Policy Priorities
Deep expertise. Real-world results.
Aligned With Purpose Advisors brings firsthand experience designing, implementing, and scaling policy across California's most complex health and human services systems.
Subject matter expertise
Policy shaped by the people who built it.
Our work is grounded in years of state-level implementation — not just policy analysis. I've sat at the table where decisions get made, managed the contracts that put programs into motion, and navigated the regulatory environments that determine whether good ideas actually reach the people they're meant to serve. I believe deeply that the best path to successful implementation includes inviting young people, parents, community members, advocates, law makers, health plans, and other stakeholders to co-create and actively participate in the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs. I can help you make sure the right partners are at the table!
Focus areas
Youth Behavioral Health
From launching BrightLife Kids and Soluna to architecting the CYBHI Fee Schedule program, I bring deep expertise in children and youth behavioral health policy, program design, and statewide implementation — including school-based services, prevention, and early intervention.
Digital Behavioral Health
I have hands-on experience standing up digital mental health platforms at scale in California, including leading procurement, vendor contracting, technology policy, and the regulatory frameworks that govern telehealth and app-based behavioral health services.
Health, Behavioral Health & Education
I specialize in the intersections of health and behavioral health with other key youth serving systems to bring a whole-child approach to care and services, such as education systems — including school-based Medicaid billing, the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) Fee Schedule program (California), and school district, college and university partnerships - and the policy levers that connect health and learning outcomes.
Medicaid & Managed Care
With extensive experience in California's Medicaid (Medi-Cal) program — including CalAIM, managed care plan contracting, county behavioral health oversight, implementation of California's reentry waiver, deep knowledge of quality drivers, the unique role of community-based, non-clinical providers - e.g., Enhanced Care Management, Full Service Partnerships, Peer Support Services - and federal and state waiver policy — I am uniquely poised to help organizations navigate the Medicaid structures that drive health system transformation.
Health, Behavioral Health & Criminal Justice
I bring direct experience implementing California's Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative and navigating relationships between State Medicaid Agencies, state and local corrections, elected Sheriffs and Probation Officers, as well as the policy, financing, and coordination challenges at the intersection of health, behavioral health, and the criminal justice system.
Foster Care
I understand the unique challenges and harsh realities faced by children and youth adults, as well as families, in the child welfare system. This includes the policy and programmatic landscape for foster youth — including cross-system coordination between child welfare, behavioral health, and Medi-Cal — and can help organizations design services and advocacy strategies that center this population.
Let's put this expertise to work for you.
Whether you're designing a new program, navigating a regulatory environment, or building a policy strategy — we bring the experience to help you move from idea to implementation.