Annette Marcus, MSW, is the regional director of Lane County Oregon Family Support Network and co-chairs the executive and steering committees for implementation of Systems of Care in Lane County. She deeply values the power of family voice and peer delivered services and lives with family members who experience mental health challenges. She is a consultant with the National Network for Family Support and Strengthening Networks and one of the key developers of the national standards for Family Strengthening and Support. Annette was the statewide lead in California for the Strengthening Families Policy Roundtable, co-author of numerous publications including Reflections from the Field and the California Child Abuse Prevention Assessment and provided training and technical assistance throughout California to Family Resource Centers, child welfare agencies and other prevention programs.