Staff Leadership

Astrid Heppenstall Heger, M.D., Executive Director

Kelly Armaly, M.B.A, Chief Operating Officer, VIP Community Mental Health Center

Janet Arnold, M.D., Medical Director, Community-Based Assessment and Treatment Center

Diana Homeier, M.D., Medical Director, Adult Protection Team

Gerrian Wuts, Ph.D., Clinical Director, VIP Community Mental Health Center

Kitty Dillavou, M.S.W., Program Director, VIP Community Mental Health Center

Burton Stiefel, Ph.D., Clinical Manager, VIP Community Mental Health Center

Erica Blodgett, Development & Communications Director

Toni Harrison, Human Resources Manager, VIP Community Mental Health Center

Vincent Roco, Information Technology Manager

Board of Directors

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

Lauren Cameron Bender, Secretary/Treasurer
Verdugo Hills Medical Associates

Cornelia Funke, Children's Author

Olivia Rodriguez, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council

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

Lyne Scott, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center

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

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