Board of Governors: Officers
Barbara Saltzman
President
Co-Founder, The Jester & Pharley Phund
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Joe Saltzman
Vice President
Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Los Angeles, CA
Amy Forte
Vice President
Director of Administration / Chief of Staff
Assistant Vice Chancellor’s Office
California State University
Allan C. Jones, D.D.S.
Vice President
Dentist & Children’s Health Advocate
Torrance, CA
Liz Mitchell
Secretary
Broadcast news journalist
Studio City, CA
James Vasquez, Executive MBA
Treasurer
Associate Dean, Operations
USC Annenberg School
Los Angeles, CA
Board of Governors: Members
Craig R. Fox, Ph.D.
Harold Williams Professor of Management
Anderson School of Business, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Mandaar Gokhale, M.D.
Mendocino Coast District Hospital
Fort Bragg, CA
Mauricio Heilbron Jr., M.D.
St. Mary Medical Center
Long Beach, CA
Beth Kleid
Educational Advocate
Los Angeles, CA
David Odaka
Businessman/Entrepreneur
Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Glimpse Saltzman
Free-Lance Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Michael Saltzman, M.S.
Film and Television Writer/Producer
Los Angeles, CA
Mark Wiedenmann
Director, Upper School
Chadwick School
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
Deborah Zwelling
Children’s Health Advocate
Santa Monica, CA
Board of Advisors
Rebecca Avila
Assistant Dean, School of Social Work
UC Irvine, CA
Jonathan Bernstein, M.D.
Director, Hematology
Pennsylvania State University, PA
Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Beckman Research Institute
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Katy Castagna
United Way, President & CEO
Monterey County, CA
Emma Course
Reach Out and Read Coordinator
American Academy of Pediatrics
Orange County, CA
Dorothy Courtney
Former Executive Director
Richstone Family Center
Hawthorne, CA
Wendy Fachon
Producer, “Story Walking Radio Hour”
East Greenwich, RI
Patricia Ferguson
Principal, Vermont Ave. Elementary
Los Angeles, CA
Joseph W. Gordon
Former Deputy Dean, Yale College
New Haven, CT
Rita Goshert
Director, Child Life Department
Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach, CA
Jeff Miller
Associate Vice President
Cornerstone on Demand
Los Angeles, CA
Julia Parton
Assistant Vice President
Malaga Bank
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Sean Phipps, Ph.D.
Chair, Psychology Department
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Hanan Thornton
Assistant Superintendent, Education
Magnolia School District
Anaheim, CA
