AAFA OFFICERS
  

Craig Jones, MD President Craig Jones, MD, has served on the AAFA Board for over a dozen years. He is the Volunteer Medical Director of the Breathmobile® program. Four Breathmobiles® serve the greater Los Angeles area, with one unit serving Orange County in collaboration with Children’s Hospital. The program has been successfully replicated across the nation. Dr. Jones was instrumental in launching AAFA’s Asthma Disease Management Center. This Center was the first disease management program in the nation to be accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. Dr. Jones’ newest project, which we call the Kiosk Program, is a network of user-friendly computers, programmed with validated surveys that compute the possibility of a child suffering from asthma and the degree of severity. It is now being tested in clinics and other medical facilities in the southland. Dr. Jones is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at USC Keck School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology.

Jonathan Goldstein Vice President Jonathan is President of Snell & Wilcox, Inc., a leading manufacturer of video processing equipment for broadcasters and major content producers around the world. Jonathan leads the company’s sales, marketing and service activities throughout the Americas. Prior to joining Snell & Wilcox in 2005, Jonathan led a consultancy focused on building successful executive teams and sales forces for entertainment and new media companies. His career has included senior roles in major global consulting firms, including the media and entertainment practice at Booz Allen & Hamilton. Earlier in his career, Jonathan was an executive at The Walt Disney Company. Jonathan earned an MBA and Bachelor of Science degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Jonathan has served on the AAFA Board of Directors since 2001 and has been a Vice-President since 2003.

Doris T. Luster Vice President Doris Luster has been involved in Fund Raising for over 50 years. Her motto is “if life has been good to you…you must give back.” She has volunteered for several organizations including Cystic Fibrosis, Myasthenia Gravis and the Sunair Children’s Foundation. She has 4 children and always included her children in her volunteer efforts. She taught them the importance of “giving back to the community.” Her family, too, has been invaluable to AAFA. She served as President of AAFA a dozen years ago, and is still involved in AAFA by serving on the Executive Committee and lending her expertise annually for AAFA’s Breath of Life Ball.®

Cynthia Verdugo-Peralta Vice President Cynthia Verdugo-Peralta has served as an officer and member of the AAFA Board for several years. Her leadership skills have provided AAFA with numerous important contacts and liaisons with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). She is the Governor’s Appointee to the AQMD Board as the air pollution control specialist. Verdugo-Peralta is the California Energy Commission-certified Energy Efficiency Specialist with 30 years experience in the utility industry, specializing in the area of energy efficiency and the environment. She founded VPC Energy, Inc, an energy efficiency and environmental outreach firm, in 1989. She serves on several AQMD standing committees, including the Local Government and Small Business Assistance Advisory Group, and the Permit Streamlining Task Force. She also represents the AQMD on Governor Schwarzenegger’s Hydrogen Highway Implementation Advisory Panel.

Karen Maiorca, RN Secretary Karen Maiorca has served on the AAFA Board for several years. She is Director of Nurses for Los Angeles Unified School District and oversees Nursing Services for 600 school nurses in a district that serves over 750,000 students. In 1994, as one of the District Nursing Supervisors, she was instrumental in introducing the Breathmobile® into the first 18 schools in the District. With Karen’s help AAFA has been able to provide valuable training to nurses in the control of asthma. In addition, AAFA has collaborated with many schools in the district on sponsoring health fairs, parent presentations and training for pre-school teachers.

Sharon Oxborough, Esq. Treasurer Sharon Oxborough is an attorney whose practice concentrates in monitoring consent decrees and administering arbitrations. She joined the AAFA Executive Board in 1994 and was a Vice-President for two terms. Sharon lends her expertise to AAFA in many ways.

AAFA BOARD MEMBERS

Mary Anderson, MA Owner - Associated Health Professionals, Inc.
Billie Davis Owner, Billie Davis Escrow
Melissa De Chandt Respiratory Health Science Consultant – Critical Therapeutics
Nureet Druyen Owner- Certified Printer, Community Volunteer
Robert Eitches, MD Board Certified Allergist, Private Practice
Jean Hanley-Lopez, MD Board Certified Allergist, Breathmobile® Program
Richard Harris, MD Board Certified Allergist, Private Practice
Richard Hull, PhD President, CEO, SuperOxide Health Sciences, Inc.
Michael Ingram Regional Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
Marion Johnson, MD, Board Certified Allergist, Private Practice
Michael Kaplan, MD Chief Allergist, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
Susan LaCombe, RN, Asthma Nurse Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
Arnold Luster Owner, Major Properties
Marj Malloy * Community Volunteer
Jacob Offenberger, MD Board Certified Allergist, Private Practice
Luis F. Saca, MD Board Certified Allergist, Kaiser, Fontana
Priscilla Siegel Community Volunteer
Sheldon Siegel, MD * Board Certified Allergist – Private Practice
Margaret Soderberg, MD Board Certified Allergist, Private Practice
Anne M. Staveren, MD Board Certified Allergist, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
Carl R. Terzian Owner, Carl Terzian & Associates, Public Relations
Helene Wernick * Community Volunteer
Marvin Wernick * Former President of Avonite
Susan Woolley, Esq., Attorney, Private Practice
Robert Wyman, Esq. Attorney, Environmental Law
David Zaslow, CPA Certified Public Accountant, Roth, Bookstein & Zaslow, LLP
Ulrike Ziegner, MD Board Certified Allergist, Private Practice
Francene Lifson Executive Director, AAFA Southern CA Chapter