Community Advisory Board
Current Members
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Ryo Fujita -
Allison Gordon -
Nora Manzanilla
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Ana Maritza Mendoza -
Ermogenes Mendoza -
Ana Maria Sanchez
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Stan Sinclair -
Philip Tamoush -
Kimberly Whyte
Past Members
Marie S. Torres, PhD, LCSW, ACSW – Chair
Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Community Research Initiatives
AltaMed Health Services Corporation
George Caballero, PhD, LCSW
CEO
Casa Cardenas Senior & Family Counseling Center
L.A. County Mental Health Commissioner
Carlotta Childs-Seagle
Deputy Director
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS
Director, Office of Senior Health
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Dennis Murata, MSW
Deputy Director
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Cherrie Short, CBE
Associate Dean, Global & Community Initiatives
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
W. June Simmons
President and CEO
Partners in Care Foundation
Laura Trejo, MSG, MPA
General Manager
City of Los Angeles Department of Aging
Valentine M. Villa, PhD
Professor & Director of Applied Gerontology Center, California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA)
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
PAST Community Advisory Board Members
Cynthia D. Banks
Director
Los Angeles County Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services
Thomas S. Sayles, JD
Senior Vice President
University Relations
PAST Distinguished Scholars Advisory Board Members
W. Ladson Hinton, MD – Chair
Professor and Director
UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis Medical Center
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD
Professor, Health Policy & Management
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
James Lubben, DSW, MPH
Louise McMahon Ahearn Chair in Social Work and Director
University Institute on Aging
Boston College
Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD
Annie and John Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor of Aging and Director
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
*We’re currently in the process of reorganizing our distinguished scholars advisory board and selecting new members.