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Ken Mallon, Clinician/Ethical Technologist/Business Leader
I am a clinician, clinical supervisor, and group private-practice owner. After a decade in health research science at UCSF, Genentech, and Amgen, I spent more than two decades in the high tech industry stewarding sensitive data and building data and AI products at Meta, Yahoo, Microsoft, and several start-ups.
At 51, while serving as Chief Product Officer at a data-technology start-up, I attended graduate school at night with a plan to build a more meaningful “retirement career” in mental health. Today I am the owner of Mallon Advisory & Counseling Services (MACS), a San Jose–based group practice focused on bringing harmony to people’s lives and mentoring associates who want to launch private practices. I am seeking a CAMFT board position to give back and bring increased depth in data privacy, security, AI, and business operations to the CAMFT board.
What sets me apart is a practitioner’s heart paired with hands-on expertise in data governance, technology, and organizational leadership. I have managed large data technology teams and budgets and turned strategy and policy into practical tools and implementation rollouts that drive meaningful impact.
My CAMFT service includes advising the Ethics Committee on artificial intelligence and serving on the CAMFT AI Task Force. I also served on the Board of Hand in Hand Parenting. Mentoring early-career therapists is central to my work. I supervise a culturally diverse team, and we offer sliding-scale options for students and associates to balance accessibility with sustainability.
If elected, my near-term priorities are to improve technology for dynamically understanding member needs and lead improvements in educational and practical resources for:
Five-year vision: CAMFT becomes the national leader in ethical technology guidance and the go-to source for sustainable business practices. The goal is to help therapists use technology to enhance, not compete with, clinical care. The result is more thriving practices, higher privacy and security standards, and better access to care across California.
I will bring curiosity, collaboration, and steady leadership, grounded in clinical work, supervision, nonprofit governance, executive experience, and a long commitment to equity and inclusion, to help CAMFT lead with integrity, innovation, and real-world practicality.
MS Statistics (Stanford), MHS (Johns Hopkins), MS Clinical Psychology, PsyD expected 2026.
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