Advisory Board

Maryam Adalat, MSW, PPSC (she/her)

Director, Student Services
East Side Union High School District

Jacqueline J. Bergman, Ph.D. (she/her)

Nutrition & Health Sciences Educator & Scholar
Community College & Online Higher Education
Curriculum & Program Developer
Community-Engaged Researcher & Consultant

Shannon Bui, M.A. (she/her)

Student Services Coordinator, Oak Grove School District
SJSU Alumna

Elizabeth Carrasco, M.S., AMFT (she/her/ella)

Clinician, Pacific Clinics
SJSU Alumna, (Spanish & Psychology BA, Clinical Psychology MS)
Former HDCC Project Assistant

Mark J Hager, Ph.D. (he/him/his/el)

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Menlo College
Consulting Psychologist
Curriculum Developer
Spectrum CTSA Community Advisory Board, Stanford University School of Medicine
Board Member, Bill Wilson Center

Namita Maunder, M.A., CCC/SLP (she/her)

Coordinator
Santa Clara County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA), I,II,III,IV & VII
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Speech-Language Pathologist

Adaurennaya "Ada" C. Onyewuenyi, Ph.D. (she/her)

Associate Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Faculty of African American Studies, The College of New Jersey
Leads the Identity Development across the African Diaspora (IDAD) Lab
Oak Grove High School Alumna

Diana Phung, B.A. (she/her)

Graduate Student in Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University
SJSU Alumna, Psychology Major & Child & Adolescent Development Minor
Former HDCC Project Assistant

Vondell Pilcher, M.S. (he/him)

Speech Language Pathologist, Hayward School District
SJSU Alumnus, (Speech-Language Pathology, MS)
Former HDCC Program Coordinator

Chaun Powell, Ed.D., LCSW, PPS, CWA (she/her/hers/ella)

Founder, New Era Pedagogics
Board Member, California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
Former Executive Director - Youth Health Wellness, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Former Sr. Chief Student Services, Alameda County Office of Education