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 M. Yamamoto Vice President and Southern California Regional Counsel for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Executive Committee Member - Patrick T. Dowling, MD, MPH Professor and Chair Department of Family Medicine at UCLA and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Mohsen Bazargan (Faculty Trustee) 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
Jazmyn Childress (Student Trustee)
The Honorable Martha M. Escutia (Former CA State Senator)
Linda Griego Chair , Martin Luther King Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation
Howard A. Kahn (Retired) Chief Executive Officer, LA Care Health Plan
Vidya Kaushik, MD Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Andrew B. Leeka, MBA, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer, Good Samaritan Hospital
B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
Marvin O'Quinn, MPH Senior Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Dignity Health
James Rosser, PhD President Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles
Clarence L. Shields, Jr., MD Partner, Kerlan-Jobe,
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

2019 Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule
Meetings are held 8:00 am – 11:30 am unless otherwise stated

Tuesday, February 12
Tuesday, April 9
Tuesday, June 4
Tuesday, October 8
Tuesday, December 10

Board Committees:

Academic Affairs Committee
Chair: Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH
Mohsen Bazargan, PhD (Faculty Trustee)
James Rosser, PhD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Marvin O'Quinn, MPH, Chair (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Steve O. Michael, PhD
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
Hector Balcazar, PhD, MS
Diane Breckenridge, PhD, MSN, RN, ANEF
Jinny Oh, EdD
Lola Ogunyemi, PhD
Jay Vadgama, PhD
William Shay, PhD

Audit and Compliance Committee
Chair: Howard A. Kahn, MA
Vidya Kaushik, MD
B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
Arthur J. Ochoa, Esq., Chair (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Karen Carr, JD
Carl McLaney, MPA
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.

Development Committee
Chair: Arthur J. Ochoa, Esq.
Vidya Kaushik, MD
Candace Bond McKeever, MBA
B. Kathlyn Mead
Clarence Shields, MD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Harding Young, MD
CDU Staff
Jasmine Hill
Angela Minniefield, MPA
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.

Executive Committee
Chair: Art J. Ochoa, Esq
Vice Chair: John M. Yamamoto, Esq
Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.

Finance Committee
Chair: Andrew Leeka, MBA, MPH
Thomas Priselac, MPH
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD
Vidya Kaushik, MD
Marvin O'Quinn, MPH, Chair (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Carl McLaney, MPA
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.
Bruce Johnson

Governance and Nominating Committee
Chair: John M. Yamamoto, Esq.
Howard Kahn, MA
Arthur Ochoa, JD
James Rosser, PhD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD
Marvin O'Quinn, MPH, Chair (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.

Board Report