Rich Leib has played an integral role with Telecare for over 25 years as part of Telecare’s development team under the leadership of Ross Peterson, Faith Richie, and now Dawan Utecht, ensuring our policy perspective is communicated effectively to key legislators influential in behavioral health as well as the Governor’s administration. More recently, Rich has served with Anne Bakar as a Director of the Steinberg Institute where he has been instrumental in our advocacy efforts around CalAIM, and legislation such as the MHSA modernization.

Rich was appointed to the University of California Board of Regents in 2018 by Governor Jerry Brown, served as Vice Chair from 2021-22, and was elected Chair of the Board of Regents in 2022. Rich also has a very successful history of entrepreneurship, building businesses that contract with the government. He spent 15 years as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Liquid Environmental Solutions, a company he co-founded and helped grow into the leading non-hazardous liquid waste recycling company in the US. He is also deeply engaged in community activities, such as serving as a Director of the MLK Foundation.

Rich’s education includes a J.D from the Loyola University School of Law, an M.A. from the Claremont Graduate School, a Fellowship with the Coro Foundation and a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara.