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Board of Directors/Officers
The Friends of the Semel Institute is proud to have an equitable, diverse and inclusive community that includes board members and scholar grant recipients of every background. Our Open Mind community lecture and film series, free to the public, includes programming that addresses minority issues. We recognize that inclusion must be practiced in all areas of our organization.
Vicky Goodman
Founder & President
Carol Halperin
Vice President
Stephanie Lushing
Vice President
Robyn Mandelberg, PhD
Secretary
Mary Ridings Herman
Treasurer
Friends Advisory Board
Kary Antholis
Jim Berk
Joe Calabrese
Cindy Chanin
Terri Cheney
Nanci Lynn Christopher
Sam Cullman
Paul Dalio
Alex Gansa
Donald Goodman
Howard Gordon
Julia Gouw
Rabbi Sherre Hirsch
Felicia Jones
Nancy Klopper
Gail Kamer Lieberfarb
Debra Matsumoto
AJ Mendez
Terri Mosqueda
Laura Ornest
Ambassador Nancy Rubin
Susan Solomon
Ross Szabo
David Tokofsky
Wendy Kelman, MSW
Executive Director
Carrie Bearden, PhD
Faculty Advisor
Betsy Hunter Breen
Joannie Burstein
Margot Calabrese
Teri Fournier
Adrienne Gary
Nancy Glaser, MD
Susie Goren
Jaega Haralambus
Nancy Klopper
Susan Lerner
Vanessa Morrison
Jun Oh
Judy Richman
Mia Silverman
Shelley Singer
Mary Burgoyne Snyder
Joni Steier
Jordana Steinberg, MBA
Cheryl Tebo
Meera Varma
Faculty Advisory Board
Carrie Bearden, PhD
Robert M. Bilder, PhD
Susan Y. Bookheimer, PhD
Joel Braslow, MD, PhD
Ian A. Cook, MD
Giovanni Coppola, MD
Katrina DeBonis, MD
Fawzy Fawzy, MD
Jonathan Flint, MD
Tim Fong, MD
Nelson B. Freimer, MD
Michael Gitlin, MD
Helena Hansen, MD, PhD
Shafali Spurling Jeste, MD
Robin Kissell, MD
Elizabeth Laugeson, PsyD
Patricia Lester, MD
Edythe London, PhD
Stephen Marder, MD
Kelsey C. Martin MD, PhD
John Mazziotta, MD, PhD
Robert M. (Bob) McCann, PhD
James McCracken, MD
David J. Miklowitz, PhD
John Piacentini, PhD
Elyn Saks, Esq., PhD
Jonathan Sherin, MD, PhD
Susan Smalley, PhD
Tom Strouse, MD
Yalda T. Uhls, MBA, PhD
Peter Whybrow, MD
Gail Wyatt, PhD
Alexander S. Young, MD, MSHS
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