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After 25 years as Executive Director of La Selva Group, a division of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, Jim Millsap has announced his retirement this November. Since he started in 2000, Jim has guided La Selva from a single residential program in Palo Alto to a robust group of services including a comprehensive outpatient program located at our new campus and five different residential sites.

Jim began his fifty-year behavioral health career in 1975 working at Camarillo State Mental Hospital, seeing firsthand how badly our country’s behavioral health system needed to change. After that role, Jim went on to work at other hospitals as well as counseling centers before starting at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø running the La Selva Group division.

“My vision for La Selva has always been to provide a resource where our clients could transition through different levels of care within the same wellness community,” says Jim. “It has been nothing short of a privilege, and I am grateful to have had something in my life that will be so hard to say goodbye to.”

Jim’s plans for retirement include moving to Arizona where he and his wife Pam will live in the same community as their children, Derek and Carly. All of us at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and La Selva Group wish Jim and his family a very happy next chapter and thank him for his tireless contributions to our agency!

Meet Our Incoming Executive Director: Anthony Miller, M.S., MFT

Anthony Miller, Senior Director of Operations, stepped into the role of Executive Director on August 2, 2025. He will overlap with Jim Millsap, who will officially retire in November.

Anthony is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has more than 15 years of mental health experience in various settings throughout the Bay Area. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Master of Science Degree in Clinical Psychology from Notre Dame De Namur University.

Anthony started working at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, La Selva’s parent agency, in 2011 as an assistant manager and clinician. He was promoted in 2013 to Program Manager/Clinician of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Litteral House and was then promoted shortly after to Director of Residential Services for La Selva Group in 2014. In 2022, Anthony was promoted to Director of Operations at La Selva Group.

Anthony has a strong foundation working across systems and developing continuums of care, utilizing both his clinical and operational experience to connect the dots and support the ever-changing La Selva community. Anthony works from a strength-based model and takes great pride in helping clients thrive. “I believe that our greatest power is to empower others,” says Anthony.

“I am excited and honored to take on the role of Executive Director. I look forward to continuing the great work that has been done before me as the torch is being passed and I’m grateful to Jim for his leadership and mentorship over the years,” he added.

When Anthony is not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children, practicing physical fitness, and gardening in his backyard.

 

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