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
Jeremy Grosser, MD - Internal Medicine (Hospice & Palliative Medicine),
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
VICE-CHAIRPERSON
TBD
TREASURER
Enrique Wong - First Vice President, Marcus & Millichap
SECRETARY
Bill Newbold - Community Leader
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Michael Gardner - Senior VP, Bank of Hope
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
Dorothy Benveniste
Executive Director, STEM Careers
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
Patrick Hawthorne
Past Owner,
Northridge Lumber
Alain Karaguezian, MD
Family Medicine,
Private Practice
Boris Krutonog
President, Amwest Ambulance
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
Cathy Quezada
Branch Manager, Premier America Credit Union
Afshin Safa, MD
Medical Director, Radiation Oncology,
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Sandy Sanchez
VP, Five Point
Jonathan Sandville
Commissioner
Legal Services Trust Fund Commission, State Bar of CA
Daren Schlecter
Owner, Law Office of Daren Schlecter
Khurrum Shah
Senior Vice President, Corporate Compliance,
Apollomed
Bessie Wilson
Mel Wilson & Associates - Realtors
Maurice Zeitlin, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,
Private Practice
* Ex-Officio Member, With Voting Privileges