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Master

of ceremonies

Tony Ortego, LMFT Behavioral Health Services Administrator Older Adult Integrated System of Care Behavioral Health Liaison for Emergency Management Department Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health

Tony Ortego is a Behavioral Health Administrator with Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health, leading a county-wide Older Adult Integrated System of Care program with eight clinics providing geriatric psychiatry and integrated behavioral health services

for adults 60 and older. A licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Tony has served Riverside County for 23 years, holding key roles including Deputy Director for Adult Protective Services, Behavioral Health Program Manager, and Supervisor for Mental Health and Veterans Courts. He played a vital role in establishing Riverside County’s Mental Health Court programs, reducing incarceration rates and earning two COMIO awards. Tony also provided Crisis Intervention Training to law enforcement and holds a Clinical Psychology degree from Pepperdine University. For over a decade, he has contributed to Riverside County’s Elder Abuse Forensic Center and serves on multiple behavioral health committees, including the Inland Empire Master Plan on Aging. He is also the RUHS–BH Emergency Operations Coordinator, collaborating with healthcare providers like IEHP and Kaiser Permanente.

Speakers/dignitaries

Ryan Uhlenkott Deputy Director, Adult Services Division Riverside County Department of Public Social Services

Ryan Uhlenkott received his bachelor’s degree in developmental psychology from Eastern Washington University, and his master’s in gerontology from San Francisco State. Before joining the County of Riverside, Ryan worked as a social worker at Century City Psychiatric Hospital in Los Angeles, Family Caregiver Alliance in San Francisco, and at the Desert AIDS Project in Palm Springs. Ryan started with the Department of Public Social Services in 2004 and is currently the Deputy Director of Centralized and Administrative Programs for the Adult Services Division. Specific areas of interest include technology and its accessibility to seniors and persons with disabilities and the impact of disenfranchised grief on marginalized communities.

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