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Dean's Advisory Board

Ira R. Alpert, MSPH '66

  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Wilshire Foundation, Inc.;
  • Chairman, Board od f Directors, Hospice Partners of the Central Coast, San Luis Obispo

Carolyn Katzin, MSPH '88, CNS

  • President, Fountain Resources, Inc., Certified Nutrition Specialist;
  • Nutrigenomics consultant

Lester Breslow, MD, MPH

  • Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritis, Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health;
  • Former Director of Public Health, State of California;
  • Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences

Carolbeth Korn, BS '59

  • Philanthropist and community leader;
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Music Center;
  • Chair Emeritus of The Founders, Music Center;
  • Member, Board of Directors, Women & Philanthropy, UCLA;
  • Member. UCLA's Chancellor's Cabinet

Sanford R. Climan

  • President, Entertainment-Media Ventures;
  • Former President, Worldwide Business Development, Universal Studios, Inc.
  • Former Senior Manager, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Jacqueline B. Kosecoff, MA, PhD

  • Chief Executive Officer, Ovations Pharmacy Solutions, United Health Group
  • Member, Board of Directors, City of Hope;
  • Member, Board of Directors, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association;
  • Member, Board of Directors, STERIS Corp;
  • Member, Board of Directors, Sealed Aire Corporation

Edward A. Dauer, MD, MS

  • President, Florida Medical Services, Lauderdale Lakes;
  • Director of Radiology, Florida Medical Center;
  • Trustee, University of Miami

Kenneth E. Lee, MPH '75

  • Founding Principal, Lee Burkhart Liu Inc. (LBL) design firm specializing in health care and academic settings

Deborah Kazenelson Deane, BS, MPH ‘87

  • Executive Vice President, Edelman Public Relations

Thomas M. Priselac, MPH

  • President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health Systems;
  • Immediate Past Chair, American Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Samuel Downing, MPH ‘71

  • Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System

Monica Salinas, PhD

  • Cultural consultant and philanthropist;
  • Former President, Women & Philanthropy, UCLA

Robert J. Drabkin

  • President and CEO, Drabkin Family Foundation, Inc.

Arthur M. Southam, MD, MPH ‘84

  • Executive Vice President, Health Plan Operations, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals;
  • Member, National Commission on Prevention Priorities

Gerald Factor (Vice Chair)

  • Trustee, Max Factor Family Foundation;
  • Past President of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles;
  • Retired executive, IBM;
  • Member, Executive Committee, Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles

Fred Wasserman, DrPH '76

  • Co-Proprietor, Christopher Creek Winery, Healdsburg, California;
  • Retired health care industry executive;
  • Helped co-found Maxicare in 1973

Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA

  • Director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the County Health Officer;
  • Professor, UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health

Pamela K. Wasserman, MPH ‘72

  • Co-Proprietor, Christopher Creek Winery, Healdsburg California;
  • Retired healthcare industry executive;
  • Helped co-found Maxicare in 1973;
  • Former Director, Healdsburg General Hospital

Dean Hansell (Chair)

  • Managing Director, Dewey & LeBoeuff LLP

Thomas R. Weinberger, MBA, MA

  • Chief Investment Officer, Weinberger Asset Management, Inc.;
  • Former Vice-Chairman, Sutro and Co., Inc.;
  • Treasurer, Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County;
  • Member, Bioethics Committee, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center;
  • Member, Bioethics Committee, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cindy Harrell Horn

  • Community Leader; 
  • Co-Founder, Environmental Media Association

Stephen W. Kahane, DEnv '78

  • President & Chief Executive Officer, International Coatings Company, Inc.;
  • Former President, IFC Kaiser International's Federal Programs Group

 

Advisory Board Member, Cindy Harrell Horn speaks about her work on behalf of the Fielding School of Public Health. 

 

Cindy Horn was named Public Health Champion on the eve of the School's 50th Anniversary