Local Leadership

Our Regional Board and Regional Management Team lead us in our mission to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.

Management Team

  • Allison Hickey, Executive Vice President, Mountain Pacific Region
  • Rita Redaelli, San Diego Executive Director
  • Frances Mojica , Los Angeles Executive Director
  • Carrie Nash, Greater Bay Area Executive Director
  • Will Barrett, Director, Advocacy, Clean Air

Pacific West Regional Board

The regional board is the governing body responsible for strategic focus, organizational goals and measurable results in achieving the mission. The business of the board includes the equitable distribution of resources and programs as well as the development of volunteer structures across the entire region.

2020-2021 Regional Board of Directors

LISA BERMAN (California)
Consultant

JEFF BERTALOTTO (Oregon)
Regional Manager-Commercial Banking,
Columbia Bank

CAROL BROWN (Oregon)
Retired

*CHERYL CALHOUN (California)
Managing Director
CBIZ MHM, LLC

JOANN COVINGTON (California)
Chief Legal Officer and
Head of Government Relations

JAY CLAY (Washington)
Director of Operations
Expeditor

JULI AN COY (Washington)
Principal Partner
RSM

MARK DI GIORGIO (California)
VP- Senior Financial Analyst
Bank of America

AFIF EL-HASAN, M.D. (California)
Pediatric Asthma Physician
Kaiser Permanente

ANNE ETTER (Washington)
Consultant

JOHN FELTZ (Washington)
Regional Benefits Director
Parker, Smith and Feek

CYNTHIA J. GOTO, M.D. (Hawaii)
Medical Consultant

REBECCA HUPP (Idaho)
Director
Boise Airport

*MARK C. JOHNSON, MBA, CFA (California)
Vice President, Investor Relations
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

JULIE MILLINGTON (Alaska)
Retired

*STEVE O’KANE (California)
President
Steven R. O’Kane Health Care Consultant

SUE PADERNACHT, MA, PCC (California) 
CEO & Founder
Ncline Leadership Strategies 
Senior Lecturer, Organization & Management
University of California, Irvine 

MICHAEL (MIKE) SCHNEIDER (California)
VP - Risk Management & Compliance
San Diego Gas & Electric

MARY STRENN (California)
Sr. Advisor
International City-County Management Association\League of California Cities

LAURIE SHELBY (California)
Vice President EHS
Tesla

STEVE WILSON (Hawaii)
Sr. Project Manager and QA Analyst,
State of Hawaii, Department of Taxation

*National Board Member

Local Leadership Boards

The purpose of the American Lung Association's Local Leadership Board to is raise the organization's profile in the community, advocate for lung health and increase resources to fund local programs and services.

Local Leadership Board members impact the work of the Association including: programs and services, public policy, research, and revenue generation.

Greater Bay Area - Leadership Board

Jack Colburn
Bay Area Air Quality Management District retired Policy Advisor)

Mark Di Giorgio
VP Finance / Senior Financial Analyst
Private Bank, Bank of America

John R. Epperson
Attorney
Cooper White & Cooper

Marissa Otellini
Paralegal
Swinerton Incorporated

Mary Prunicki, PhD, MD
Instructor, Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care
Stanford University

Los Angeles - Leadership Board

Mickey Anderson
Regional Manager
CVS Health

Marco Chu
Financial Advisor
The Wetmore Group, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Danielle Garcia
News Writer
KABC-TV Los Angeles

Raleigh Gerber
Corporate Communications Manager
Clean Energy

David Madsen
Community Volunteer

Nareg Mouradian
Trusted Advisor
MAESTRO DEVELOPMENT

Rodney Mardirosian, MPH
Manager, Physician Development
Adventist Health Physicians Network

Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD
Associate Director for Clinical Science Research Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
City of Hope

Harmik Soukiasian, MD
Clinical Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

San Diego - Leadership Board

Natasha Dowling
Principal
Capgemini

Tony Gwynn Jr.
Former MLB Player and Broadcaster
San Diego Padres Radio

Mark Johnson
Vice President, Investor Relations
Acadia Pharmaceutical

David Lipschutz
Principal
Ernst & Young LLP

Tim Morris, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
UCSD

Kevin Narcomey
President & Founder
Osceola Consulting

Aaron Saint
Senior Managing Director – West Resources Lead
Accenture

Michael Schneider
Vice President, Clean Transportation and Asset Management
SDG&E

Page last updated: December 17, 2020

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