NAMIWalks Silicon Valley

Join us on October 4, 2025

Meet Our Keynote Speaker

Assemblymember Gail Pellerin

District 28
California State Assembly

Assemblymember Gail Pellerin was elected to the California State Assembly in November of 2022 to represent the 28th Assembly District.

Assemblymember Pellerin served as the chief elections official in Santa Cruz County from 1993 until her retirement in December 2020. Gail served as President of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials from 2010 to 2012 and as co-chair of the Secretary of State’s Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee.

Gail has a BS in Journalism from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Before her experience in public service, Gail worked as a campaign assistant to political campaigns, a newspaper reporter and photographer, and a community college instructor.

Social Media Handles:
Facebook: AsmGailPellerin
Instagram: @asmgailpellerin
LinkedIn: gailpellerinad28

Honorary Chair, Jeff Bell

Author and former KCBS News Anchor

Jeff Bell is an author, speaker, and award-winning journalist. His two books, "Rewind, Replay, Repeat" and "When in Doubt, Make Belief," have established Jeff as a leading voice for adversity-driven advocacy, mental health awareness, and "Greater Good" (purpose- and service-based) motivation.

Jeff served for eight years as a national spokesperson and board member for the International OCD Foundation and lends his support to numerous mental health organizations. In 2011, he cofounded the nonprofit A2A Alliance, aiming to foster the power of turning adversity into advocacy.

In late 2023, Jeff was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and began a new adversity-to-advocacy journey he never saw coming. He has recently begun sharing his PD story and now serves as a member of the Parkinson's Foundation's California Advisory Board.

Jeff is a 30-year veteran of broadcast news and retired in 2022 as co-anchor of the KCBS Afternoon News, two-time winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast in America.

Jeff’s website: https://jeffbellonline.com

The A2A Alliance website: https://a2aalliance.org/

Together, we are strong enough to lift hope.
Together, we are NAMIWalks.  

It will take all of us to demand victory over mental illness. That's why we provide a safe space at NAMIWalks in everything we do, for everyone who joins our mission. In fact, we embrace it.

We invite you to take the walk of your life - with NAMIWalks. Each participant will stand by you and walk by your side, every step of the way. 

Together, we will make a powerful change in our community. "Mental Health for All," here we come. 

Don't wait another moment to add your name to our movement. The people who need the help that you empower cannot afford to wait. No matter their mental health challenge, they stand to benefit greatly by your decisiveness today. 

It's a walk, a very special walk. And it's a lifetime's journey - the lifetimes you will change by joining us today. 

This is your NAMIWalks moment.