Executive Team

Andrew serves as the Director of Advancement, leading Children's Health Council's (CHC's) programs in development, marketing and communications. He has been working in higher education and health care advancement since 1993. Prior to CHC, Andrew worked for Kenyon College, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.

Bruce serves as chief financial officer at Children's Health Council (CHC) and also directs the finance, business, IT and facilities departments.

A finance entrepreneur, Bruce has an extensive history in Silicon Valley startups.  He previously served on CHC’s board for nine years and currently serves as a volunteer and board member of several local non-profits.

Carol serves as director of the Children's Health Council human resources department.  Her past work includes human resources management at Oracle Corporation and Exponent (Failure Analysis Associates). In addition, she has held business manager and firm administrator positions and worked as a paralegal at Lewis & Roca and payroll manager at Blue Cross of New Jersey.

Chris has developed and implemented specialized programming for children with learning, socio-emotional and attention challenges. He has also directed three specialized schools for children with moderate learning disabilities and emotional challenges.

Chris also lectures at San José State University. In the past, Chris served as executive director at The Janus School, Children’s Health Council and The Chartwell School.

Dr. Elliott diagnoses and treats severe psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. An internationally known expert in psychoactive medications, he is the author of Medicating Young Minds: How to Know if Psychiatric Drugs Will Help or Hurt Your Child.

Before joining Children's Health Council , Dr. Elliott was Director of the Children's Center at Langley Porter, University of California, San Francisco, for over 17 years.

Dr. Baran has over 20 years' experience working with young children in a variety of settings. Her expertise includes infant and young child assessment, autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. She speaks Spanish.

In addition to her role at Children’s Health Council (CHC), Dr. Huffman is on the pediatric faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her clinical research includes treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders, emergent-literacy skills in young children and statewide variations in child mental health services.

Dr. Huffman joined CHC and Stanford from the National Institute of Mental Health, where she administered a program of research grant support in the Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Science.

Rosalie Whitlock spent nine years on Children's Health Council's Board of Directors--two of those years as Chairman--before becoming executive director.

In her 25+ years' experience, Dr. Whitlock has become a leader in learning. As Head of Charles Armstrong School for 11 years, she led the development of cutting-edge curriculum to help kids with learning differences succeed based on their strengths. Dr. Whitlock's experience has given her an intimate understanding of parents' concerns and the impact on the whole family when a child struggles with learning differences, anxiety, ADHD or autism.

Dr. Whitlock currently serves on the International Dyslexia Association's Board of Directors and is also a founding and current board member of Parents Education Network (PEN).