One Family at a Time
Meet Our Staff

Myra Galt, Director
Myra started the company that would become Galt Advocacy more than 14 years ago. Her agency was the first advocacy group in California dedicated to educating and representing the special needs community with IHSS and protective supervision. Over the years she has become a leading voice in the fight for fair and appropriate treatment of special needs families. She defends families in hearing and she works at the state level to push for new laws to help those with special needs.

Michelle M, Office Manager,
Executive Assistant,
aka Front Desk Boss
Michelle does her best to keep everything flowing through the Galt system. She’s here to help and looks forward to assisting you. If you are not yet a client of Galt Advocacy, please start by calling our front desk.
Contact:
Phone# 707-566-7600 x 100
Email: mcass@galtadvocacy.com

Waad D, Reception
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Waad is in charge of our front desk on Wednesdays and Fridays. She directs calls, schedules appointments and does other front desk tasks.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 100

Sarah G, Reception Assistant
Sarah covers phones, assists the front desk with paperwork tasks, and assists other departments as needed. She is also part of the Galt family and the youngest of Myra’s 10 children.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 100

Teresa H, Marketing and Events Director
Teresa is in charge of our marketing department, setting up events, free seminars and zoom meetings. In addition she runs our social media and is always looking for good topics for Facebook Lives and blog posts.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 106
thall@galtadvocacy.com

Jon W, Assistant Director
Jon wears many hats. He is in charge of our hearings department. He is also our IT and HR department- all by himself. He is available to answer questions from our clients about any special needs programs. He prefers email contact.
Contact: jwaltz@galtadvocacy.com

Caleb W, Hearings Advocate
Caleb assists with preparing our families for IHSS hearings and upcoming IHSS assessments. He is also the face of our weekly livestream on Facebook where he shares information about IHSS, Protective Supervision, Regional Center, IEP/Special Education and more.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 100
info@galtadvocacy.com

Dakota H, Hearings Advocate
Dakota assists client families with IHSS assessments and hearings. He also assists with Facebook Lives and is part of our seminar team.
Contact:
707-566-7600 X 110
dhall@galtadvocacy.com

Tami C, Home Assessment Director
Tami oversees the IHSS advocate department, all home assessments, and reassessments.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 102
tcowhard@galtadvocacy.com

Nicole R, Special Needs Advocate, Hablo Espanol
Nicole assists our clients through their IHSS process and hearings. She also does weekly Facebook Lives in Spanish for our “Galt Advocacy en español” Facebook page which shares important information related to IHSS, Protective Supervision, Regional center, special education and more.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 114
nrosas@galtadvocacy.com

Connie C, Special Needs Advocate
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Connie is our bilingual advocate who also speaks Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) fluently. She mainly assists with our English and Chinese speaking families with preparation, initial assessment, and annual reassessment for IHSS. She also comes with a strong background of special education. She shares insights/advice regarding parent self-education, trainings, and relevant resources upon request.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 118
cchi@galtadvocacy.com

Alicia C,
Advocate, Hablo Espanol
Alicia is a bilingual Spanish IHSS advocate assisting families through the process of application and the home assessment. She also assists with translation work for hearings when necessary.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 100
info@galtadvocacy.com

Mitchell G, Advocate
Mitchell is an IHSS advocate helping families through the process of application and the home assessment.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 100
info@galtadvocacy.com

Janeth M, Advocate
Advocate, Hablo Espanol
Janeth is a bilingual Spanish IHSS advocate managing home visits and IHSS applications as well as covering translation work for hearings and other events.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 100
info@galtadvocacy.com

Christina P, Reassessment Advocate
Christina attends our clients’ reassessments each year. She tries very hard to ensure they don’t lose their needed hours.

Vanea S, Advocate, Regional Center/Special Education
Vanea worked for many years with Regional Center and has joined our team to assist our clients with obtaining Regional Center services. She is also advocating for our special education clients.
Contact:
707-566-7600 X 100
info@galtadvocacy.com

Kyle G, Executive Assistant / Billing
Kyle is in charge of invoicing, assisting clients through provider enrollment, and general inquiries for IHSS information.
Contact:
707-566-7600 x 107
kguaraglia@galtadvocacy.com

Forrest Galt, CFO
Forrest is a very important part of the team: he makes sure we get paid. He also handles billing inquiries and all other financial concerns. Forrest is also the husband of our director Myra Galt. Galt Advocacy is truly a family run business!

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