David Theis, DMH has served as Executive Director of Ann Martin Center since 1989. Dr. Theis received his Doctorate in Mental Health (DMH) from the Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco. The DMH Program was an innovative five year graduate training program in community psychiatry that emphasized the developmental, psychological, bio-medical, and social-cultural dimensions of mental health treatment, theory, policy, and administration. In 1984, Dr. Theis was accepted into the child psychotherapy internship program at Ann Martin Center and was hired onto the clinical staff the following year. In 1989, Dr. Theis was selected as the Center’s executive director.

Dr. Theis received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Masters of Science degree in Health & Medical Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley. He is on the Children’s Advisory Committee for Alameda County and is recent past president of the Alameda Council of Community Mental Health Agencies. Dr. Theis served on the Advisory Board for the Oakland Head Start Program and the Parents' Educational Resource Center in San Mateo. He was previously an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, UCSF.