Meet our Board
Board Chair, Amy Cleveland
HR Director, Pierce Transit
Amy currently serves as Executive Director of Administration at Pierce Transit. In addition to serving as a member of the executive team, her focus areas are currently DEI, HR, labor relations, risk management, and workforce development at a public transit agency. Amy has over 20 years’ experience in local government and non-profit organizations. Her past positions include HR Director at BHR as well as various HR positions at the city and county government level. Amy holds a BA in psychology and completed courses in the MPA program at City University.
Outside of work, Amy loves to cook and spend time with my family, especially her three grandchildren, the smartest and cutest humans she's ever met.
Vice-Chair, Brad Livingstone
Brad Livingstone, R.Ph.
Brad has called Olympia home since 1991. Graduating
from Washington State University College of Pharmacy in 1996 (Go Cougs!), he has followed an eclectic path toward entrepreneurism. He currently owns and operates Sound Specialty Pharmacy in Olympia. Brad has been involved in drug trials, is a clinical and operational consultant for outpatient surgical centers, independent pharmacies, and inpatient skilled nursing facilities, and has a strong background in quality control and operations management.
Brad has 3 children and enjoys spending his free time on any body of water, goofing around with his family, playing drums, guitar, taking in sporting events, live concerts, theater, road trips, and visiting historical sites and museums.
Secretary/Treasurer, Albert Weinnig
Detective Sergeant, Olympia Police Department
Al & daughter for the Kids Academy demo.
Being on the BHR Board provides me with the unique opportunity to serve the community in multiple ways. Not only do I get interact with the community on a daily basis through my work in Law Enforcement, but I also get to see the benefits of amazing services provided by BHR.
Thurston County SWAT Team & Kids group photo.
Al Weinnig currently serves as a Sergeant for the Olympia Police Department where he supervises the Detective Division responsible for conducting in-depth investigations regarding serious crimes that occur within Olympia and Thurston County. Sgt Weinnig is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S Army Reserves. During his time with the Olympia Police Department, Sgt Weinnig has worked as a Patrol Officer, a general felony Detective, the Administrative Sergeant and was a member of the Thurston County SWAT Team. Al is a member of the Department’s Fair and Impartial Policing instructor team, the Peer Support Team and has acted as a liaison to Community Youth Services. Over the last several years, Al has been an assistant planner for the Thurston County IF Project, which is an innovative partnership between law enforcement, currently and previously incarcerated adults and community members to reduce recidivism, especially among youth within our county.
Board Member, Abe Gardner
Emergency Prevention Specialist, North Mason Fire
Abraham Gardner currently works for the North Mason Regional Fire Authority (NMRFA) as the Emergency Prevention Specialist, where he coordinates community programs including a new and innovative project, the Resource Access Program. Previous to working at NMRFA Abe worked as a Program Coordinator at Mason County Public Health for 5 years, helping to develop, coordinate and implement the following programs - Mason County overdose prevention and Narcan distribution program, Substance Use Mobile Outreach Program, Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program, Mason County Jail MAT/Re-entry program and the Behavioral Health Navigator Program for the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and Shelton Police Department.
Abe is a Washington State Certified Peer Counselor, and he received his BA from the Evergreen State College with an emphasis in psychology. He participates as a member of the Shelton Prevention Education Partners, is a member of the Mason County Drug Court Policy and Planning Team and is a current member and former Vice-President of the Shelton Centennial Lions Club.
When not at work, Abe enjoys golfing, bowling, fishing, and spending time with his family. Abe and his wife Lisa have two children, Annabelle and Donald.
“Being a part of the BHR Board allows me the opportunity to support an agency that provides incredibly important services in my community. Being a person in long-term recovery and having been a consumer of behavioral health services myself, I believe that it is imperative to give back and be of service whenever possible and being a part of the BHR Governing Board allows me to do just that.”
Board Member, Tendai Masiriri
Director of Behavioral Health, Providence Health and Services
I am a father of three daughters. Have been married for more than 25 years. Worked in behavioral health and human services for more than 20 years. Have led mental health practices across the life span: with children and families specializing in trauma informed care for children from adverse circumstances, adults with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders across the whole spectrum of community, outpatient, subacute and acute care settings. Currently serve as director of behavioral health services at Providence St. Peter and Centralia hospitals. Oversee outpatient behavioral health clinics and community programs that serve diverse population group. Earned a Ph.D., in interdisciplinary health sciences and three masters’ degrees in health administration, health outcomes research and social work with a concentration in clinical behavioral health. Research interest in the influence of integrated primary care clinic settings on the use of mental health services and depression treatment response among male patients; exploring the influence of stigma and masculine gender socialization. Outside of work, I enjoy cycling both indoors and outdoors. I like learning new things, ways of thinking about/perceiving our beautiful and expansive world, reading and listening to audio books.
Board Member, Teya Harris
PCAP CM Supervisor, Family Education & Support Service
Teya Harris was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas (Rock Chalk
Jayhawks and The Chiefs!) and moved to Tumwater WA in 2011. Drugs and Alcohol were prevalent for most of her life which led her to DUI/Drug Court Program of Thurston County. Addiction and Mental health were the core part of her life. She graduated from Drug Court February of 2016. On August 12 of this year, she celebrated 9 years of Sobriety. Her history is not a hidden secret but is used as a tool to give other woman strength, hope, and mentorship from a space of understanding. She has a great passion for helping others provide a healthy future to end generational trauma and the ability to raise happy, healthy children for the future.
Teya has two children of her own with a 34-year-old Son and 19-year-old Daughter. She has 7 grandchildren and is also a kinship care provider for her 14-year-old trans male grandchild, as well as her great nephew 5 and great niece 3 whom she has raised since they were infants.
She received her BA in Business Management from Emporia State University in 2003. She is currently in the process of working on the Certified Peer-Counselor training, she is certified in Uplift Advocacy training, Wellbeing certified trainer, Moral Recognition Therapy (MRT) Certified Facilitator, and the ability to administer the human research intake form Addiction Severity Index (ASI) for the University Washington research team.
She has worked with the Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP) for 7 years at Family Education Support Services (FESS).
PCAP is a human research study out of the University of
Washington (UW) Dept. of Psychiatry/ Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI). The Parent‐Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is an award winning, evidence‐informed home visitation case‐management model for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders. PCAP goals are to help mothers build healthy families and prevent future births of children exposed prenatally to alcohol and drugs.
“Being on the BHR Board is important to me and a great place to have a voice for others. BHR plays a vital role in our community and provides a vast array of services not only mental health for all people but also SUD services for a population that I also serve. Having a voice for the public is of vast importance to me and this board is a wonderful group of people that are like minded.”
Board Member, Sarah Clinton
Executive Director of Advancement in the South Sound YMCA
Sarah Clinton has 25 years of experience in the YMCA movement. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Advancement in the South Sound YMCA in Olympia. Here she serves on the CEO’s Executive Leadership Team and leads the Y in the areas of fund development, marketing/communications, volunteer leadership, and executive management.
Prior to this role, Sarah’s work primarily focused on youth development. As Executive Director for the statewide YMCA Youth & Government program, she ensured students around Washington had access to high quality civic education experiences. During this time, Sarah also worked with YMCA of the USA to develop a national civics competition and engage youth in the Y’s advocacy work on the national level. Following her time at Youth & Government, Sarah used her experience navigating state government processes to support changes in childcare regulations that support access, affordability, and safety for all youth in our state.
Throughout her career, Sarah has focused on volunteer engagement and building strategic community partnerships as a critical component of her YMCA work. She believes that everyone has a role to play in strengthening our communities and enjoys matching individual interests and talents to community and organizational needs.
Sarah has degrees in Sociology, Psychology, and Recreation from Western Washington University and a Master’s in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College. She lives in Olympia with her caring, hilarious, and brilliant husband (Christopher) and two children (Lucy & James) who bring laughter, love and daily opportunities for growth and learning into her life.
Board member, Margaret Brammall
Retired Public Defender
Margaret with daughter and granddaughter.
Daughter and grandchildren.
Margaret was born and raised in England. From an early age, while experiencing her grandmother’s struggle with bipolar disorder and eventual death by suicide, she has been interested in behavioral health. While at Oxford University, she became co-chair of Oxment (Oxford University Mental Health Society), and she volunteered at a halfway house for people recovering from substance use disorder. After graduation, she became a research associate in the field of mental illness.
After immigrating to the United States in 1972, Margaret and her ex-husband adopted four special needs children. Later, when she became a single parent, she gave up her career and worked at a job with flexible hours. When they were old enough to be independent, she entered law school.
Margaret's son.
Until her retirement in December 2022, Margaret worked for Thurston County Public Defense. In addition to representing clients with severe mental illness who were facing felony charges, she was a founding member of the Mental Health Court team, and in 2004 she began representing clients detained to a behavioral health facility under the Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA). For the last several years of her career she worked part-time, defending only ITA clients.
Board member, Traci Sandstrom
Director of Teaching, Learning, and Technology Aberdeen School District
Traci has been an educator for 31 years beginning in the Ocean Shores School District and then the Hoquiam School District. She was an elementary school teacher for 14 years and then transitioned into leadership as a principal at the elementary level for 8 years and then at the middle school level for 3. She then took on a new leadership role in the Aberdeen School District as the Director of Teaching, Learning and Technology where she currently is employed.
Traci has worked to ensure schools have social-emotional curriculum and all staff have professional development and resources to support the high needs of our students. She is the district counselor lead and helped develop a partnership with BHR to provide services and remove barriers for students in need of these services. She has also been a member of the Harbor Strong Coalition that targets drug use and the mental health issues of our youth using data from the Healthy Youth Survey.
Outside of work, Traci has three grown children, (David, Piper, & Jade) a husband of 32 years, (Jim) and loves traveling to the warmer weather with family. She also loves to refurbish and create furniture in her spare time.
Board member, John D. Scott
Chief Administrative Officer - DSHS (OEDAI)
Being on the BHR allows me to use my “lived experience” to serve the community through a different lens. I bring a unique cultural background that will benefit the community.
John has been working for the state of Washington for over 30 years. He currently works for DSHS in Olympia, as the Chief Administrative Officer in the Office of the Secretary, with his primary focus in OEDAI. His past positions include Violence Reduction Manager at Western State Hospital, Ward Administrator at Western State Hospital, Residential Program Director at the Special Commitment Center (SCC) and several administrative positions for the Washington State Department of Corrections.
John holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University in Social Science, as well as an MBA with a certification in Human Resources from The University of Phoenix. He also holds a Certified Lean Sigma Six Green Belt from the University of Washington.
John has been in the United States Army Reserves since 2008 and currently is a Human Resource NCO for the 104th Division at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Outside of work, John enjoys traveling the world, sporting events, barbecuing, playing cards and golfing.