VIP Community Mental Health Center is an exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that provides fiscal oversight, resource development, and professional expertise to the management of the organization.  The Board meets quarterly in March, June, September, and December.

Lou Mele, Chairperson

Frank R. Sinatra, M.D. Secretary/Treasurer
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Lauren Bender
Physician Assistant, Verdugo Hills Medical Associates

Cornelia Funke
International bestselling, multiple-award winning young adult novelist

Eve Somer Gerber
Co-Founder, Helping Ease Abuse-Related Trauma (H.E.A.R.T.)

Birgitta M. Granberg
Director of Development, College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University

Astrid Heppenstall Heger, M.D.
Executive Director, Violence Intervention Program, LAC+USC Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Olivia G. Rodriguez
Executive Director, Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council
Commissioner, Los Angeles County Commission for Women

Charon Anna D’Aiello Sandoval
Founder/Former Chair, CSLA Commission on the Status of Women

Ann Kane Smith
Partner/Attorney-at-Law, Nixon Peabody, LLP