Staff

PROMOTING EVALUATION AND RESEARCH IN ALL COMMUNITIES

Richard C. Cervantes, Ph.D.   (President/CEO)
Dr. Cervantes received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Oklahoma State University .  He served as research  Psychologist at the UCLA Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center (1984-89) and more recently  held a full-time faculty appointment in the USC    School   of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral  Sciences (1990-1995).

He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Center   for Behavioral Research and services at the California State University , Long Beach.  He has evaluated a number of community based prevention programs,   including two Community Partnership Prevention   Programs funded by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California Endowment and the California Community Foundation.