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Mindy Kaling
Actor, Comedian, Writer and Producer
Alex Padilla
U.S. Senator Representing California
Anne Sweeney
Help Group Parent
Brad Sherman
Congressmember Serving California’s San Fernando Valley
Parent
Jason Bolton, PsyD
Vice President of Community Partnerships & Admissions, The Help Group
Parent
Kevin Beggs
Chairman, Lionsgate Television
Kimberly Hébert
Actor
Help Group Parent
Joe Mantegna
Actor, Parent and Autism Advocate
Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa
41st Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Darrell Steinberg
Mayor, City of Sacramento
Founder, Steinberg Institute
Former President pro Tempore, California State Senate
Mary Urquhart
Help Group Parent and Autism Advocate
Mike Hopkins
SVP, Prime Video and Amazon Studios, Amazon
Hon. Zev Yaroslavsky
Former Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Former Member, Los Angeles City Council
Steve Stark
Steve Stark Productions
Celeste Alleyne
Director of Executive Engagements, Microsoft
Gary Cole
Actor, Parent, Autism Advocate
Louis Vismara, MD
Co-Founder UC Davis MIND Institute
Parent Advocate
Robert Hertzberg
Senate Majority Leader
California State Senator
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Los Angeles City Councilmember | District 10
Former Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Maria Lopez
Help Group Parent
Hon. John Chiang
Co-Chair, California Forward
Former California State Treasurer and Controller
Shafali Jeste, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Pediatrics,
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Semel Institute
Director, The Help Group – UCLA Autism Research Alliance
Grace Baranek, PhD
Associate Dean and Chair and Mrs. T. H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, USC
The Help Group- USC Occupational Science Initiative
Rebekah Firestone
Help Group Teacher
Jamie Pearson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Special Education, College of Education
North Carolina State University
Jim Frazier
California Assembly Member
Chair of the Select Committee on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Bob & Hilary Kip
Help Group Parents
Lawrence Fung, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford Neurodiversity Project
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Parent Advocate
Louis Vismara, MD
Co-Founder UC Davis MIND Institute
Parent Advocate
Paul Wehman, PhD
Professor, School of Education Counseling and Special Education Dept.
Virginia Commonwealth University
David Sharif
Autism Self-Advocate and former Help Group Village Glen Graduate
Joe Sprung
Founder & Chairman, Bear Givers
Diane Lempert
President, Bear Givers
Seow Leng Porter
Help Group Parent
Charlotte DiStefano, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Center for Autism Research & Treatment
Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute
Robert Accordino, MD
US Founder, Music for Autism
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