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
Allan C. Jones, D.D.S.
Vice President
Dentist & Children’s Health Advocate
Torrance, CA
Liz Mitchell
Secretary
Writer/Producer
Studio City, CA
Amy Forte
Treasurer
Director of Administration,
Office of the Chancellor
California State University
Long Beach, CA
Board of Governors: Members
Ernie Arboles
President, JASEC Consulting
South Pasadena, CA
Craig R. Fox
Harold Williams Professor of Management
Anderson School of Business, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Mandaar Gokhale, M.D.
Emergency Physician/Medical Consultant
Fullerton, CA
Mauricio Heilbron Jr., M.D.
General, Trauma and Vascular Surgeon
Long Beach, Lakewood and Fort Bragg, CA
Divya-Devi Joshi, M.D., M.M.M.
Physician Executive
Tampa Bay Area, FL
Beth Kleid
Educational Advocate/College Access Counselor
Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Glimpse Saltzman
Educator
Los Angeles, CA
Michael Saltzman
Film and Television Writer/Producer
Los Angeles, CA
Mark Wiedenmann
Special Assistant to the Director of Advancement
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
Wendy Bar
Co-President, The Saul & Leslie Bernstein
Family Foundation
Highland Park, NJ
Bob Berg
Distinguished Fellow, The Stimson Center
Chair, Plan for Peace, London
Washington, D.C.
Jonathan Bernstein, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Dan Birman
Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism,
USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
President, Dan. H. Birman Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Katy Castagna
United Way, President & CEO
Monterey County, CA
Dana Chinn
Lecturer, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Los Angeles, 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
Jeff Fellenzer
Member, Board of Directors, Long Beach Education Foundation, LBUSD
Professor of Professional Practice:
Sports, Business, Media
USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
Los Angeles, CA
Rita Goshert
Director, Child Life Department
Miller Children’s Hospital
Long Beach, CA
Belma Michael Johnson
Founder, Black Factual Entertainment
Writer-Director-Producer
Santa Barbara, CA
Ralph Martinez
Former Regional Senior Vice President, Comcast
Houston, TX
Jeff Miller
Principal, Door Two Consulting
Long Beach, CA
Sean Phipps, Ph.D.
Emeritus Member
Dept. of Psychology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Hanan Thornton
Assistant Superintendent, Education
Magnolia School District
Anaheim, CA