Paul Curtis
Paul Curtis has dedicated the past 30 years to creating positive and lasting changes as a community activist and leader in the nonprofit and human services areas in the Sacramento region, as well as at a statewide and national level. He has been a passionate and tireless advocate and champion on issues ranging from HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, foster care, runaway and homeless youth, to healthcare including mental health and substance abuse challenges. Paul has over 40 years of extensive knowledge and experience with management and development in both the small business arena and in non-profits, including personnel, operations, fiscal management, grants, fund development, strategic planning, and public policy and advocacy.
He was the founder and CEO of Objective Medical Evaluations from 1993 to 2010. He then used his years of volunteer and leadership experience with non-profits in the Sacramento area to move into non-profit management roles. After early roles with the Yolo Food Bank and the Sacramento Boys and Girls Club he became Executive Director of the California Coalition for Youth, the statewide association of runaway and homeless youth agencies from 2013 to early 2017. During his time there he stabilized finances, ended the first full year with a positive net income after 4 years of deficits and overall grew revenues by 27%. He then moved on to become Executive Director of the California Coalition of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (CBHA), the statewide association of non-profit mental health and substance use disorder agencies, from 2017 to 2020. During that time, he provided strong financial leadership, including taking the organization from an annual deficit over the past few years to a positive net income, and developed the procedures and structure for a new formal Policy Committee to guide the organization’s policy goals. Within the first year he also oversaw a complete rebranding of CBHA, including a new logo and website. During that time he was also appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Council for Behavioral Health.
Paul has served on numerous non-profit Boards in the Sacramento area. He is Past President of the Board of Directors of CARES (the Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services), the largest provider of services to those dealing with HIV and AIDS in inland Northern California. He was a co-founder of Capital City AIDS Fund, a volunteer driven non-profit organization which raised funds for local HIV/AIDS service organizations, and served as Board President for its first 7 years. He helped create and chaired many of the fundraisers at CCAF including the annual Oscar Party held for many years at the Hyatt Regency, the Sacramento AIDS Walk, the NorCal AIDS Challenge (a 4 day bike ride) and others. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Mountain Valley Chapter of the American Leadership Forum, Class XII, and served on the Board, including 5 years as Treasurer.
Paul is available for consulting services with non-profits in the Sacramento region and across the state in the areas of strategic planning, policy and advocacy, financial planning and fund development.