Board of Directors
Raymond Castellino, D.C., R.P.P., R.P.E., RCST®
Co-Founder (1993)
Clinical Director (1997-Present)
Co-Director (1993-1997)
BEBA Board Member (1993-Present)
President of the Board (1997-2003)
Santa Barbara, CA
- Father of two adult children, grandfather of one young boy
- Director, Castellino Prenatal and Birth Training (1993 to present)
- Founding Board member and past Vice President of the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children (aTLC) (1999 to 2005)
- Board Member: Santa Barbara Music and Arts Conservatory (1993 to 1995)
- Founding Board Member, National Federation for Massage and Bodywork Practitioners. (1991 to 1992)
- Founding Board Member, National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. (1989 to 1992)
- President, American Polarity Therapy Association. (1986 to 1989)
- Founding Board Member, American Polarity Therapy Association. (1984 to 1986)
Marla Van Stein
President of the Board (2004-Present)
BEBA Board Member (1997-Present)
Carpinteria, CA
- Full-time mother of 2 young boys & parent volunteer for the Parent Child Cooperative
- Parent participant with husband and sons in BEBA's Clinical Program
- Co-Manages the family business, Van Stein Creations, with her husband Thomas
Heidi deBra
Secretary / Treasurer (2004-Present)
BEBA Board Member (2003-Present)
Santa Barbara, CA
- Mother of 3 young children
- Parent participant with husband and sons in BEBA's Clinical Program
- Tutor of math and science
Meg Butler
BEBA Board Member (2004-Present)
Carpinteria, CA
- Mother of 2 young daughters
- Parent participant with husband and daughters in BEBA's Clinical Program
- Practitioner and teacher of Rosen Method Bodywork
Tara Blasco, Ph.D., RCST®
BEBA Board Member (2005-Present)
Ojai, CA
- Native of Spain where she practiced as a psychologist, a craniosacral therapist and a yoga teacher
- Graduate of Ray Castellino's Prenatal and Birth Therapy Foundation Training
- Assisted a 2nd Prenatal and Birth Therapy Foundation Training and numerous process workshops
- Certified Craniosacral Therapist
- Joined BEBA clinical staff in 2001, working as a BEBA Facilitator
- Ph.D. in Cinical Psychology, specializing in Pre and Perinatal Psychology from Santa Barbara Graduate Institute
- Her thesis was "Prenatal Memories in Preverbal Children" based on BEBA work
- Director of Ojai BEBA clinic which meets in her home in Ojai
- Board member, Secretary and a Director of Global Resource Alliance, a non-profit supporting community projects in the Lake Victoria region of Tanzania