TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Neha Hoskins, Clerk of the Boar
REPORT BY: Paulette Cooper, Deputy Clerk of the Board II
SUBJECT: Appointments to the Napa County Behavioral Health Board
RECOMMENDATION
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Appoint the following members to the Napa County Behavioral Health Board with terms to commence immediately and expire on January 1, 2029. (No Fiscal Impact)
Jason Hellmann as the Consumer Representative;
Jill Barnes as the Employee of a Local Education Agency Representative; and
Jean O'Donnell and Jessica Gray as the Family Member of a Consumer Representative
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BACKGROUND
Napa County Behavioral Health Board currently has four appointments before the Board due to the resignation of incumbents. The previous incumbents Jeff Dickinson, Marion Villalba, Etta Williams and Shauna Montanez all resigned. This created one vacancy for Consumer, one vacancy for Employee of a Local Education Agency, and two vacancies for Family Member of a Consumer. The County Executive Office advertised the vacancies and received four applications from Jason Hellmann for the Consumer Representative position, Jill Barnes for the Employee of a Local Education Agency position, Jean O'Donnell, and Jessica Gray for the Family Member of a Consumer positions.
On March 12, 2024, the Board adopted Resolution No. 2024-23, which consolidated the Advisory Board on Drug and Alcohol Programs and Mental Health Board into the Napa County Behavioral Health Board to provide a more effective and efficient oversight of all services provided by Behavioral Health.
On February 4, 2025, the Board adopted Resolution No. 2025-12, which amended the Napa County Bylaws Manual Part II, Section 8 Behavioral Health Board, due to new legislation mandating that at least one member of the Behavioral Health Board (BHB) be 25 years of age or younger and must be a consumer, or a family member of a consumer who has received or is receiving behavioral health services, and that a minimum of one member of the Behavioral ...
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