SELF-RESILIENCY - Key Persons


Daniel Esbensen

Job Titles:
  • President of Touch Technologies, Inc
Daniel Esbensen is the President of Touch Technologies, Inc. a high-tech company that he co-founded in 1982. He is an inventor and well-known for his highly scalable software solutions to complex problems. Some of the technologies used by the FBI, CIA, and NSA for national and international security are based on his patents. Daniel is also a co-founder of the California Health Medical Reserve Corps.

Dr. Ilene Serlin

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Ilene Serlin is a clinical psychologist and registered dance/movement therapist. She is the Past President of the San Francisco Psychological Association and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Past President and Council Representative of the Division of Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association, on the Editorial Boards of the Arts in Psychotherapy, the American Journal of Dance Therapy, and the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and has taught and published globally. Ilene is a co-founder of the California Health Medical Reserve Corps.

Laleh Shahidi

Laleh Shahidi has a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies and participated in a Post-Doc Fellowship in Medical Informatics. She held joint faculty positions at the UCSF - School of Medicine and Nursing. Laleh has extensive business consulting experience spanning Fortune 500 to midsize and start-ups. Focusing on resilience building, she is a certified Kung Fu Instructor and a certified health and wellness coach Laleh is the Co-Founder and Vice President at the California Health Medical Reserve Corps.