Council on Mentally
Ill Offenders

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COMIO - Members

Composition of the Council:

  • Chairperson: Matthew L. Cate, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
    • Vice-Chairperson: Cliff Allenby, Ph.D., Acting Director, California Department of Mental Health (DMH).
    • Joe DeMorales, Acting Deputy Director, Hospital Operations, California Department of Mental Health (DMH)
    • David Lehman, Chief Probation Officer, Humboldt County, and member of the Board of Corrections (retired)
    • Stephen Manley, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
    • David Meyer, J.D., Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Science, Keck School of Medicine, USC
    • James W. Sweeney, J.D., Legislative Advocate, James W. Sweeney and Associates
    • Charles L. Walters, Ph.D., Assistant Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department (Retired)

Support Staff:

  • Legal Counsel: Thomas Gilevich, Assistant Chief Counsel