Laura Champion, Commissioner

Laura Champion is the mother of two beautiful adopted children and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist certified in Chemical Dependency treatment with 28 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families with severe behavioral and mental health issues.

She is the Bay Area Executive Director at EMQ FamiliesFirst and is responsible for program development, assurance of clinical quality, leadership and management of twenty programs serving over 8,000 children and families annually. Services range from Wraparound and System of Care to Residential and First Five.

Laura has also been the director of a Chemical Dependency Treatment facility for adolescents and the Associate Director for a Level 14 residential treatment facility.

She has successfully implemented the Wraparound principles into numerous clinical service models over the past decade with successful outcomes for children and families. Laura believes in the inherent strengths of children, families and communities.

Commissioner Champion represents
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, District 4
Tel: 408.260.3700