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Faith Cole, RN - ORCA Chief Executive Officer
Faith started working in public health as an RN before transitioning to focus on
mental health where she became Mental Health Director of the Crisis Stabilization
Unit as well as Outpatient Behavioral Health at Tehama County. She currently
serves as a Management Director of Behavioral Health in Modoc County. She has
managed MDs, RNs, and all ancillary staff and has been proficient at creating
teams and managing organizations over the last 20 years. Faith was born and
raised in rural Northern California and has lived in 5 different counties, including
Humboldt, Glenn, Butte, Tehama and Modoc, within this richly diverse and
beautiful area. Faith’s background started in agriculture and natural resource
management before a passion for serving others drew her first into the field of
early childhood development and then nursing. Faith’s nursing career began with
working nights as a Certified Nurse Assistant while attending nursing school
full-time; she quickly progressed from nursing to full time management. She has
supervised at multiple medical facilities spanning the north state and has
experience in both the public and private sectors of medical care. Outside of the
office, she enjoys farming, hiking, rockhounding, and almost anything pickled.
Faith Cole, RN - ORCA Chief Executive Officer
Faith started working in public health as an RN before transitioning to focus on
mental health where she became Mental Health Director of the Crisis Stabilization
Unit as well as Outpatient Behavioral Health at Tehama County. She currently
serves as a Management Director of Behavioral Health in Modoc County. She has
managed MDs, RNs, and all ancillary staff and has been proficient at creating
teams and managing organizations over the last 20 years. Faith was born and
raised in rural Northern California and has lived in 5 different counties, including
Humboldt, Glenn, Butte, Tehama and Modoc, within this richly diverse and
beautiful area. Faith’s background started in agriculture and natural resource
management before a passion for serving others drew her first into the field of
early childhood development and then nursing. Faith’s nursing career began with
working nights as a Certified Nurse Assistant while attending nursing school
full-time; she quickly progressed from nursing to full time management. She has
supervised at multiple medical facilities spanning the north state and has
experience in both the public and private sectors of medical care. Outside of the
office, she enjoys farming, hiking, rockhounding, and almost anything pickled.
Missy Pritchard - ORCA Chief Operating Officer
Missy Pritchard was born and raised in beautiful Northern California. She owns and operates two ARF – Adult Residential Facilities that house 32 adults in Tehama County, CA – for the last 13 years. In addition to owning and operating residential facilities for adults who suffer from mental illness, she has been a tireless advocate for combating homelessness.
She pursued three undergraduate degrees: Accounting, Biological Science, and
Legal Studies with a minor in Criminal Justice. She is a business
owner/entrepreneur who thrives on helping others, paying it forward,
volunteering, and taking on new challenges. She began her professional career in
the Agricultural lending industry as an Accounting Analyst, which then led her to
the California Department of Education working for a statewide grant. She also
volunteered for Tehama County Special Olympics coaching basketball and softball.
She is an entrepreneur in ranching, as well as an owner of rice and prune farming.
Outside of the office, she is an avid reader, loves to travel, and enjoys running in
the mornings in order to stay healthy.
Dr. Carey Martin RN, PMHNP, DNP - ORCA Chief of Staffing and Supervision
Dr. Martin has been working for 20 years as an advocate of the disenfranchised. She has managed recuperative residential beds at Muriel Wright Facility in San
Jose for upto 45 day stays for mentally ill individuals who are below the threshold
for acute psychiatric inpatient stay but still benefit from stabilization. She also manages SLE’s sober living environments to boost the recovery of patients
addicted to illicit drugs. Not only is she a nurse practitioner in primary care but
also a nurse practitioner in psychiatry, holds a Doctorate of Nurse Practitioner and
currently teaches at the University of San Francisco. She has a long history of
working with the homeless.
Dr. Sridhar Prathikanti, MD - ORCA Director of Psychiatry
Dr. Prathikanti has had a career in psychiatry spanning 25 years starting with 6
years at the NIH (National Institute of Health) researching autism, bipolar
patients/schizophrenic patients who have had comorbid substance abuse issues.
He has worked in UC-San Francisco as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, at the San Francisco VA for 8 years, in psychiatric emergency for 8 years and in an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry as the Medical Director. Hence, he is well versed in geropsychiatric patients and the homeless population. For 16 years he has worked in Santa Rosa, Lassen County and Tehama County. For the last 5 years, he has been working in public mental health at Tehama County as Program Manager and as the founder of Premier Independence.
He proudly believes in innovation as he was the first psychiatrist to practice telehealth at the San Francisco VA 12 years ago. He continues to invest and implement innovative approaches at Tehama County and elsewhere.
He has worked in UC-San Francisco as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, at the San Francisco VA for 8 years, in psychiatric emergency for 8 years and in an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry as the Medical Director. Hence, he is well versed in geropsychiatric patients and the homeless population. For 16 years he has worked in Santa Rosa, Lassen County and Tehama County. For the last 5 years, he has been working in public mental health at Tehama County as Program Manager and as the founder of Premier Independence.
He proudly believes in innovation as he was the first psychiatrist to practice telehealth at the San Francisco VA 12 years ago. He continues to invest and implement innovative approaches at Tehama County and elsewhere.
Jacob Saltzman - Self Sufficiency Skills and Instruction as peer advocate in solar, irrigation & organic farming.
Mr Saltzman was a homeless US War Veteran from Iraq in 2007 living out of his car in Northern California. Unskilled and desperate to leave behind homelessness, he focused on self sustenance in organic farming. He went on to college and gained a degree in Water Conservation and taught himself the basics of solar, irrigation, farming and other skills. He was determined to never be helpless and reliant but to accept a helping hand and make the best of it. He currently owns his own 5 acre farm in Northern California and gladly teaches others how to gain skills while homeless.