Community Advisory Board

Our Community Advisory Board is comprised of committed individuals who provide service on the board voluntarily, and who serve as a key bridge between the University of Southern California, the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, and the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Our members represent individuals, families, public citizens, business people, retirees, government officials and clergy dedicated to the health and wellbeing of people.

Current Members

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    Ryo Fujita
  • Allison Gordon
    Allison Gordon
  • Nora Manzanilla Advisory Board
    Nora D. Manzanilla, B.S.
    Chair
  • Ana Maritza Mendoza Advisory Board
    Ana Maritza Mendoza

  • Ermogenes Mendoza
  • Ana Maria Sanchez Advisory Board
    Ana Maria Sánchez
  • Stan Sinclair Advisory
    Stan Sinclair
  • Philip Tamoush Advisory Board
    Philip Tamoush
  • Kimberly Whyte Advisory Board
    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.