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David Carrillo An experienced trainer and group facilitator with a long history of multicultural experience and advocacy, began to realize a dream for his life's work when he established the National Center for Cultural Healing in 1976. David has extensive experience in addictions, juvenile justice, mental health, and prevention and treatment. He has worked with program coordination, strategic planning and monitoring, and evaluation at community, state, and national levels. He has worked as a facilitator with the Texaco diversity training team and similar national training and group facilitation efforts. In addition to training and consulting, his skills include risk assessment, advocacy, curriculum development, counseling and case management, program planning and management, and marketing and media outreach and cultural awareness. In all of his work, David has been an effective advocate for a variety of Native American tribal and multicultural perspectives. He has developed extensive experience with culturally and economically diverse groups.

Manny Brandt Manny has over a 30-year history of work to build diverse systems and communities that are safe, healthy, and filled with opportunities. He has extensive experience in delivering consulting, training and technical assistance and in respectful, collaborative, and empowering ways to share practical knowledge, skills, and experience with audiences from a wide variety of occupational, economic, and cultural backgrounds and from community, state, national or multi-national settings. He has worked as a consultant with the President's Initiative on Race and similar national initiatives. His skills include organization, program and community development, systems planning and development, multicultural issues, network and team-building, reengineering and facilitating change, strategic planning and management, and substance abuse prevention and treatment. He has developed extensive experience with culturally and economically diverse groups.