Past Board Members
Joseph F. Prevratil, JD
Board Member: 1987 - 2019
First President and CEO: 1995 - 2019
Mary Ellen Kullman, MPH, CHES
Board Secretary: 1995 - 2022
Foundation Vice President & Chief Financial Officer: 1999 - 2022
Karl W. E. Anatol
Provost, California State University, Long Beach
Board Member: 1994
Len Hughes Andrus, MD
Founder and Chair, Dept. of Family Practice,
School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
Board Member: 1993 - 2010
Diana M. Bontá, RN, DrPH
President and CEO, The Bontá Group
Board Member: 2010 - 2021
Board Chair: 2019 - 2021
Paul Carpenter
Member, California State Board of Equalization
Board Member: 1985 - 1991
Hon. Lynn Daucher
Director, California Department of Aging
Board Member: 2009 - 2020
John Dever
City Manager, City of Long Beach
Board Member: 1985 - 1987
Robert Gumbiner, MD
Board Chair, FHP International Corporation
Board Chair: 1985 – 1995
Board Member: 1985 - 1995
Warner Heineman
VP, Union Bank of California
Board Member: 1995 - 2002
Stephen Horn, PhD
California United States Congressman
Board Member: 1985 - 1992
John T. Knox, JD
Speaker Pro Tem, California Assembly
Board Chair: 1995 – 2009
Board Member: 1991 - 2009
Amye L. Leong, MBA
President & CEO, Healthy Motivation
Board Member: 2010 - 2022
Scott M. Matheson, JD
Governor of Utah
Board Member: 1985 - 1990
Robert C. Maxson, EdD
President, California State University, Long Beach
Board Chair: 2009 – 2018
Board Member: 1994 - 2018
Curtis L. McCray
President, California State University, Long Beach
Board Member: 1991 - 1993
Harry Newman
Real Estate Developer
Board Member: 1985 - 1987
Jack W. Peltason, PhD
Chancellor of Academic Affairs,
University of California, Irvine
Board Member: 1987 - 2008
Westcott W. Price III
President and CEO, FHP International Corporation
Board Member: 1985 – 1997
Hon. Renee B. Simon, MS, MLS
President, Institute of Management Communications
Board Member: 1991 - 2021
Proposal Review Committee
Audit Committee
Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Board Member: 1998 – 2019
Rocky Suares, CFP
Managing Partner, Pacific Coast Capital Management
Board Member: 2002 - 2022
Board Chair: 2015 - 2018
Chair, Finance and Investment Committee
Peter Szutu, MPH
Former President and CEO, Center for Elders Independence
Board Member: 2011 - 2022
Chair, Audit Committee
Hon. Harriett M. Wieder
Chairwoman, Orange County Board of Supervisors
Board Member: 1992 - 2010