About
Meet the Team
The HEARD Alliance is led by a diverse network of community stakeholders collaborating to promote youth mental health and prevent suicide, including the founding members who helped shape this initiative from the start.

Amy Heneghan, MD
Pediatrician
Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Rebecca Beacom, BS
Project Consultant
Stanford School of Medicine

Mary Ojakian, RN
County of Santa Clara
Suicide Prevention Oversight and
Intervention Committee

Diana Wilson, LCSW
Intervention & Training Consultant
Stanford School of Medicine

Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP
Professor, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Academic Wellbeing, Director of School Mental Health Services, Director of combined training in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry and
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health

Steven Adelsheim, MD
Clinical Professor & Director,
Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, Associate Chair, Community Engagement, Stanford School of Medicine

Jennifer Del Bono, M.Ed
SEL/RP Coordinator
Del Bono Group LLC
County of Santa Clara
Behavioral Health Services Department

Ivan Rodriguez, MFA
School Mental Health Coordinator
Stanford School of Medicine

Taraneh Ahmadi, MPH
Project Manager
Stanford School of Medicine

Mego Lien, MPH, MIA
Prevention Services Division Director
County of Santa Clara
Behavioral Health Services Department

Jasmine Lopez, MA
School-based Prevention Services Manager
County of Santa Clara
Behavioral Health Services Department
