Welcoming remarks by Charles Helget, Executive Director, CAVSA
Burt McChesney of CAVSA member agency VRC leads the Pledge of Alliance
Welcoming remarks
Opening Remarks by Summit Emcee Stephen J. Peck, MSW, President & CEO, U.S.VETS, President, CAVSA
Michael Blecker, Executive Director, Swords to Plowshares & CAVSA Board Member
Anne Fabiny, MD, Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics, Palliative and Extended Care, San Francisco VA Health Care SystemPanel Discuss
Thomas Martin, Director, Future Operations & Planning, California Department of Veterans Affairs
Summit guests listen to the Panel on Aging Veterans
Arnaldo Moreno, MD, Section Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry, San Francisco VA Medical Center
2019 State of the Veteran Community presented by Dr. Kathleen West, DrPH
Keynote address by Jonathan E. Sherin, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Mental Health, Los Angeles County
Audience stands ready for Q&A with Dr. Sherin
Keynote address by Jonathan E. Sherin, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Mental Health, Los Angeles County
Robert K. Stohr, M.S., L.M.F.T., Executive Director, Patriotic Hall, U.S.VETS
Summit guests listen to the Panel on Suicide Prevention
Dr. Miatta R. Snetter Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist U.S.VETS Outside the Wire
Adriana Ruelas, Legislative Affairs Director, Steinberg Institute
CAVSA & VRC staff caught for a photo
CAVSA President, Steve Peck introduces the Panel on Veteran Treatment Courts Moderated by Marilyn Cornell, M.S., LMFT, Clinical Director, Veterans Village of San Diego (Right)
Veterans Treatment Court Graduate, Veteran Treatment Mentor,10 year Marine Corps combat veteran Michael Worrell shares his remarkable story (Left)
Associate Justice, Eileen C. Moore, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Three (Left) and Judge Laura J. Birkmeyer, Superior Court of San Diego County (Right)
Panel on Veteran Treatment Courts
Questions from the audience
Legislative Panel
CAVSA presents the 2019 Legislator of the Year Award to California Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin (AD-44 Thousand Oaks)
CAVSA presents the 2019 Legislator of the Year Award to California Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin (AD-44 Thousand Oaks)
Guests mingles at the Summit Reception
CAVSA Advocating for veterans in Washington D.c.
July 2019
CAVA’s Washington D.C. lobbyist, Devin Rhinerson poses with United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)