Jan Perry is Executive Director of Shelter Partnership, Inc., a leading group in Los Angeles developing housing and resources for the local homeless community. The organization also serves as a consultant on homeless programs and policy, supporting entities like the Los…

Leslie D. Michelson is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Private Health Management, a unique, patient-focused company that has helped hundreds of private individuals and thousands of corporate clients obtain exceptional medical care through a cutting-edge and proprietary…

Thomas D. Gordon is the Chairman of the Board of the DSL Construction Corporation and a co-trustee of the Don Levin Trust.

In his previous role as Executive Vice President of Cedars-Sinai Health System for 22 years, Tom oversaw the organization’s Medical Network…

Seth Freeman is a writer and producer of television, a playwright, and a journalist. He produced the long-running newspaper drama, Lou Grant, and created the series, Lincoln Heights. His articles can be found in major publications including The New York Times, The Los…

Karin Fielding is a public health advocate and especially active on the issues of climate change and maternal and child health. In addition to serving on the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Board of Advisors, Karin is a board member of the environmental…

Jonathan Fielding is a Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management and of Pediatrics in the Schools of Public Health and Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Fielding is an expert in public health preparedness and communications.

He served as Massachusetts…

Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH ‘05 is chief of the Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases and director of the Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center at UCLA Health. Eric is a health sciences clinical professor of medicine at UCLA. He attended the…

Dr. Dana Rose Garfin, PhD is an Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. Trained as a psychologist, her work explores 1) how negative life events and collective traumas (including…

Kyle McJunkin serves as the assistant dean for academic programs and works collaboratively with the school leadership on a range of curricular, degree, and schoolwide initiatives. Kyle has three degrees from UCLA — a BA in Political Science and History and a MA/PhD in…

Kathy Silva is the Program Coordinator of the UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program, funded by the CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Equity. Prior to joining FSPH, she was part of a Federally Qualified Health Center’s Quality Improvement team,…

Marvin Crespin-Gamez is a former United States diplomat and health officer who served in the Foreign Service of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for over eight years. Most recently, Marvin held the position as Deputy Director for the…

Kristy Sherrer is Director of Career & Professional Development for the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. She collaborates closely with alumni and employers to develop strength-based career development and community…

Jean Balgrosky strives to improve public health and healthcare through innovation using health information technology.

As Founder of Bootstrap Incubation and General Partner of Bootstrap Venture Fund, a firm established to invest, mentor, and grow life science and…

Russ Faucett, now retired, was President of Barrington Wilshire LLC and General Partner of Barrington Partners LP, investment companies that specialized in investing in the equity and debt securities of publicly traded U.S. and European companies in financial difficulty…

Allison has been with UCLA Fielding for 20 years. In her current role as Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, she manages the School's financial, human and physical resources; establishes internal administrative and financial policies and procedures; and plans…

Carla Denly is the associate dean for marketing and communications at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. In this role, Carla oversees media relations, marketing, the school’s digital presence, magazine and monthly newsletter, large-scale events, and more. Carla…

Caroline Gallaher is the Senior Director of Development for the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She leads the school's major gifts program and oversees individual giving and stewardship. Caroline was most recently Director of Development in the…

Nicole Werking joined the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health as the Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs in August of 2022.

Prior to joining the Fielding School, Nicole worked as a policy analyst at BGR Group, a bipartisan government relations…