Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

• Chair – Benjamin F. Quillian, PhD – Executive Vice Chancellor and CFO, The California State University (Retired)
• Executive Committee Member – James M. Rosser, PhD – President Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles
• John Baackes – Chief Executive Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan
• Mohsen Bazargan, PhD – Professor and Director of Research, Public Health Program and Department of Family Medicine, CDU
• David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD – President and CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Ex-Officio)
• Alexandria Gorokhovsky – Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 
• Frank Hurtarte – Senior Vice President for Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region
• Howard A. Kahn – Chief Executive Officer, LA Care Health Plan (Retired)
• Beong-Soo Kim, Esq. – Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the University of Southern California
• Vidya Kaushik, MD – Emeritus Professor of Medicine
• Kelsey Catherine Martin, MD, PhD – Dean, Geffen School of Medicine
• Byron J. McLain, Esq – Chair, Foley & Lardner's Racial Justice and Equity Practice Group
• B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
• Andre Miller – Professional Athlete (Retired) 
• Arthur J. Ochoa, JD – Senior Vice President of Advancement and Chief Advancement Officer for Cedars-Sinai Health System
• Clarence L. Shields, Jr., MD – Partner, Kerlan-Jobe
• Julie Sprengel – MBA, RN 
• Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH– Chief Executive Officer, Stanson Health
• John Yamamoto, Esq.– Vice President and Southern California Regional Counsel for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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

   

2022 Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule:

• Tuesday, February 8
• Tuesday, April 12
• Tuesday, June 7
• Tuesday, October 11
• Tuesday, December 13

Board Committees:

Academic Affairs Committee
Chair: James Rosser, PhD
Mohsen Bazargan, PhD
David Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Arthur Ochoa, Esq. (Ex-Officio)
Kelsey C. Martin, MD, PhD
Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH
CDU Staff
Ma Recanita Jhocson, MSN, MP-C, RN, LNC
Thomas Magee, PhD
David Martins, MD
John Patton, Esq.
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
William Shay, PhD
Elizabeth Yzquierdo, EdD

Audit and Compliance Committee
Chair: John Baackes
Frank Hurtarte
Howard A. Kahn
Byron McLain, Esq.
B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Benjamin Quillian (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: B. Kathlyn Mead, MD
Vidya S. Kaushik
Andre Miller
Clarence Shields, MD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Benjamin Quillian (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Jackie Brown
Brittney Miller
Angela Minniefield, MPA
Jasmine Hill
John Patton, Esq

Executive Committee
Chair: Benjamin Quillian, PhD
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
Thomas Priselac, MPH
Julie J. Springel, MBA, RN
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Benjamin Quillian (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Carl McLaney, MPA
Angela Minniefield, MPA
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
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. (Ex-Officio)
James Rosser, PhD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
John Patton, Esq