We honor and thank our Volunteer Leadership for their extraordinary commitment to the children of San Diego.
August 2020: Rady Children's Hospital Foundation welcomes Bridgett Brown as its FY21 Board of Trustees Chair. Bridgett serves on the Hospital Quality, Safety and Medical Affairs Committee and most recently served for two years as the Foundation Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees. She is a past president of Rady Children's Hospital Auxiliary and has been actively involved with the volunteer organization as a member of the Poway Unit since 2006, going on to serve as Unit Council Vice President, Fund Development Vice President and Hospital Liaison.
Bridgett received her bachelor's in communicative disorders and later earned her teaching credential and master's in curriculum and instruction from San Diego State University. She retired following a 20-year career at Twin Peaks Middle School. We are thankful for her commitment to the children of San Diego.
2020-21 Board of Trustees
Bridgett Brown, Chair
Civic Leader & Past President
Rady Children's Hospital Auxiliary
Steve Jennings, Secretary
Senior Vice President & Executive Director
Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation
James Uli, Treasurer
Treasurer & CFO
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
Doug Arthur
President & CEO
SENTRE
Maria Assaraf
Civic Leader
Jon Beyrer
Principal
Blankinship & Foster, LLC
Chair
Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Estates & Trusts Council
Edward Bezdek
Owner
Bez Brand
Co-Founder
DivX, Inc.
Harriet Bossenbroek
Civic Leader
Doug Dawson
Executive Director
Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation
Kris Dickinson
Executive Director
The Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Foundation
Patrick A. Frias, MD
President & CEO
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
Scott Hall
Managing Director
Berkadia Real Estate Advisors
Carlee Harmonson
Civic Leader
Nicholas Holmes, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President & COO
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
S. Douglas Hutcheson
CEO & Director
Laser, Inc.
Donald Kearns, MD, MMM
President Emeritus
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
Richard Libenson
Director
Costco Wholesale
Karry McDannald
President
Rady Children's Hospital Auxiliary
Lisa Peckham
Registered Nurse, MS
Josh Rathweg
Multi-Franchise Owner
Sky Zone Franchise Group
Christian Tresse
Principal
Bernstein Private Wealth Management
Honorary Trustees
Jean E. Hahn Hardy*
Joyce F. Klein
Joan Waitt
2020-21 Board of Advisors
Erik J. Greupner, Chair
Chief Operating Officer
San Diego Padres
Jennie Brooks, Vice Chair
Principal
Booz Allen Hamilton
Stephen Jennings
Senior Vice President & Executive Director
Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation
Betsy Boaz
Civic Leader
Cathy M. Brown
Area Director
Jersey Mike's Subs
Lisa Brown
Civic Leader
Steve Brown
Co-President
Wayne Wire Cloth Co.
Julie Bryant
CEO
Rancho BioSciences
Luke Faulstick
Co-Owner, President & CEO
Power Partners, Inc.
Tisha Freitas
President
Quick-Dry Flood Services
Alison F. Gildred
Civic Leader
Karla Hertzog
Majority Owner,
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Innovative Employee Solutions, Inc.
Anthony Magit, MD
Physician
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
Anne McClure
Civic Leader
Scott J. Mubarak, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief
Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego
James E. Olson
Financial Advisor
Northwestern Mutual
Cynthia Ortiz-Salazar
Founder & CEO
The Obesity Control Center
Civic Leader
Tijuana, Mexico
Clarice Perkins
Civic Leader
Matthew A. Peterson
Partner
Peterson & Price
Cameron Rooke
Manager
Rooke Fiduciary Management, Inc.
Monica Salem
Marketing Director
Frank Motors
Robert Salem
Commercial Insurance Broker
CMR Risk & Insurance Services Inc.
Shaunna Salzetti-Kahn
Civic Leader
Phyllis Snyder
Civic Leader
Eric Thomas
Founder, President & CEO
Freedom Voice
Gwynn Thomas
Civic Leader/HR Professional
Charity Ball Chairperson
Jim Vargas
CEO
Father Joe’s Villages
Tamara Wendoll
Chief Operating Officer
Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel, Inc.
Ellen Whelan
Partner
DLA Piper, LLP
Dale Yahnke
Partner
Dowling & Yahnke