Honorary Host Committee

Fred Ali
President & CEO, Weingart Foundation

Chef Govind Armstrong
Past Health Champion Award Honoree

Jacqueline & Clarence Avant

John Baackes
CEO, LA Care Health Plan

Carol & Frank Biondi

Bishop Charles E. Blake
Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ, Inc.

Dr. Gene Block
Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles

Elise Buik
President & CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Dr. David Carlisle
President & CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science

Dr. Blayne Cutler
President & CEO, Heluna Health

Marian Wright Edelman 
Founder & President Emerita
Children’s Defense Fund
Past Advocate Award Honoree 

Cheryl Fair
President & General Manager, ABC7

Hon. Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator

Wendy Garen
President & CEO, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Hon. Mike A. Gipson
Assemblymember

Miguel Gonzalez
Co-President, Northgate Markets
Past Health Champion Award Honoree

Tony Gonzalez
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Past Game Changer Award Honoree

Pat Harvey
News Anchor at CBS2 & KCAL9
Past Advocate Award Honoree

Courtney Kemp
Creator/Executive Producer, "Power" 
Former Writer/Producer, "The Good Wife"
Past Game Changer Award Honoree

Monica Lozano 
President & CEO
College Futures Foundation

Dr. John C. Mazziotta
Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences & CEO, UCLA Health

Kelly Chapman Meyer
Founder, The Teaching Gardens
Past Community Engagement Award Honoree

Julie Miller-Phipps

President, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals & Health Plan Southern California

Hon. Gavin Newsom
Governor of California

Tom Priselac
President & CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System

Michael Prosio
Regional Vice President, State Affairs, Anthem Blue Cross

Dr. Robert Ross
President & CEO, The California Endowment

Maria S. Salinas
President & CEO, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Johnese Spisso
President of UCLA Health, CEO of UCLA Hospital System & Associate Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences

Dr. Cynthia Telles
Director, UCLA Spanish Speaking Psychosocial Clinic, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Past Yancey Award Honoree

Hope Warschaw

Susan Kelechi Watson
Actress in NBC’s Emmy-Nominated “This Is Us”
Past Game Changer Award Honoree

Forest Whitaker
Founder & CEO, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative
Past Community Engagement Award Honoree

Denita Willoughby
Vice President, Supply Management & Logistics, SoCalGas

Stephanie Yost
Executive Producer, Age of Learning, Inc.