Board of Trustees

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 – President and CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Ex-Officio)
• Linda Griego – Chair , Martin Luther King Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation
• Howard A. Kahn, MA – Chief Executive Officer, LA Care Health Plan (Retired)
• Vidya Kaushik, MD – Emeritus Professor of Medicine
• Kelsey Catherine Martin, MD, PhD – Dean, Geffen School of Medicine
• B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
• Benjamin F. Quillian, PhD) – Executive Vice Chancellor and CFO, The California State University (Retired
• Clarence L. Shields, Jr., MD – Partner, Kerlan-Jobe
• Lewis Williams – Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
• Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH– Chief Executive Officer, Stanson Health
• 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
Angela Minniefield, MPA
Steve O. Michael, PhD
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