Michelle Doty Cabrera
Executive Director

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Michelle Doty Cabrera joined CBHDA as Executive Director in May 2019. Prior to joining CBHDA she served as the Healthcare Director for the California State Council of the Services Employees International Union (SEIU California), where she advocated on behalf of healthcare workers and consumers, including SEIU California’s county behavioral health workforce, on issues related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Health Equity, Health4All, and cost containment, among others. She served as a Senior Consultant for the Assembly Human Services Committee, where she specialized in child welfare issues and staffed legislation which extended foster care in California to age 21. Ms. Cabrera also served as a Program Officer for the California Healthcare Foundation, working as a liaison on state health policy in Sacramento.

Ms. Cabrera served as a member of Governor Newsom’s Council of Regional Homeless Advisors and was recently appointed to the California Disability and Aging Community Living Advisory Committee, representing the needs of individuals with behavioral health conditions. Ms. Cabrera has been an inaugural member of the National Quality Forum’s Standing Committee on Disparities and has served on the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) Board of Directors since 2015.

Education

• B.S.F.S. International Politics, Georgetown University