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King County Behavioral Health Advisory Board

The King County Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) is a volunteer board. The Board advises the King County Executive and County Council on mental health and substance use matters. This includes education, prevention, treatment, crisis response, and regional behavioral health services. The BHAB is the advisory body for the King County Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization (BHASO) which oversees behavioral health programs and crisis services. The BHAB is very familiar with mental health, substance use, and crisis services, and also serves as the advisory body for the King County Crisis Care Center Levy.

 

Meeting materials

2026 Meeting Materials

February  Agenda

January  Agenda

2025 Meeting Materials 

December Agenda  Minutes

November Agenda  Minutes

October  Agenda  Minutes

September Agenda  Minutes

August Agenda  Minutes

July Agenda   Minutes

June Special Meeting Agenda   Minutes

June Agenda   Minutes

May Agenda   Minutes

April Agenda   Minutes

March Agenda   Minutes

February Agenda   Minutes

January Agenda  Minutes

2024 Meeting Materials

December Agenda   Minutes

November Agenda   Minutes

October Agenda   Minutes

September Agenda  Minutes

August Agenda 

July Agenda  Minutes

June Agenda  Minutes

May Agenda  Minutes

April *Cancelled*

March Agenda  Minutes

February Minutes

January Agenda  Minutes

The Board’s responsibilities include:

  • Uplifting the input of individuals with mental health and/or substance use conditions to improve services;
  • Advocating for the needs of individuals living with mental health and/or substance use conditions at a local and state level;
  • Building relationships in the community to help ensure behavioral health and physical health are treated together;
  • Approving King County’s Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) and Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services (SUPTRS) Block Grant spending plans;
  • Visiting each crisis care center annually to understand the perspectives of operators, staff, and those being served;
  • Reporting on the Crisis Care Center Levy through online annual reports; and
  • Providing quality improvement feedback to key partners.

Membership

The BHAB is comprised of 9 to 18 residents and is broadly representative of the geographical and demographic mix of King County communities. The majority of Board members are individuals who self-identify as being in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use condition and parents or legal guardians of a person with lived experience of a behavioral health condition. This includes residents who have previously received crisis stabilization services. You can find more information about BHAB membership and the Board’s authorizing legislation in their bylaws.

Join our Board!

We are currently recruiting new members, and you can find additional information on our recruitment flyer.  If you would like to apply for Board membership, please attend two of our upcoming meetings, complete the application, and submit by email to bhrdbhabboard@kingcounty.gov.


Board members

Jasmeet Singh

Jasmeet Singh is a co-chair of the King County Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) and brings both lived experience and professional expertise to her role. Her connection to behavioral health is deeply personal, shaped by her own experiences as well as by supporting loved ones navigating crisis, care systems, and recovery. Professionally, Jasmeet’s work has focused on supporting crisis intervention at scale, giving her insight into how systems, processes, and technology can either enable or hinder timely, compassionate care. Jasmeet is especially passionate about expanding access and representation within behavioral health systems, including creating clearer pathways for underrepresented communities to participate in advisory and decision-making spaces. Her interests sit at the intersection of crisis care in international communities, the justice system, and local behavioral health providers, where she believes more coordinated, equitable approaches can lead to better outcomes for individuals and families.

Daaoshara “Dae” Degrate Galbert

Daaoshara “Dae” Degrate Galbert is a behavioral health advocate, community leader, and founder of Hello Tax Solutions, bringing lived experience, professional expertise, and community-centered leadership to advance equitable behavioral health systems across Washington State. With a background as a Behavioral Health Ombuds and years of supporting youth and families through crisis, trauma, and system navigation, she offers a deep understanding of service gaps and the real-world impact of policy decisions. Through her work at the intersection of financial stability and mental health, Daaoshara is committed to strengthening crisis response, centering lived experience, and building culturally responsive systems that truly serve communities. 

Nancy Dow

Nancy Dow is the outgoing Chair of the BHAB after taking over the role in 2020 when COVID forced County boards to reinvent themselves in a virtual environment. She has served on various County advisory boards since 2002.  Nancy retired from Harborview as a peer specialist in 2020 after 21 years working in outpatient services and the newly formed Peer Bridger program. After retirement Nancy continues to instruct Harborview Psych staff in the role of peers and recovery in effective mental health treatment programs. 

David Sullivan

David Sullivan was appointed to the board in 2024. He currently serves as the County-mandated law enforcement representative and is a long-time member of the Seattle Police Department. Throughout his police career, he has worked in Crisis Response, where he currently works alongside Mental Health Professionals, and serves as the Department’s Crisis Intervention Coordinator. In this role, he advances training and awareness around the intersection of behavioral health and the criminal legal system for both officers and the broader community. Sergeant Sullivan and his family have been King County residents for the past thirty years. 

Kevin Host LICSW

Kevin Host LICSW (retired) is a co-chair of the BHAB and joined in July 2022. Kevin brings over 45 years of clinical and administrative behavioral health experience to the Board. His experience spans in-patient hospital work, community mental health program management and providing individual psychotherapy services. From 1993-2021 he directed various counseling programs and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Division of Wellspring Family Services. His professional engagements include presidencies of the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work and the Clinical Social Work Association (a national professional organization). Kevin strongly endorses the citizen engagement of BHAB to promote the effectiveness of the Behavioral Health Recovery Division of King County. 

Mustafa Mohammed

Mustafa Mohammed is a compassionate human being first, a father, community leader, physician, clinician, and clinical supervisor. 

Lyscha Marcynyszyn, PhD

Lyscha Marcynyszyn, PhD joined the BHAB in 2024 as a lived expert. She is the Executive Director of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Oversight Board where she leads organizational strategy and serves as the board’s primary liaison to DCYF, constituent groups, and policymakers. She holds a doctorate in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University, where her research focused on child development in the context of adversity. Lyscha has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications on topics such as family instability and the effectiveness of parenting programs in child welfare settings. She previously volunteered as a Recovery Support Group Facilitator with NAMI Seattle and currently volunteers with Seattle Public Schools, where she is also a proud graduate. 

Kristina Sawyckyj

Stacey Devenney

Lucas Sherman