Foundation Board of Directors
The board is comprised of dedicated and compassionate community, professional, business and civic leaders who oversee the operational, philanthropic and investment activities of the foundation. They continue to improve the health of the community through their fundraising efforts.
To learn more about joining our Board, please contact our Foundation Office at 818.885.5341 ext.1
OFFICERS:
CHAIRMAN
Michael Gardner - Senior Vice President, Bank of Hope
VICE-CHAIRPERSON
Rebecca Firoozi - District Manager, Premier America Credit Union
TREASURER
Enrique Wong - First Vice President, Marcus & Millichap
SECRETARY
Bill Newbold - Community Leader
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Dorothy Benveniste - Executive Director, STEM Careers
PRESIDENT, NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION*
Brian P. Hammel
BOARD MEMBERS:
Mark Amico, MD
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist,
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Ali Atabaki, MD
Intensivist,
Compassionate Critcal Care Group
Linnea Benning
Community Leader
Melanie Coto
Founder & CEO,
Coto Interpreting LLC & Tele Interpreters, LLC
Tara Downs
Assistant Vice President,
Corebridge Financial
Melisa Dugas
Founder & CEO,
Holistic Paragon
Gladys Fung
CFO,
Spinn, Inc.
Mary Grim
Community Leader
Jeremy Grosser, MD
Internal Medicine (Hospice & Palliative Medicine),
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Patrick Hawthorne
Past Owner,
Northridge Lumber
Alain Karaguezian, MD
Family Medicine,
Private Practice
Valerie Kohler
Community Leader
Dorothy Lake
Community Leader
Sherry Lapides
Community Leader
Grace Leland
Community Leader
Tuan D. Nguyen
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Asian American National Committee, Inc.
Dana Pump
Founder,
The Harold & Carole Pump Foundation
David Pump
Founder,
The Harold & Carole Pump Foundation
Afshin Safa, MD
Medical Director, Radiation Oncology,
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Jonathan Sandville
Commission Member
Legal Services Trust Fund Commission, State Bar of CA
Daren Schlecter
Owner, Law Office of Daren Schlecter
Khurrum Shah
Senior Vice President, Compliance
The Oncology Institute
Jody Sherman
President,
AAA T.L.C. Health Care Inc.
Paul Watkins
President/ CEO,
Northridge Hospital Medical Center*
Bessie Wilson
Mel Wilson & Associates - Realtors
Maurice Zeitlin, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,
Private Practice
* Ex-Officio Member, With Voting Privileges