For the past seventeen years, she has worked for PSA. For ten of those years she was the Clinical Director and Vice President of Operations, and for the last seven she has been the CEO.

Sara has a broad background of experience that ranges from working with children and adolescents to the SMI population. She has sat on the Best Practices Committee of the State and has been involved in bringing new and innovative programming to PSA.  Sara, along with her staff, helped create Art Awakenings, a new and creative way in working with those with psychiatric disabilities.  The motto that she works with is one that has helped create People, Service, Action.

Sara is licensed by the State of Arizona as a Professional Counselor.

Cassie Leavitt
Chief Operations Officer

Cassie has 15 years experience working in social services field (criminal justice, mental health, child and family experience). 
8+ years working for the Regional Behavioral Health Authority with the Adult SMI population (clinical, evaluations, residential) of which 6 years where in a management capacity.

Licensed by the State of Arizona as a professional counselor.
Member of the American Counseling Association.

Belinda Rouzaud, LCSW
Chief Clinical Officer

Belinda has worked in the Maricopa County mental health community for the past 19 years.  She received her Master’s degree in social work from ASU and is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).  Belinda has extensive training in psychosocial rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment, Gestalt Therapy and EMDR.  She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in many areas including: systems management, leadership, clinical oversight and supervision.  Belinda has worked as a therapist with a variety of populations including working with the Seriously Mentally Ill, chemical dependency/substance abuse, families, children, teens and adults.  She worked for 9 years in clinical leadership roles at the RBHA and prior to that she worked in a variety of settings that include inpatient, outpatient, crisis, and  residential with at risk teens. Belinda enjoys reading, cooking, traveling and Hiking with her trusty Chihuahua Yoda.

Juan Mireles
Director of Diversity

Since 20005, John Mireles has been Director of Diversity with PSA Behavioral Health Agency.
John Mireles educational accomplishments include:

Bachelor of Science Degree, Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Theological Studies , Phoenix Bible College and Seminary.

Graduate studies Community Development and Human Relations in the Urban Affairs and Cultural Foundations of Education Master of Science Degree Programs at The Graduate School , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Community Organizer training: Gamaliel Foundation, Chicago, Illinois; Federation for Civic Action, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Latin American Union for Civil Rights, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Certified Trainer in Cultural Competency with the State of Arizona Dept. of Behavioral Health Services.

Ordained Elder/Pastor, Church of God in Christ, Phoenix, Arizona.

John Mireles has held many administrative positions in government, higher education, and community based organizations.

District Director, League of United Latin American Citizens, Maricopa County, AZ.

Volunteer Chaplain/Clergy, Arizona Correctional Institutions.

Youth Program Coordinator, Glendale Youth Center, Glendale, AZ.

Clinical Program Coordinator, Presbyterian Service Agency, Phoenix, AZ.

Case Manager, Comcare/Maricopa County Regional Behavioral Health Authority, Phoenix, AZ.

Counselor, Centro de la Familia, Chicanos Por La Causa, Phoenix, AZ.

Community Organizer, West Side Community Center, Chicanos Por La Causa, Phoenix, AZ.

Director of Community Organizing, Federation for Civic Action, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Assistant Director of Minority Affairs/Health Careers Opportunity Program,  Marquette University School of Dentistry , Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Equal Opportunity Specialist, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity  Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Executive Director, Spanish Centers of Southeastern Wisconsin, Racine, Wisconsin.

Director, Harambee Ombudsman Project, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Director, Latin American Chamber of Commerce, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Executive Director, Walkers Point Youth and Family Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Educational Counselor, Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board, Milwaukee, Wisconsin qual Right Specialist, Wisconsin Dept of Industry Labor and Human Relations, Madison, Wisconsin.

Mimi Bohlman
Board President

Mimi Bohlman and her husband Mac are business owners to his law practice, where she has acted as the legal secretary for 35 years. In addition, they own and operate Tri City go Cart Track in North Tempe.

Born in Moscow, Idaho, and growing up in Spokane, Washington, Mimi attended the University of Idaho. She became a flight attendant for West Coast Airlines, and the night before they received their wings, she met her husband. Coming from Bloomington, Indiana in January, 1964 Mimi and her husband moved to the Valley of the Sun with their 2 year old son, Bill. The family settled in Tempe and has remained here ever since.

Mimi has been active in the ASU Faculty Wives Club, president one year; Tempe Jr. Women's Club; served on the board of the Tempe Center for Habilitation for approximately eight years and served as President for 2 years. She has been a member of the Zonta Club of the East Valley, originally the Zonta Club of Tempe, since 1978 and have served as President 3 times. Mimi has been a member of the Tempe Sister Cities Corp since 1971, and took the original exchange students to Skopja, Yugoslavia, now Macedonia, in 1972. Mimi has been active in her church in Tempe since joining in 1965. She served on the Tempe Community Council Agency Review board for about 5 years, and organized a women's auxiliary for the Tempe Salvation Army.

While serving on these boards and being active in organizations, Mimi and her husband raised their four children and participated in their activities, plus serving on various PTA committees with their schools.

Interesting life! Mac and Mimi have been married for 47 years and keep wondering where the time has gone.

William L. Raby
Board Member

WILLIAM L. RABY, retired Deloitte & Touche partner and emeritus professor of accounting at Arizona State University, is a past vice president of the American Institute of CPAs and a past chair of its Tax Division. A member of the U.S. Tax Court Bar, Dr. Raby served 12 years on the Arizona Board of Tax Appeals (which hears appeals from actions of the Arizona Department of Revenue). He handles transactional tax planning and tax controversies as a consultant to the Raby Law Office in Tempe, Arizona; co-authors (with Burgess Raby) weekly tax practice articles for Tax Notes and for Tax Practice, weekly tax magazines published by Tax Analysts; is the regular guest expert on the monthly CPE Network video tax tapes and the monthly audio tax and financial planning tapes produced by Bisk Publishing for CPA continuing education; and serves as a consultant to accounting and law firms, an expert witness in cases involving tax-related matters, and an arbitrator in commercial disputes. From 1986-96, he wrote the Raby Report on Tax Practice, a monthly newsletter on tax practice management.

He served in various offices in the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, and was chairman of its board in 1987. The author or co-author of eight tax-related books, his CPA firm experience included heading the tax function nationally for Touche Ross and then managing the Phoenix Touche Ross office, plus earlier partnerships in Swenson & Raby, Rockford, Illinois, William L. Raby & Co., Tucson, Arizona, and Laventhol & Horwath (where he was National Tax Partner and a member of the governing board from 1970 to 1977). He was the 1993-94 president of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy, is listed in Who's Who in America, and was named to the Accounting Today list of the 100 most influential people in accounting nationally in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. In 1991, he was presented with the AICPA’s Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award for service to the tax profession. He previously served on the PSA board from 1991 to 1997, and rejoined the board in September 2006.

Lawn Griffiths
Board Member

Lawn Griffiths of Tempe joined the PSA board on January 1, 1987. During his 20 years on the board, he was first vice president, starting in 1991, secretary in 1993, and back to vice president in 1994. On Jan 1, 1995he became president and served as its president for three years. He was secretary again for a number of years and vice president since 2005.
Lawn lives in Tempe and is active at University Presbyterian Church, where he has served four three-year officer terms as a elder, deacon and trustee. Born in 1946in Des Moines, Iowa, he has a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism from Iowa State University (1968) and a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (1972). He served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay (1968-69) and the U.S. Army (1969-71). He was an editor and columnist at the Waterloo (Iowa) Courier, 1972-1984, and then moved to the Tempe Daily News as city editor and later managing editor. In 1987, he moved to the Mesa Tribune, now the East Valley Tribune and Scottsdale Tribune where he has been the Town Crier columnist and more than 15 years as a Spiritual Life Editor.
He has spent 35 years with the daily newspapers. He has served on about 15 community boards. Lawn has earned 70 awards in writing and community service. In 1992 he received the annual Outstanding Citizen Leadership Award from Tempe Leadership and in 1995 won Tempe’s highest honor, the Don Carlos Humanitarian Award. In 2004, the Tempe Historical Society named him one of the 35 “Tempe Living Legends.” Lawn and his wife of 33 years, Patty, have two married and grown children and two granddaughters.

Ron Harness
Board Member

Ron is a retired Honeywell Electrical Engineer and a Computer Science Major with multi-year experience in the computer and avionics research and development.
Ron came to Arizona in 1965, transferring from General Electric. He has four children and nine grandchildren who all live in Prescott and Tempe.
Ron joined the PSA board of Directors as a parent of a mentally ill adult and is able to give much valuable insight as to ways the agency may provide support for its clients and their families.

Gayna McCrary Rowe
Board Member

I graduated with a B.S. in Journalism from Colorado State University. I worked twelve years with a Public Service Company, a gas and electric utility, in their Public Relations Division. While there I ran the company’s corporate speaker’s bureau, did community relations, corporate contributions and finally functioned as speechwriter for the President and CEO of the company.

My next position was with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority as a Public Affairs Supervisor. My initial function was to supervise a small staff and produce a newsletter on the progress of the subway and light rail systems and to produce the Annual Report. I later went on to write speeches for the President and CEO of the MTA.

My last position was with a Fortune 100 company, Bell Atlantic, now known as Verizon. In that position I was a Public Affairs Manager who was responsible for a statewide initiative, World School, corporate contributions and advertising, for the state of West Virgina. Additionally, I was a corporate speechwriter for the President and CEO of the company.

Dr. Darlene Little
Board Member

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 Dr. Darlene Little holds a doctorate degree in Educational Administration, Policy Studies from Arizona State University. With over 30
years in public education, Dr Little has taught Pre-school through 6th grade, worked  in Japan for 2 years for the Dept . of Defense Schools, and   
was a principal for 8 years in the Cartwright School District.  She recently retired from the Cartwright  School District as the Director of Special Services.
Within the District, she facilitated  strategic planning, assisted in the development of the professional plan and wasmentor/coach for new administrators.
 As the special education director, she had oversight of the special education budget, the 17 District schools’ special education departments and the Early
Childhood Center.   Currently, Dr. Little is a consultant for the State Dept of Education, providing support to school leadership teams,Administrators
 and Districts.  She is also a volunteer for Tanner Community Development Corporation, (TCDC) a non-profit , community, faith-based organization .
At TCDC, she writes curriculum for parenting classes and serve as the Parents as Teachers Supervisor., a home visitation program for parents whose children