Dr. Griffith attended school in England, graduating from the University of Sheffield, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, and completing his Ph.D. at the esteemed University of London’s Institute of Psychiatry. He began his career at Kedren in 1981, serving as the Chief Operating Officer-Mental Health Services, until 2002, when he became the President/CEO.

During his tenure with the agency, there have been many changes in the landscape of the community, and the myriad of needs to its residents. Dr. Griffith has presided over Kedren providing a continuum of health services, primarily to residents in Service Area 6.

As part of our evolutionary process, in 2013, Dr. Griffith was instrumental in Kedren launching its Primary Care Clinic, a designated Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), funded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA).

Dr. Griffith is embarking on developing collaborative partnerships with primary care health providers, physicians, pediatricians, dietitians, and other practitioners, to offer educational, wellness and recovery services. This endeavor is part of Kedren’s mission to provide medical, and behavioral health services to underserved and uninsured persons in South Los Angeles.
Through Dr. Griffith’s continuing leadership in July 2018, Kedren and Charles Drew University embarked upon an academic and community health collaboration with the students enrolled in their Graduate Medical Education program. These students are part of Charles Drew’s Residency Program and consistent with Kedren’s mission to serve under-served urban communities.

Dr. Griffiths’ ongoing plans for the growth and development of Kedren include integrating programs that focus on early intervention and prevention, serving children from birth to older adults, with a strengths-based, family-focused model to enrich the lives of those we serve, planting the seeds of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth, and overall wellness.

Mr. Qiu served as the 2007 Chairman of the board of directors of the Asian Business Association (ABA) based in Los Angeles, California. ABA is a premier business organization that represents Asian American business owners and creates business opportunities for its members and their diverse communities. Mr. Qiu is a certified public accountant (CPA) and a chartered global management accountant (CGMA) with specialties in healthcare, transportation, not for profit organizations and government. He currently represents various healthcare organizations as participants of both California Hospital Association and Hospital Association of Southern California. He also served from 2011 to 2014 as a commissioner of the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) appointed by the California Assembly Speaker. He is also currently representing ABA as a member of the City of Los Angeles Metro Transportation Business Advisory Council, the Caltrans Statewide Small Business Council, and the Los Angeles Unified School District Small Business Advisory Council. He continues to serve as the board of director and chief financial officer of the Asian Business Center, an educational and advocacy nonprofit organization that provides foundation support to the ABA.

Mr. Qiu is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CALCPAs).

Mr. Qiu is the founder of QIU Accountancy Corporation, a full-service accounting, auditing and consulting firm. Mr. Qiu has more than twenty years of accounting and consulting experience, specializing in accounting, and consulting of healthcare, transportation, governmental entities, and nonprofit organizations. As President of QIU Accountancy Corporation, Mr. Qiu is the Chief Executive Officer of the firm with offices in Los Angeles and Burbank, California, U.S.A. He is responsible for the firm’s administration, quality control, financial management and strategic planning. He has supervised and conducted financial audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards and has supervised and planned audits in accordance with OMB Circulars A-133.

Ms. Amelia Huckabee brings a level of administrative excellence in delivery of HR services and expertise  in managing all disciplines of HR including: staffing, compensation, benefits, employee  relations, executive coaching, training  and development and state/federal employment law compliance. She is a Human Resources Executive with over 25 years of experience in a variety of industries including; pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, transportation, and now healthcare. She holds a Master’s degree in Education, Counseling from California State University, Dominguez Hills and a Bachelor’s degree from University of California, Los Angeles.

Mary Oelman began her career at Kedren in October of 2020 as the Director of Quality Management. Prior to coming to Kedren Mary was the Director, Quality and Performance Improvement at the Memorial Hospital of Gardena. She has a certification as a Professional in Healthcare Quality from the National Association for Healthcare Quality.

Mary has an extensive background in healthcare and has worked in a variety of settings and roles. She has worked as a nurse manager, a Nursing Director, and a Chief Nursing Officer. She has worked in community hospitals, public hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, teaching hospitals, both large and small, for profit and not for profit hospitals. She has worked in inner city hospitals and suburban facilities. Mary was born in Cleveland, Ohio and went to Nursing School in Springfield Ohio. Soon after graduation Mary moved to Boston with her husband where she lived and worked for nineteen years. She has a BSN from Boston College, a Master’s in Nursing Administration from Boston University and an MBA from the University of Memphis, in Memphis Tennessee. She has lived in Massachusetts, Maryland, Tennessee, Arizona and California. She has one grown son and lives alone with her 2 dogs and a cat.

Shaun Allen, LCSW is a graduate of the University of Southern California wherein she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and double minors in both Psychology and Public Administration with an emphasis in Health Services Administration. For Shaun it was a natural progression to pursue her Master of Social Work degree which she also received from the University of Southern California. It was there that her concentration in mental health spurred her passion for working with the disenfranchised, unserved and underserved populations.

Upon graduation, Shaun began her journey at Kedren Health starting as a therapist in Family Preservation seeing adults and children, later becoming the Director of Family Preservation. She then moved into the role as Children Outpatient and Day Treatment Director. Shaun has also served as Interim Social Services Director for Inpatient. As Director of Program Services, she has oversight over various programs including Adult Outpatient, AB-109, Outpatient Care Services, Wellness, Children’s Outpatient, Children’s Day Treatment, FSP Child/TAY, Prevention and Early Intervention, MAT, Specialized Foster Care, Family Preservation and School Mental Health. Her over 20-year tenure at Kedren is fueled by her commitment to Kedren ‘s mission and vision. She is also trained in various EBPs. Outside of being the proud pet parent to 3 fur babies, her interests lie in issues related to policy and administration, children and youth and mental health and well-being.

Dr. Gul Ebrahim, MD is an addiction psychiatry specialist in Los Angeles, CA. He currently practices at Kedren Community Care Clinic. Dr. Ebrahim is board certified in Addiction Psychiatry. Dr. Ebrahim graduated from the Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Medical School. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor Psychiatry, Charles Drew University.

Dr. Ebrahim holds a CA State Medical License and is a member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology/Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology/Addiction Psychiatry and the American Board of Preventive Medicine

Daniel Cho, MD, MPH is an inpatient psychiatrist working in the SPA 6 region of LA. Double board-certified in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, he has a strong interest in the interaction and overlap between psychiatric and traditional “medical” illnesses. Other interests include academic medicine, trainee wellness, and healthcare systems improvement. However, his passion has always been in advocacy for underserved and minority populations. He is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society elected in 2014 and was the recipient of a prestigious APA/APAF Leadership Fellowship. In his first year of fellowship, he served as the Chair of Leadership Development and Council Experience. In his second, he was elected as the Chair/President of APA/APAF Leadership Fellowship. He has served on the APA’s Council on Advocacy and Government Relations (2018-2020), the APA Board of Trustees (2019-2020), and most recently on the President’s Ad Hoc Work Group on Bed Capacity (2020-2021). He continues to work in academia as the Clerkship Director for the Psychiatry rotation and the Associate Program Director of the Psychiatry Residency at CDU. He is ecstatic to serve his term as Chief of Medical Staff at Kedren Health and to see how far we can propel the hospital forward!

Dr. Kelly Jones is the Chief Medical Officer at Kedren Health Primary Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center in South Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Georgetown University/Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Washington DC, and attended college and medical school at the University of Kansas. Following residency, she worked at Community Health Care Delivery System in Tacoma WA. She completed a Maternity Fellowship in Los Angeles at University of Southern California/California Hospital Residency Program in 2002, and stayed on as faculty where she eventually was named as Program Director of the Residency Program.She has been CMO at Kedren Health since August 2018, and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Sciences. Since moving to Los Angeles she has been involved in Healthcare Advocacy and has held leadership positions with LAAFP, CAFP, AAFP and STFM. Her interests include women’s health, healthcare advocacy, behavioral health and forensic medicine.

Amabel Santelices is a compassionate registered nurse with an extensive nursing experience in skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. She is a strong leader who believes in servant leadership and well-regarded nurse executive with an in-depth knowledge of nursing administration. She advocates nursing advancement by bridging the gap between nursing practice and business concepts and leveraging health care organization growth opportunities while improving quality nursing practice and quality patient care.

Amabel Santelices earned a degree in Master of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Leadership in Health Care Systems at Grand Canyon University in 2017. She has also completed a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) post-graduate certificate program at National University in 2019. She is a currently pursuing a degree in Doctor of Nursing Practice at Grand Canyon University.

Amabel Santelices is an active member of American Association of Director of Nursing Services, American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination, American Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and Philippine Nurses Association of America.

Dr. Ronald Dallatorre is the Director of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Services (DOR) for Adult and Children’s Inpatient Services.

He is a Navy veteran who grew up in Compton, CA and is motivated and passionate about serving his community. Dr. Dallatorre is a three-time graduate from the University of Southern California. During his Residency in 2018 at Kedren’s Outpatient Wellness program, he developed and facilitated an Improv-based Interventions for Adults with Mental and Substance Use Disorder utilizing the Eight Dimensions of Wellness from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

He has been DOR at Kedren since March 2019 and is an active member of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) and Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC).

His interests include baseball (Go Dodgers!!!), boxing, politics, and improv.