Health Advisory Board
The school's programs in Health Policy and Management are guided by a prestigious group of industry leaders who serve as members of our Health Advisory Board.
The purpose of the Health Advisory Board is to:
- Extend meaningful connections with leaders in the field who wish to contribute to the development of future healthcare leaders through coaching, mentoring, and positively influencing students at all points of their careers
- Expand external relationships and awareness of USC SPPD's health programs through proactive engagement of leading industry professionals
- Identify emerging strategic healthcare issues, professional competencies, and learning opportunities that will help to shape program curriculum and both internal and external educational initiatives
- Promotes dynamic collaboration among a broad cross-section of industry executives, faculty, and health alumni to ensure a strong program and well-prepared students.
To accomplish this purpose, members of the Health Advisory Board:
- Stay current regarding SPPD health programs and engage in thinking about trends in the field (e.g. for "frontline issues" courses) and skills/competencies being sought in the healthcare marketplace
- Participate as mentors, coaches, preceptors, guest lecturers, adjunct faculty and in networking events
- Assist in identifying service learning opportunities, such as student projects, internships and residency sites
- Work through councils to accomplish key functions, such as
- Liaison and coordination with USC Health Services Administration Alumni Association and SPPD Alumni Association
- Mentorship and coaching of MHA and EMHA students
- Developing selected educational events and activities.
Members of the Health Advisory Board include:
Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D.
President and CEO, MemorialCare Medical Centers
Jim Barber
President and CEO, Hospital Association of Southern California
Diana Bontá, R.N., Dr. P.H.
Vice President, Public Affairs/Communications, Kaiser-S. California
Gayle Bullock
AVP, Healthcare & Biotech Group, Merrill Lynch
David Chernof, M.D.
Healthcare Consultant
John Cochran, III
Chief Network Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Timothy Collins
West Coast Lead - Strategy and Finance Practice, Healthcare, Ernst & Young
Castulo de la Rocha
President and CEO, AltaMed Health Services
Charles M. Dorman
Director, Veterans Administration, Greater LA Healthcare System
Mark Emtiaz
President & CEO, Pacific World Trade
Warren D. Foon, PharmD, MPA
President, Dendrite Managed Care Consulting
William Gil
President & CEO, Facey Medical Foundation
Sharon F. Grigsby, R.N.
Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Jeffry L. Huffman M.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Keck School of Medicine
Maxene Johnston
President, Johnston and Company
Howard A. Kahn
CEO, L.A. Care Health Plan
Patrick E. Kapsner
CEO, Bristol Park Medical Group
Marianne Laouri
Associate Director, Health Economics and Outcomes, Genentech
Michael J. Madden
CEO, Providence Health System, S. California Region
Susan C. Maerki
Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Healthcare Consulting
Matthew Mazdyasni
Executive Vice President and CFO, Healthcare Partners Medical Group
Richard A. Namerow
Partner, CSC Global Healthcare Solutions Consulting Group
Walter W. "Bill" Noce, Jr.
CEO, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Frances J. Richmond, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical and Regulatory Science, Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Research Professor, USC School of Pharmacy
Ellen Riley
Senior Vice President, Kaufman Hall
Martin B. Ross, Ph.D.
Director, Avon Partners
David W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Robert E. Brooker Professor of Marketing, USC Marshall School of Business
Robert E. Tranquada, M.D.
USC Professor Emeritus
Steven Valentine
President, The Camden Group
Christopher D. Van Gorder
President & CEO, Scripps Health