Daphne is responsible for leading and actualizing the vision of EMBRACE Mental Health. She ensures that staff and service delivery stay aligned with the core values and mission, and maintains the organization's fiscal and structural health. Daphne further oversees EMBRACE’s two family therapy programs (FFT and IFT). Daphne is invested in helping diverse populations and families while supporting clinicians in their growth and development.

After receiving her M.A. in Counseling and transitioning to a new field of work, Daphne came to EMBRACE in hopes of growing her clinical skills by working with kids and families. While here, she has been a mental health clinician in the School-Related and Therapeutic Behavioral Services programs, and later became a clinical supervisor and program director.

When she isn’t working, Daphne enjoys spending time with her family, practicing yoga, and growing her knowledge through reading.

Diana is responsible for accounting, administration, and human resources at EMBRACE. For over 12 years, Diana has dedicated herself to supporting leadership and clinicians “behind the scenes” so that they can focus on the important services they provide to youth and families in the community.

Diana has over 35 years of professional experience in payroll, accounting, insurance, and administration functions. From working for a national housing developer to owning and operating a construction company, Diana has a wealth of experience managing the details that make a business run smoothly.

Outside of work, Diana enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and dog, as well as hiking, cooking, and playing golf.

Brent oversees Multisystemic Therapy and Therapeutic Behavioral Services at EMBRACE. Brent is passionate about helping families understand how the systems around youth influence their behaviors and finding authentic ways to interact with those systems to help clients stabilize and thrive. To this end, Brent is committed to ensuring that his team members grow in awareness and use of client families’ social ecology as a foundation for positive change.

Brent has worked at EMBRACE for over 10 years, starting as a trainee in the TBS department. He chose EMBRACE based on the agency’s strong reputation, comprehensive TBS program, and extensive support for new clinicians. When EMBRACE started an MST program in 2013, Brent was one of the initial team members. The MST model proved to be a great fit for Brent and over the years he transitioned from clinician to team lead to program director.

Brent holds a B.S. in Psychology from UCSB and M.S. in Counseling from CSU East Bay. In his personal life, Brent is devoted to his family and enjoys the occasional round of golf or game of tennis.

Megan provides clinical supervision and consultation for clinicians, facilitates partnerships with school districts, and develops and implements new service methods to address the various needs of students and their school districts. Megan is dedicated to collaborating with family partners and school teams to ensure that all mental health services are effectively meeting a student's individualized needs. As Director, she is equally excited to support her team in doing the same.

Megan has over 15 years of experience working in social services and the mental health field. Her experience includes school-based and behavioral counseling, clinical case management, street outreach work, supporting unhoused as well as foster youth, and working with adults with developmental disabilities. She came to EMBRACE in 2017 as a Clinical Case Manager and served as Program Supervisor prior to becoming the Director of the SRS department.

Megan earned her B.A. in Sociology & Women's Studies at UC Santa Barbara and her Master of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley. Outside of work, Megan is a devoted mom who enjoys watching her garden grow, walking amongst the redwoods, cooking up a feast, and traveling abroad.