Board of Trustees
- Chair – Arthur J. Ochoa, JD – Senior Vice President of Advancement and Chief Advancement Officer for Cedars-Sinai Health System
- Vice Chair – John Yamamoto, Esq – Vice President and Southern California Regional Counsel for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
- Executive Committee Member – James M. Rosser, PhD – President Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles
- Mohsen Bazargan, PhD – Professor and Director of Research, Public Health Program and Department of Family Medicine, CDU
- Candace Bond McKeever, MBA – President, CEO Strategic Solutions Group, Inc
- David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio) – President and CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Linda Griego – Chair , Martin Luther King Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation
- Howard A. Kahn, MA – (Retired) Chief Executive Officer, LA Care Health Plan
- Vidya Kaushik, MD – Emeritus Professor of Medicine
- Brittany Jones Linares, MBA
- Kelsey Catherine Martin, MD, PhD – Dean, Geffen School of Medicine
- B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
- Benjamin F. Quillian, PhD
- Clarence L. Shields, Jr., MD – Partner, Kerlan-Jobe
- Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH
- Harding Young, MD – Private Practice
Trustees Emeriti
- Cornelius L. Hopper, MD – Vice President for Health Affairs, Emeritus, University of California System
- Robert Tranquada, MD – Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California
2020 Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule
- Tuesday, February 11
- Tuesday, April 14
- Tuesday, June 2*
- Tuesday, October 13
- Tuesday, December 8
Board Committees:
Academic Affairs Committee
Chair: James Rosser, PhD
Mohsen Bazargan, PhD
David Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Arthur Ochoa, Esq, Chair (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Hector Balcazar, PhD, MS
Diane Breckenridge, PhD, MSN, RN
Ronald Edelstein, EdD
Steve O. Michael, PhD
Lola Ogunyemi, PhD
John Patton, Esq
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
William Shay, PhD
Audit and Compliance Committee
Chair: Howard A. Kahn, MA
B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
Arthur J. Ochoa, Esq, Chair (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Elizabeth Baskerville, CPA, MBA, JD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD
Karen Carr, JD
Sonja C. Howe, MPP, CICA
Carl McLaney, MPA
John Patton, Esq
Development Committee
Chair: Harding Young, MD
Candace Bond McKeever, MBA
B. Kathlyn Mead
Clarence Shields, MD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Arthur J. Ochoa, Esq, (Chair, Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Angela Minniefield, MPA
Jasmine Hill
John Patton, Esq
Executive Committee
Chair: Arthur Ochoa, Esq
Vice Chair: John M. Yamamoto, Esq
Member: James Rosser, PhD
Ex-Officio: David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD
CDU Staff
John Patton, Esq
Finance Committee
Chair: Vidya Kaushik, MD
Arthur Ochoa, Esq, Chair (Ex-Officio)
Thomas Priselac, MPH
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Carl McLaney, MPA
Elizabeth Baskerville, CPA, MBA, JD
Bruce Johnson, CMA, MBA
John Patton, Esq
Governance and Nominating Committee
Chair: John M. Yamamoto, Esq
Howard Kahn, MA
Arthur Ochoa, Esq, Chair (Ex-Officio)
James Rosser, PhD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
John Patton, Esq