Board of Trustees
- Chair – Benjamin F. Quillian, PhD – Executive Vice Chancellor and CFO, The California State University (Retired)
- Vice Chair – Vidya Kaushik, MD – Emeritus Professor, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Bita Amani, PhD, MHS – Associate Professor, Department of Urban Public Health for Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Executive Committee Member – John Baackes – Chief Executive Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan
- David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD – President and CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Ex-Officio)
- Sonnet Hui, LEED® AP – Vice President and General Manager, Project Management Advisors, Inc.
- Frank Hurtarte – Senior Vice President for Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region & Hawaii Markets
- Executive Committee Member – Beong-Soo Kim, Esq. – Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the University of Southern California
- Kelsey Catherine Martin, MD, PhD – Director, Simons Foundation Autism Research Inititative
- Byron J. McLain, Esq – Chair, Foley & Lardner’s Racial Justice and Equity Practice Group
- Executive Committee Member – B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA – Philanthropic Advisor and Business Consultant
- Andre Miller – Professional Athlete (Retired)
- Executive Committee Member – James M. Rosser, PhD – President Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles
- Julie Sprengel, MBA, RN – Southwest Division President
- Jesus Terrazas – Master of Biomedical Sciences Candidate, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH – Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer and Professor of Medicine, Cedars Sinai
Trustees Emeriti
Cornelius L. Hopper, MD – Vice President for Health Affairs, Emeritus, University of California System
Board Committees
Academic Affairs Committee
Monica G. Ferrini, MS, PhD
Thomas Magee, PhD
Sylvia Manning, PhD
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
William Shay, PhD
Gail Washington, DNS, PHN, RN, FAAN
Chair: James Rosser, PhD
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq
Mohsen Bazargan, PhD
Kathleen M. Arakaki
CDU Staff
Academic Affairs Committee
Audit and Compliance Committee
Chair: John Baackes
Frank Hurtarte
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
Carl McLaney, MPA
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.
Kathleen M. Arakaki
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
Angela Minniefield, MPA
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.
Kathleen M. Arakaki
Executive Committee
Chair: Benjamin F. Quillian, PhD
Vice Chair: Vidya Kaushik, MD
Executive Committee – John Baackes
Executive Committee Member – Beong-Soo Kim, Esq.
Executive Committee Member – B. Kathlyn Mead, MBA
Executive Committee Member – James Rosser, PhD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.
Kathleen M. Arakaki
Finance Committee
Chair: Vidya Kaushik, MD
Julie J. Springel, MBA, RN
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Benjamin Quillian (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
Elizabeth G. Baskerville, CPA, MBA, JD
Carl McLaney, MPA
Sylvia Manning, PhD
Angela Minniefield, MPA
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.
Kathleen M. Arakaki
Governance and Nominating Committee
Chair: Beong-Soo Kim, Esq.
James Rosser, PhD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
CDU Staff
John W. Patton, Jr., Esq.
Kathleen M. Arakaki