Mental Health Leadership and Administrative Staff

Our Student Mental Health Leadership and Administrative team provides strategic direction, coordination, and support for mental health services at UC Berkeley. This dedicated group of professionals oversees program development, operations, and staff support, ensuring students receive high-quality, accessible care. With a shared commitment to student well-being, equity, and collaboration, this team helps shape a campus environment that supports mental health and fosters community

Leadership

Peter Cornish

Peter Cornish, PhD

Co-director, Student Mental Health

Dr. Peter Cornish is the Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at UHS and an Honorary Research Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. His clinical and research interests include online mental health, stepped-care treatments, mental health service innovations, and inter-professional team functioning.

Over the past five years, Dr. Cornish has provided consultation and on-site training on his Stepped Care 2.0 model to over 150 organizations across North America. His nonprofit company, Stepped Care Solutions, is the lead partner on Wellness Together Canada, a federal COVID-19 $70M mental health program for all peoples of Canada. Dr. Cornish is the principal investigator for a $1.14M four-year research grant aimed at digitizing and evaluating Stepped Care 2.0 across two Canadian provinces. Currently, he is collaborating with colleagues in the US and Canada on a three-book series on Stepped Care 2.0
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Claytie Davis III, PhD, ABPP

Co-director, Student Mental Health

Claytie Davis III, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board-certified Counseling Psychologist who joined the UHS CAPS team in 1999. Claytie received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The University of Texas, Austin. Claytie is passionate about training and has served on the board of directors for the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).  Claytie's research interests include training in supervision, the application of stereotype threat theory, and ethics. He has served on the editorial boards of The Counseling Psychologist, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, and Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Clinical interests: Multicultural counseling, supervision issues, black racial identity and mental health/academic performance, career and life development coaching, and ethics

Administrative Staff

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Edgar Camacho

Pronouns: He/him/his

Administrative Assistant

Edgar graduated from UC Berkeley in 2023, with a bachelor's degree in Economics and a minor in Public Policy.
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Gravity Emanuel

Administrative Assistant

Gravity Emanuel joined UHS in 2021 as a Contact Tracer and transitioned into an Administrative Assistant role for Student Mental Health in 2023. Gravity hails from the East Coast, specifically in Maryland.

In their free time, Gravity likes to cook, bake, and roller skate.

Charmaine Harris

Administrative Assistant 

Charmaine Harris joined CAPS in 2013 after working for three years as a clinical assistant with UHS. Her role in CAPS includes providing support to students, staff, and faculty, completing ergonomic evaluations for CAPS staff, and assisting with staff scheduling. Charmaine graduated from Cal State East Bay in 2015 with a degree in Human Development. She loves spending time with family/friends, listening to music, reading, playing cards, going on nature walks, and traveling.

Valerie Luluquisen

Administrative Assistant 

Valerie joined UHS in 2009 after working in the travel industry for 27 years. At UHS she worked in HR, Social Services, and volunteered at the information desk and Administration before joining the CAPS department in 2013. Valerie loves walking by the beach, hiking, cooking, baking, and crocheting.
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Katie McCrory

Executive Assistant

Katie joined the UHS CAPS team in 2017. She is currently working on her BS in Psychology from Oregon State University and will graduate in the Spring of 2021. In addition to providing support for students, staff, and faculty, Katie serves as the administrative coordinator for the Post-MSW Fellowship committee, as well as the scheduling assistant to the CAPS director. She enjoys reading, hiking, and spending time with her family.
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Reagan Reid

Administrative Assistant

Reagan joined UHS in 2023. She received her B.A. in Sociology from San Francisco State University. Her areas of Expertise are Patient Advocacy, Community Health Education, Promotion & Training, Social Services.

Reagan grew up between the East Coast and Germany. She recently returned to The Bay Area after living in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Fiji. She finds solace in the outdoors and enjoys hiking and traveling throughout Northern California during her free time.
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Brandy Saldana

Communications Specialist 

Brandy joined UHS in April 2022 to provide support to the restructuring of the Mental Health team and provide communication and outreach coordination for the highly-anticipated Campus Crisis Response program launch. In addition to being a UC Berkeley graduate, Brandy comes with over 6 years as a Project and Communication Coordinator with the Office of Environment, Health and Safety and over a year with the Center for Studies in Higher Education as an Event Specialist. Before joining UHS, she was a freelancer providing digital marketing and graphic design support specifically for non-profits and small businesses. In November 2021 she received her Certificate of Marketing from UC Extension.

Areas of expertise: Website Management, Communications and Outreach, Graphic Design, Social Media: Content Creation, Social Media Content Marketing, Email Marketing, Content Strategy, Branding.

Camarin Sanford, MPA

Senior Mental Health Project Manager & Policy Analyst 

Camarin joined the University Health Services Counseling and Psychology Service team in 2023. She received her BA in psychology from Clark Atlanta University. She received her Masters of Public Administration from San Francisco State University and a certificate in Nonprofit Leadership & Strategic Management from San Francisco State University. To UC Berkeley, Camarin brings over 10 years of combined experience in strategic planning, nonprofit management, service design, consulting, and project management.

Camarin enjoys international travel, cooking, painting, watching football in Fall, and spending time with family and friends.
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JoAnn Torres

Assistant Director, Business & Operations