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Laguna Beach City Council
June 9, 2026

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Attach 1 - HHSC Applications
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June 9, 2026
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2 DIANE HARRISON,
LCSW
Orange County, California

PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY
Over fifteen years of experience in social work and psychotherapy. Works effectively with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Committed to helping people increase their emotional wellbeing and implement positive change in their lives and communities.

SKILLS • Trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches • Vast experience working with multidisciplinary teams and community partners • Proven ability to work with diverse populations
• Strong supervisory experience managing staff and budgets • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
WORK HISTORY Therapist • Fusion Care Group
Group private practice providing therapy to children, adolescents, and adults.

Laguna Hills, CA • May 2024 to present
 Provide telehealth and in-person therapy to clients
Clinical Supervisor • Western Youth Services
A community-based clinic providing mental health services for youth and families.

Mission Viejo, California • March 2020 to February 2024  Supervised clinical staff (group and individual supervision) in the delivery of assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention to clients  Ensured compliance with standards of the Board of Behavioral Sciences  Reviewed clinical notes of therapists to ensure effective treatment  Provided therapy to a small caseload of children and families Lecturer • California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), Department of Social Work Fullerton, California • August 2018 to May 2022
Courses taught:
 Social Work Field Instruction I and II
 Advanced Social Work Field Instruction I and II
Clinical Supervisor • CSUF Center for Healthy Neighborhoods A community agency providing services to alleviate education and health disparities.

Fullerton, California • August 2017 to May 2022
 Directed all aspects of the Center's School-Based Mental Health Program (2017- 2020) and Center’s MSW Case Management Services (2020-2022)  Trained Master of Social Work (MSW) Interns on clinical assessment, treatment planning and intervention techniques for counseling placements in the Fullerton School District (2017-2020)
 Developed case management procedures for Center staff to link clients to resources 3 Harrison, page 2
Director of Housing and Homeless Prevention • South County Outreach A nonprofit agency focusing on hunger and homelessness prevention.

Irvine, California • October 2015 to June 2017
 Responsible for the overall operation of Transitional Housing Program (THP) for homeless families
 Supervised THP staff (full-time and contractual staff, volunteers, MSW Intern)  Fiduciary responsibility for $250K annual funding for THP program operations  Oversaw applications, assessments, intakes, and exit processes for THP families  Provided weekly case management for families
 Represented agency in the community and nurtured collaborative relationships with outside providers
Therapist • Western Youth Services
Mission Viejo, California • March 2014 to October 2015
 Responsible for delivery of clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, case management, and crisis intervention to clients (children and adults)  Managed a caseload of approximately 25 weekly clients  Provided effective individual, family, and group therapy  Facilitated parent support groups

School Counselor • Western Youth Services (JumpStart for Kids Program) Anaheim, CA • October 2011 to February 2014
 Provided mental health treatment for students (individual and group therapy)  Linked families to community referrals for needed services  Designed activities and presentations to promote positive mental health outcomes .

ADDITIONAL

EXPERIENCE
Grant Writer • Blais & Associates
Rancho Santa Margarita, California • 2009- 2013
Lead grant writer and/or segment writer for grant applications securing $1.5 million in funding for clients. Researched grant opportunities for clients’ proposals.

Freelance Writer/Producer • 1995 – 2010
Writer for television scripts, annual reports, marketing material, web copy, and educational projects. Producer for educational television and documentaries, supervising all staff and production activities and managing budgets.

EDUCATION Master of Social Work • California State University, Fullerton Community Mental Health
B.A • Notre Dame of Maryland University
Double Major: English & Communication Arts
LCSW Registration Number: 74458
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Adam E. Redding-Kaufman

EDUCATION
University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
Masters of Science in Applied Economics and Finance June, 2019 - Developed expertise with R, Python, Stata, & Excel.
- Calculated complex economic and statistical/econometric models. - Devoted to visualizing data & complex concepts in intuitive and understandable formats California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA Major of Quantitative Economics June, 2016
- Law Minor, and Concentration in Entrepreneurship
- Upperclassmen GPA: 3.21 - Major Specific GPA: 3.09 - Total GPA: 3.083 - Special Events Chair of Poly Reps (College Tour Guides) in 2016 and President of Surf Team 2013-2016.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Fisher Phillips Irvine, CA
Senior Data Analyst/Team Lead March, 2023 - Present
- Estimated damages for mediation in more than 425 wage & hour cases or PAGA Audits. - Consulted directly with firm clients regarding formulas required to pay employees correctly in California. - Assisted in scaling the FP DAT team from 3 analysts to 15 over a two-year period. - Developed Excel VBA & Python code to automate data extraction, quality assurance & analysis. - Performed linear regression analysis in R to audit employee demographic data and flag discrimination.

Berger Consulting Group Los Angeles, CA
Data Analyst October, 2019 - March, 2023
- Balanced a heavy caseload analyzing data for more than 600 unique cases in three years. - Perform data cleaning & analysis for wage and hour claims, PAGA claims, employee misclassification, discrimination issues, damage models, and other abstract and unique data questions from clients. - Developed a thorough understanding of Optical Character Recognition software and how to maximize conversion efficiency in Adobe and ABBYY. I lead the OCR training for new employees. - Formulated, scripted, automated, & created databases through VBA and template building to work faster.

Baltodano & Baltodano LLP/The Baltodano Firm, APC San Luis Obispo, CA Litigation Assistant/Executive Assistant June, 2016 - June, 2018 - Conducted damage model exposure analysis on meal & rest breaks, regular rate, time to pay match, and PAGA labor code violations.
- Provided litigation assistance to attorneys representing thousands of class action and single plaintiff clients alleging wage theft, discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination. - Communicated with and interviewed class members in support of litigation. - Maintained office organization, developed firm policies, prepared legal documents for filing. - Negotiated contracts and implemented policies related to firm transition from LLP to APC.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT RECENT AWARDS
Laguna Beach Housing & Human Services, Vice Chair 2023 Surfer of Distinction, Orange County First Term: Appointed with votes from 4 of 5 City Councilmembers. State Senator Janet Nguyen Second Term: City Council voted 5 of 5. Appointed to Vice Chair.

Competitive Surfer (20-29, 30-39), Laguna Beach Boardriders Only three surfers per town, per age group.
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