Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

  • Chair John Baackes  –  Chief Executive Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan (retired)
  • Vice Chair Scott Weingarten,  MD, MPH – Board of Directors at 7 different companies, Medical Staff, and Professor Emeritus at Cedars-Sinai
  • Bita Amani, PhD, MHS – Associate Professor, Department of Urban Public Health, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD – President and CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Ex-Officio)
  • Steven M. Dubinett, MD – Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Zoila D. Escobar, MBA, EdD —President of the AltaMed Foundation and Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer of AltaMed Health Services
  • Deborah Freund, PhD, MPH – Executive Committee Member, Research Professor and President Emerita, Departments of Global Public Health and Economic Sciences, Claremont Graduate University
  • Sonnet Hui, LEED® AP – Vice President and General Manager, Project Management Advisors, Inc.
  • Isaiah Hoffman, MS – Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • Vidya Kaushik, MD – Executive Committee Member, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • Byron J. McLain, Esq – Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
  • Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD – Dean, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
  • Jerry E. Spicer, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, FACHE, Regional Chief Nurse Executive & Vice President, Regional Patient Care Services
  • Julie Sprengel, MBA, RN – Southwest Division President

Trustees Emeriti

Cornelius L. Hopper, MD – Vice President for Health Affairs, Emeritus, University of California System

Board Committees

Academic Affairs Committee
Chair: Deborah Freund, PhD, MPH
Bita Amani, PhD, MHS
John Baackes (Ex-Officio)
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)

Audit and Compliance Committee
Chair: John Baackes
Zoila D. Escobar, MBA, EdD
Byron McLain, Esq.
Jerry E. Spicer, DNP, RN

Advancement Committee
Chair: Scott Weingarten
John Baackes (Ex-Officio)
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)

Executive Committee
Chair: John Baackes
Vice Chair: Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH
Deborah Freund, PhD, MPH
Vidya Kaushik, MD
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)

Finance Committee
Chair: Vidya Kaushik, MD
Sonnet Hui, LEED® AP
Julie J. Springel, MBA, RN
John Baackes (Ex-Officio)
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)

Governance and Nominating Committee
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
John Baackes (Ex-Officio)