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The mission of The Wellness Community-West Los Angeles is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.  All programs and services are provided free of charge. 

board, staff, and professional advisory board (PAB)

Co-Founders
Harold H. Benjamin, PhD

Harriet Benjamin

 

Honorary Board

Lucile Cayton

Courteney Cox & David Arquette

Joyce E. Eisenberg-Keefer
Philip J. Garcia

Steve Guttenberg

Lillian Moss
Congressman Henry A. Waxman

Ruth Weil

 

Board Chair

Eric Salo 

 

Board Vice Chair

Ann Benjamin

 

Board Treasurer

Lorenzo Esparza

 

Board Secretary

Julia Forth

 

Board of Directors
J. Jeffrey Assaf

Ann Benjamin
Gerald M. Bronstein

Judy Caruthers

Gary Conrad

John Delfino

Lorenzo Esparza

Stuart Dusty Farber
David E. Gooding

Charles H. Hershson

Elisabeth Kennedy-Lesser 

Sarah M. Lewis

Eric Salo
Donna Shapiro

Joe Williams

Woody Godbold*
Jay Wintrob*

 

*Director Emeritus

 

Professional Advisory Board
Paula Anastasia, RN, MN, OCN

Rachel Beller, MS, RD
Keith Black, MD

Denice Economou, RN, MN, AOCN
Armando E. Giuliano, MD

Mitch Golant, PhD
Behrooz Hakimian, MD

Sara Hurvitz, MD
Beth Y. Karlan, MD
Carolyn Katzin, MSPH, CNS
Alexandra M. Levine, MD
Daniel Lieber, MD
Robert J. Maurer, PhD
Philomena McAndrew, MD
Donald Morton, MD
Deborah Nadel, MD

Lee Rosen, MD

Barry E. Rosenbloom, MD
Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD
Michael Steinberg, MD
Marilou Terpenning, MD
Michael Van Scoy-Mosher, MD
Marina Vaysburd, MD

 

TWC-WLA Staff

 

Interim Executive Director

Tim Kittleson


Director of Major Gifts

Allyn Cioban

Director of Operations

Anne Johnson

Program Marketing Director

Julia Forth

Interim Program Director & Advanced Clinical Intern

Richard Hart, MA

Interim Assistant Program Director & Advanced Clinical Intern

Dolly Phillips, MA

Operations Assistant

Stephanie Chicas

Intern Supervisor

Malcolm Schultz, JD, MFT

Multicultural Outreach Coordinator

Elizabeth Mejia, MFT

 

Support Group Facilitators
Rita Aron, MFT

Zena Bartholomew, MFT

Lola Fisher, MFT

Sangeeta Levy, Ph.D., MFT

Elizabeth Mejia, MFT

Ruth Salk, MFT

Malcolm Schultz, JD, MFT

Lynne Silbert, MFT

Sandra Weiss, MFT

Karen Wurtzel, LCSW

 

 

Stress Reduction & Exercise Instructors

Susanne Conrad

Sonya Chapnick

Amy Drucker

Pearl Hillard

Eileen Johnson, MPT

Trish Kirschner

Marianne Lu

Adelaide Mclean

Denise Neumark-Reimer, L.Ac.

Kate Schmidt

Gayla Scoll

Colette Sherouse

Michael Sieverts

 

 

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           The Wellness Community-West Los Angeles is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  Our Federal Tax ID is #33-0287070.

 

Visit us at 2716 Ocean Park Blvd. #1040 Santa Monica CA 90405 or call us at 310-314-2555.