Board of Directors
Rick Allen
President and CEO, SnagFilms (Documentaries)
Julie Andrews
Actress
Dave Brubaker*
CEO and Founder, HealthWell Ventures
Board, USC/Norris Cancer Center
Rosario Dawson
Activist/Actress
Jonathan Estrin*
Television Writer/Producer
Jeff Franklin*
Film and Television Producer
Stanley Frileck, M.D.
Physician/Surgeon
Peter Greenberg
Travel Editor, CBS Television Network
Drew Hagen
Founder/Executive Producer, InVision Communications
Sen. Gary Hart
Political Scientist
Larry Heifetz, M.D.
Physician
Louis J. Ignarro, PhD
Nobel Laureate, Medicine (1996)
Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA
Roland Joffé
Film Director
Bob L. Johnson*
Attorney/Entertainment Executive/Talent Management
Nola Kambanda
Aerospace Executive, The Boeing Company
Rosanne Katon-Walden
Community Activist
Gary Larsen
Board Vice Chair
Business Investor – Real Estate
Foreign Service Officer (Ret.)
Michael Mahdesian*
Board Chair
President, Servicon Systems, Inc.
Former Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Response
Tom Moore, Jr.*
Health Policy, Benefit Programs and Information Systems Consultant
Jack Shakely
President Emeritus, California Community Foundation
Derek N. Shearer
Director, Occidental College International Policy Center
US Ambassador to Finland (1994-1997)
Lorin Stevenson
Philanthropist
Maria Mohiuddin Verjee*
Partner, Johal & Mohiuddin, Attorneys At Law
Richard Walden*
President and CEO, Operation USA
Skip Whitney*
CEO, Sanuk Mak (International Investing)
Julie Yannatta*
Music Executive
Founder, Be Why
IN MEMORIAM
Tony Adams
Blake Edwards
Shelley List
Piero Patri
Paul O’Rourke, MD
Leonard Vernon
Marjorie Vernon
* Denotes Managing Board Member
