Kelley, LCSW
Agency Director
Health Care Agency
405 W. 5th Street, Suite 726
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Angelica Naranjo, (714) 834-6023

Michelle Smith
Deputy Director
Health Care Agency, Behavioral Health Services
405 W. 5th Street, Suite 728
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Angelica Naranjo (714) 834-6023

Karla Perez
Staff Specialist
Health Care Agency, Behavioral Health Services
405 W. 5th Street, Suite 475
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Kperez@ochca.com
(714) 834-5481

How to Become a Member of the Orange County Behavioral Health Advisory Board

Volunteers requirements include:

• Must be available to attend two (2) monthly meetings, on the second Wednesday of each month from 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and the fourth Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
• Must reside in Orange County
• May not work for the County of Orange.
• May not work for a contracted agency/provider of Behavioral Health Services, unless you identify as a person in recovery. (See bylaws for additional details.)
• Must be a direct consumer of behavioral health services, family member, behavioral health professional, or have public interest in County’s behavioral health services.

For additional information on becoming a member of the Orange County Behavioral Health Advisory Board, please contact Karla Perez, Kperez@ochca.com.

Application to become a BHAB Member.