Each year, join OCEBHA and leading professionals in the fields of geriatric care, mental health, substance use, and social services for skills-based sessions related to supporting the behavioral health needs of older adults across care settings.
OCEBHA's 3rd Annual Behavioral Health & Aging Conference: Navigating the Intersection of Justice and Dignity in Older Adult Behavioral Health.
The Oregon Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health and Aging (OCEBHA) presents its 3rd annual conference with the theme: Navigating the Intersection of Justice and Dignity in Older Adult Behavioral Health.
Join OCEBHA and leading professionals in the fields of geriatric care, mental health, substance use, and social services for skills-based sessions related to supporting the behavioral health needs of older adults across care settings.
When
Conference Dates:
Tuesday, September 15th 2026 (12pm – 4pm PT)
Wednesday, September 16th 2026 (9am – 5pm PT)
Where
Wilsonville Conference Center
25425 SW 95th Ave,
Wilsonville, OR
97070
Accommodations
- Holiday Inn Portland- I-5 S (Wilsonville)
- Follow this link or use code BHC for discounted booking
- Onsight hotel, use our discounted code for $119 nightly rate.
- Best Western Plus Parkway Inn
- 4 min drive / 18 min walk to the convention center. 4.2 stars, nightly average of $90-110.
- Motel 6 Wilsonville, OR – Portland
- 3 min drive / 15 min walk to the convention center. 3.5 stars, nightly average of $50-75
Program Information
Read our conference program which has all the information you need about times, parking, CEUs, presentation descriptions, speaker bios, poster presentations, and more!
Speakers
Sarah Kopelovich, PhD
Dr. Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified clinical psychologist and national leader in advancing evidence-based care for individuals with serious mental illness across public behavioral health systems. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she holds the first Professorship in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis.
Margot Kushel, MD
Margot Kushel, MD is a Professor of Medicine and Division Chief at the Division of Health and Society at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and Director of the UCSF Action Research Center for Health and UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. Margot's research focuses on reducing the burden of homelessness on health through examining efforts to prevent and end homelessness and mitigating the effects of housing instability on health care outcomes.
Brooke Ambrose, MPH
Brooke Ambrose is the ADRD Program Manager at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, where she leads statewide efforts to strengthen systems of care for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. Her work focuses on advancing cross-sector collaboration, implementing innovative programs, and improving access to care, particularly in rural communities.Brooke currently leads Idaho’s implementation of the Neurocognitive Crisis Hold statute, working with healthcare, law enforcement, and community partners to better understand how the policy functions in practice and identify opportunities for system improvement.She holds a Master of Public Health from Boise State University and is passionate about building practical, sustainable solutions that better support individuals experiencing neurocognitive decline and those who care for them.
lualhati anderson
lualhati anderson, MSW, LMSW, CSWA, QMHP-C is a behavioral health gero-specialist with the Older Adult Behavioral Health Initiative (OABHI) at Coos Health and Wellness (CHW). She has been the OABHI gero-specialist since 2018 covering Coos and Curry Counties. lualhati also serves as a mental health counselor for older adults who are enrolled for individual therapy at CHW. She graduated from Eastern Washington University with a Master of Social Work degree. lualhati’s career has been focused on serving the older adult population and people with disabilities in various settings including long term care, aging & protective services, and mental health services. She enjoys fishing, origami and camping as self-care activities.
Dr. Wil Berry
Dr. Wil Berry is a forensic psychiatrist with a decade of experience serving individuals with severe mental illness. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), completed residency at NYU/Bellevue Hospital, and fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). His work spans diverse settings including the Oregon State Hospital, Early Assessment and Support Alliance (EASA), and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams. He currently practices at Lane County Behavioral Health, providing intensive outpatient care for the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) and Aid & Assist teams, as well as working with the Forensic Integration Team (FIT), a community street psychiatry program.
Grant Gill
Grant Gill serves as the Behavioral Health Manager for the Forensic and Older Adult Programs at Coos Health & Wellness. With continuous service in social services since 1999, Grant built a foundational career supporting youth across multiple systems—including work with juvenile offenders, youth in the foster care system, and students within the educational system. In 2025, Grant transitioned into adult mental health administration, taking on executive oversight of forensic behavioral health services and older adult programs. In this dual management role, he leads local operations for the Aid and Assist program, Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) supervision, and the community navigator program, alongside specialized care strategies for aging populations. Grant is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master in Counseling degree from Oregon State University. In his spare time, Grant has been an active member since 2018 with BACA, Bikers Against Child Abuse and family time activities.
Thomas Kinlen, PhD
Thomas Kinlen, PhD, will present, "Washington: Older Adults and the Competency to Stand Trial System," will focus on the competency to stand trial system in Washington focusing on the older adult population. Information about the Office of Forensic Mental Health Services, the competency system, and approaches to diversion/deflection will be discussed. Furthermore, the uniqueness of the older adult population within the competency system (what works, what does not) will be discussed. Lastly, as part of the presentation, data will also be shared to help highlight the system/approaches.
Brooke Sheehan
Brooke Sheehan, DSW, LCSW, CCS, is a clinical social worker specializing in correctional mental health. Brooke has worked with both men, women, and youth in correctional settings and specializes in treating individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. She has particular experience working with individuals experiencing acute psychotic illness, delusional disorders, and intellectual disabilities within a correctional system. She currently works as a regional behavioral health director overseeing mental health, substance use, and problem sexual behavior treatment for a correctional department in the northeast.Sheehan's presentation, "The Intensive Mental Health Unit: Exemplifying the Intersectionality of Mental Health, Corrections and Forensics," will begin with a historical overview of the mental health and correctional systems and transition into a detailed example of how the IMHU operates in Maine, blending the line between forensics and corrections. Further explanation of tangible ways attendees can begin to work to tear down agency silos and develop a treatment program that embraces both systems will be shared. Attendees will leave the training with more insight into navigating and negotiating systems that interact with this population, as well as understanding some of the premises for starting or enhancing treatment that help support individuals intersecting with the correctional and forensic systems. These discussion and data points will highlight how this work can assist in keeping both clients and staff safer, so that treatment can be more expeditious.
Senator Melissa Wintrow
Senator Melissa Wintrow is the Idaho Senate Minority Leader serving her third term in the Idaho Senate after completing three terms in the Idaho House of Representatives. She currently serves on the Health and Welfare, Judiciary and Rules, and Joint Finance-Appropriation Committees; and co-chairs the Idaho Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, a bipartisan committee that reviews valuable research that informs legislative policy. She has more than 30 years of leadership experience in higher education and has drawn on her experience as a Women’s Center Director and Gender Studies instructor to inform her policy work in the legislature.Her legislation has focused on supporting victims of sexual and domestic violence; she has successfully passed a series of bills to transform how the state processes, tracks, and preserves sexual assault evidence. She successfully worked to revise Idaho’s sexual battery laws and repealed the egregious law that allowed for spousal rape. She is a bold champion of human rights, reproductive freedom, the LGBTQ+ community, and affordable housing and health care for all who need it. She also worked tirelessly to pass Idaho Senate bill 1247 (2024), which now provides a compassionate pathway for medical care when someone in an acute crisis with a neurocognitive disorder, like Alzheimer’s or other related dementias. This Idaho law fills a serious gap in care for vulnerable adults and provides support to caregivers.