Board Of Directors

  • Mariel Hemingway

    FOUNDER / PRESIDENT

    Hi, I’m Mariel Hemingway.

    Over the past 20+ years, I’ve worked extensively in the mental health and wellness world. I’ve been exposed to some of the most exciting and advanced treatments, centers, and therapists. I’ve met with amazing research scientists on the advancement of help in the space of mental health. I have also met with hundreds and hundreds of people who suffer from mental illness and what I have heard repeatedly over the years, was their frustration in knowing where to go, which treatment to try, and who to ask for help.

    I am proud to announce I have founded Mariel Hemingway Foundation as a resource navigator.

    Mariel Hemingway Foundation’s mission is to compassionately assist individuals in navigating mental health treatment by providing a template to find real, concrete solutions that can be tailored to meet the unique needs of individual communities.

  • Melissa Yamaguchi

    CO FOUNDER / VICE PRESIDENT

    The very definition of a project manger is to motivate the team in meeting deadlines, come under budget, handle internal strife, and create a spirit of collaboration across all departments in the organization. Melissa was born for this role. She has twice served as a judge on the Global Best Entrepreneurial Leadership Event sponsored by The Anderson School of Business at UCLA. Own Your Energy, Own Your Life is the name

    of her blog on Huffington Post. She has given lectures all over the world for the past twenty years on the balance of the individual through the 4000 year old practice of Feng Shui. Since we have begun on the MHF mission I have leaned heavily on Melissa’s management skills as we have navigated to get to the next level for the foundation. Time and time again, I have observed Melissa foster participation by allowing team members to utilize their strengths, gives credit where it is due and remains professional and respectful of others at all times. Her TED talk “Beyond Vision and Purpose” is all about understanding the choices you make... I am so glad she made this choice to work with us.