NCCHC welcomes one new member to its multidisciplinary Board of Representatives.
Eraka Bath, MD, is the newly appointed board liaison for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She currently serves as the Director, Child Forensic Services, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute; Psychiatric Consultant, Los Angeles County Juvenile Mental Health Court; Attending Psychiatrist, Westside Regional Center; Vice Chair of the Office of Inclusive Excellence, Dept. of Psychiatry; Assistant Dean, Faculty Initiatives, Office of Inclusive Excellence; and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. She replaces Elizabeth Lowenhaupt, MD, CCHP, who represented AACAP since 2016.
NCCHC honors the board retirement of Nancy White, MA, LPC, NCC, who served on the NCCHC Board for 33 years.
NCCHC is supported by the major national organizations representing the fields of health, mental health, law, and corrections. Each supporting organization names a liaison to the NCCHC Board of Representatives to create a robust, multidisciplinary governing structure that reflects the complexities of correctional health care.
The following board members were elected to the NCCHC Governance Board for 2026-2027:
Grant Phillips, MD, CCHP-CP, Chair
Joseph Penn, MD, CCHP-MH, Chair Elect
Sheriff Heath Taylor, Treasurer
Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MPH, CCHP, Secretary
LaToya Duckworth, MBA, BSN, RN, CCHP-N
Dionne Hart, MD, CCHP-MH
Paula Braverman, MD
