Our Leadership Team | Child Guidance Center

Lynda Akiyama

Clinical Program Director

Lynda Akiyama is the Clinical Program Director of Child Guidance Center’s Fullerton Clinic. Lynda began her journey at Child Guidance Center in 1998 as a full-time clinician....

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Rubi Becerra

L.M.F.T., Clinical Program Director

Rubi Lopez Becerra is the clinical program director of the Strong Families, Strong Children (SFSC) collaborative, established in July 2015 for military and veteran connected families with...

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Ray Cordova

L.C.S.W., Clinical Program Director

Eranio "Ray" Cordova is the Clinical Program Director for Child Guidance Center’s Buena Park Clinic. Ray began working at Child Guidance Center as an Associate Clinical Social...

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Karen Francis

M.S.W., Director of Development

Karen Francis is passionate about improving the community she lives in and has over 20 years of experience allocating and raising critical funding for leading nonprofits. As...

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Rudy Gomez

L.M.F.T, Clinical Program Director

Rodolfo Gomez (Rudy) is Clinical Program Director for the Children’s Outpatient Behavioral Health Program at Child Guidance Center’s Buena Park and Fullerton clinics. Rudy began at Child...

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Elaine O'Rourke

Manager of Operations

Elaine O’Rourke has more than 30 years of management and information technology (IT) experience. Elaine oversees IT and site operations across CGC’s multiple locations, including Santa Ana,...

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Ronald Perkins

Controller

Ron graduated from California University Long Beach with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and an Masters in Business Administration in Finance. Ron has worked in numerous...

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Paulette Romain-Stave

Psy.D., Clinical Program Director

Paulette Romain-Stave has been with Child Guidance Center for 14 years. Starting as a doctoral intern, she has held multiple roles including assistant clinical director, co-director of...

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Nancy Guardado

Psy.D., Clinical Director

Dr. Nancy Guardado is the Clinical Program Director of Child Guidance Center’s San Clemente clinic. Dr. Guardado began her journey at Child Guidance Center in 2019 during...

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