Packard 101 Interns
October 2011 Participants
Justin Beland
Director of Advocacy Outreach, National Association of Children’s Hospital and Related Institutions (NACHRI)- Thomas Borden
Member, Rotary Club of Palo Alto/Supporter, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health - Vice Mayor Suzanne Lee Chan
City of Fremont, California - Steven Chan, DDS
Just Kids Pediatric Dentistry - Ilene Cohen
Allied Arts Guild Auxiliary, Association of Auxiliaries for Children benefiting Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital - Tanya Fleming
General Manager, Westin Palo Alto - Oscar Garcia
President & Chief Executive Officer, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce - Betsy Gifford
Palo Alto Auxiliary, Association of Auxiliaries for Children benefiting Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital - Jennifer Goldfarb
Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Bare Essentials - Grace Kay
Federal and State Policy Associate, Silicon Valley Leadership Group - Laurie Lacob
Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald at Stanford/Board of Directors, Stanford Cancer Center Advisory Council - Barb Larkin
Chief Executive Officer, American Red Cross, Silicon Valley Chapter/Board of Directors, Hispanic Foundation Silicon Valley/Member, Rotary Club of San Jose - Luisa Pliska
Board President, Palo Alto Auxiliary, Association of Auxiliaries for Children benefiting Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital - Karyn Sinunu-Towery
Assistant District Attorney, County of Santa Clara - Grace Wilbur
Chair, Women’s Foundation YWCA Fund - Charles Young, Ed.D
Associate Superintendent Educational Services, Palo Alto Unified School District
September 2011 Special Session – David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Board of Trustees
Ned Barnholt - Jason Burnett
- Nancy Burnett
- Sierra Clark
- Chris DeCardy
- Linda Griego
- Don Kennedy
- Carol Larson
- Meera Mani
- John Moehling
- David Orr
- Susan Orr
- Julie Packard
- Mary Anne Rodgers
- Louise Stephens
- Cole Wilbur
- Irene Wong
March 2011 Participants
Linda Adler
Director, Pathfinders Medical Decisions- Cyndy Ainsworth
Kara Grief Support and Education for Our Community - Brett Barley
Education and Health Policy Associate, Silicon Valley Leadership Group - Dennis Boyle
Partner, IDEO - Dana Bunnett
Director, Kids in Common - Kathryn Coulbourn
Chief Financial Officer, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health - Tammy Crown
Vice President of Strategy, Charles Schwab and Company - Cindy Ehnes
President and Chief Executive Officer, California Children’s Hospital Association - Margot Grant
Senior Field Representative and Press Secretary, The office of California State Assemblyman Rich Gordon - James H. Hanson, MD
Vice President Medical Affairs, Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland - Othar Hansson
Search Interactions Team, Google/Board President, Kara Grief Support and Education for Our Community - Jia Huang
2010 Administrative Fellow in Hospital Administration, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital - Doug Kaminski
Director of Marketing, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley - Kirsten Keith
Vice Mayor, City of Menlo Park - Barbara Sih Klausner
Board Member, Palo Alto Unified School District - Randy Lacy
Vice President of Operations, Pacific Hotel Management, LLC - Mike Odeh
Health Policy Associate, Children Now - Toni Paterson
Board Member, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health/President of the Association of Auxiliaries - Sarah Reichanadter
Family Activities Coordinator, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford - Mindy Rogers
Board Member, Stanford New Schools - Roger Schwab
Vice Chairman, The Herrick Corporation/Board Member, HEDCO Foundation - Jacqueline van Someren
Board Member, There With Care - Joey Vaughan
Legislative Aide, The office of California State Assemblyman Rich Gordon - John Walker
Board Member, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital - Barbara Webster-Hawkins
Manager Children’s Hospital Program, California Health Facilities Financing Authority - David Wetmore
Government and Congressional Relations - John Working
Former Board Member, Children’s Hospital at Stanford - Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital/Board Member, Santa Clara Medical Foundation/Board Member, Medical Foundation for Northern California
October 2010 Participants
- Marisa Atsatt
Parent Mentor/Family Advisory Council Member, LPCH Department of Family Centered Care - Diane Bottoms
Children’s Health Council Auxiliary/Allied Arts Guild Auxiliary - Bri Carpano-Seoane
Family Services Manager, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford - Jo Coffaro
Regional Vice President, Hospital Council of Northern and Central California - Mary Cranston
Board of Directors, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital /Member Stanford University Board of Directors/ Senior Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - Derek Jernstedt
Executive Director, HEDCO Foundation - Kathleen King
Executive Director, Santa Clara Family Health Foundation - Deborah Mueller
Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford - Christyne Pavone
Display Account Executive, Silicon Valley Business Journal - Lori Price
Partner, Price Law Firm - Dr. Holly Wade
Director of Special Education, Palo Alto Unified School District
March 2010 Participants
- Connie Delgado Alvarez
Senior Legislative Advocate, California Hospital Association - Diana Bautista
District Representative, Office of Senator Abel Maldonado - Jeff Chambers
Managing Director, TA Associates - Bob David
Regional Executive, American Hospital Association - Ashley Giesler
Vice President, Corporate Development, Asurion - Antje Hirt
San Jose Auxiliary to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Leslie Hume
President, Stanford University’s Board of Trustees - Donna James
Community Activist - Jim Kaufman
Vice President of Public Policy, National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) - Jeanie McLoughlin
Project Specialist, San Mateo County Child Care Partnership Council - Brian Perkins
Senior Advisor, Office of Congresswoman Jackie Speier - Paula Sandas
President & Chief Executive Officer, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Greg Scharff
City of Palo Alto - Allison Sommer
Staff Assistant, Office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo - Astrid Spencer
Parent Mentor/Family Advisory Council Member, LPCH Department of Family Centered Care - Susan Twietmeyer
Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford - Andrew Valentine
Managing Partner - Silicon Valley Office, Co-Chair - Patent Litigation (US), DLA Piper LLP
October 2009 Participants
- David Breaux
Vice President/Residential Mortgage Officer, Borel Bank and Trust Co. - Angie Briones
Executive Director, Estrella Family Services - Michael Corey
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers - Gwynne (Nell) Corrigan
Lead Parent - Heart Center, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Gregg Davis
Chief Information Officer, Webcor Builders/Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House - Ginni Davis
Assistant Superintendent, Palo Alto Unified School District - Councilmember Rich Larsen
City of Los Altos Hills - Jennifer Martinez
Child Care Access Manager, Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo - Mike McMahon
President, Meadow Park Residents’ Association Palo Alto - Paul Murphy
Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss - Karen O'Brodovich
Community Activist - Joseph Parisi
CEO, Therma Corporation/Board of Directors, Valley Medical Foundation - Shannon Peach
Executive Assistant/Office Manager, California Children’s Hospital Association - Chris Schaepe
Founding Manager Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners - Brenda Taussig
Field Representative, Office of Assemblyman Ira Ruskin - Raymond (Dee) Tolles
Board of Directors, Children's Health Council/Board of Directors, Sequoia Hospital Foundation
March 2009 Participants
- Mrs. Elizabeth Becker
Community Activist - Councilmember Lou Becker
Los Altos City Council - Ms. Edesa Bitbadal
Chief of Staff, Office of San Jose City Councilmember Chu - Ms. Pearl Cheng
Foothill DeAnza Community College Board of Trustees - Mr. Mike Child
Director TA Associates - Mrs. Susan Ford Dorsey
President Sand Hill Foundation - Ms. Elizabeth Dunlevie
LPCH Board of Directors - Ms. Christine Epres
Field Representative, Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein - Mr. Don Fields
Chief, Medical Case Mangement, State of California Department of Health Care Services - Councilmember Deborah Gordon
Town of Woodside Town Council - Mr. Tyler Haskell
Field Representative, Office of Senator Joe Simitian - Mr. Thom Jacob
Partner, Thoits, Love, et al - Ms. Kathryn Lowell
Deputy Secretary for Life Sciences and Health Systems, California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency - Ms. Richelle Noroyan
District Director, Office of State Assemblyman Ira Ruskin - Mr. Randy Perry
Aaron Read & Associates - Ms. Geraldine Poon
Associate Director, Standard & Poor's - Mr. Glen Rojas
City Manager, City of Menlo Park - Ms. Ashley Roybal
Congressional Aide, Office of Congressman Mike Honda - Vice Mayor Randy Royce
City of San Carlos - Ms. Susan True
Executive Director, First 5 Santa Cruz County
October 2008 Participants
- Councilmember Ray Bacchetti
Palo Alto City Council - Bern Beecham
Former Mayor City of Palo Alto - Sunshine Borelli
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of State Assembly Member Jim Beall - Preston Burnes
Legislative aide to San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon - Andy Coe
Chief Government and Community Relations Officer, Stanford Hospital and Clinics - Councilmember Sid Espinosa
Palo Alto City Council/Director of Philanthropy for Hewlett-Packard Company - Tommy Fehrenbach
Board Chairman, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Harry R. Hagey
Board of Directors, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital - Erin Katzelnick-Wise
Health Legislative Assistant, Office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) - Thelma (Sandy) Kuehn
Roth Auxiliary - Barb Mitchell
Vice President, Palo Alto Board of Education - Kelly Morariu
Interim Deputy City Manager, City of Palo Alto/Palo Alto Rotary Club - Barbara Shapiro
Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford - Dana Tom
Board President, Palo Alto Unified School District - Lynn Tuthill
San Mateo - Burlingame Auxiliary for Children, benefiting LPCH - Kay Wilson
Stanford Medical Center - Melisa Wonch
Field Representative, Office of State Assembly Member Jim Beall
April 2008 Participants
- Debora Blake
LPCH Family Advisory Council - Tracy Campbell
Vice President, Public Advocacy, California Hospital Association - Shannon Carroll
Office of Congressman Mike Honda - Jean Coblentz
LPCH Auxiliary - Kristi Foy
Legal Counsel, Arnold & Associates, Health Care Lobbyist - Susan Hammer
LPCH Board of Directors - Matt James
Chairman of Board of Directors, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health - Dorothy Johnson
San Jose Auxiliary - Emily Lam
Director, Healthcare and Federal Issues, Silicon Valley Leadership Group - Sheretta Lane
VP of Financial Policy, California Children’s Hospital Association - Keith Nash
State Director of Public Affairs, March of Dimes California Chapter - Jim Rebosio
General Manager, The Westin & Sheraton Palo Alto - Jim Rennie
Treasury Program Officer, California Health Facilities Financing Authority - Heyward Robinson
Vice Mayor, City of Menlo Park - Irv Rollins, EdD
Retired Educator; Office of Senator Joe Simitian - Nicholas Thornton
Constituent Services Representative, Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
October 2007 Participants
- Mike Couch
Palo Alto Rotarian - Bruce Cozadd
Executive Chairman, Jazz Pharmaceuticals - Megan Cundari
Sr. Associate Director, American Hospital Association - Tim Curley
Director, Business and Government Relations, Children's Hospital, Central California - Thomas Davids
Mayor, City of San Carlos - Ann DeBusk
American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley - Ted Driscoll, PhD
Mayor, Town of Portola Valley - Nicole Fernandez
Field Representative, Office of Assemblyman Ira Ruskin - Mary Goerz
LPCH Art and Display Committee - Shawn Gremminger
Assistant Director, Federal Legislative Affairs, NACHRI - Elizabeth Haehl
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health - Mary Hansell, RN, DrPH
San Mateo County Health Department - Chester Haskell, MPA, DPA
President, Cogswell Polytechnical College - Diane Howard
Councilmember, City of Redwood City - Harvey Kaplan, MD
Vice Chairman, First 5 San Mateo County - Deedee McMurty
LPCH Art and Display Committee - Bob Selig
Ronald McDonald House - Meryl Selig
Ronald McDonald House
March 2007 Participants
- Maya Altman
Executive Director, Health Plan of San Mateo - Assemblymember Jim Beall
24th Assembly District State of California - Constance "Elaine" Chambers
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health - Magi Curtis
National Association for Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) - Pat Dando
Chief Executive Officer, San Jose/Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce - Diana Dooley
President, California Children's Hospital Association - Diane Flynn
Lead Parent, LPCH Family Advisory Council - Pedro Gonzalez
Vice Mayor, City of South San Francisco - Robert Halperin
LPCH Board of Directors - Chester Haskell
President, Cogswell Polytechnical College - Kathleen King
Councilmember, City of Saratoga - Daryl Lillie
LPCH Board of Directors - Saeed H. Mirfattah
Program and Planning Director, First 5 San Mateo County - Aimee Ossman
Director, Medicaid and State Policy, NACHRI - Mary Patterson
Executive Director, Project Cornerstone - Susan Poor
Health Care Consultant - Vinita Sanjay, MD
Community Physician, Willow Clinic - Art Stauffer
President, Palo Alto Rotary - Sheila Wolfson
LPCH Volunteer
February 2007 Special Session Participants – Ronald McDonald House Board of Directors
- Andrew Bridges
- Mary Esther Candee
- Greg Dougherty
- Mark Greenstein
- Ty Hix
- Margaret Jimenez
- Judy Kirkpatrick
- Karin Klarreich
- Bob Kresek
- Melinda Litherland
- Brad Lyman
- Honey Meir-Levy
- Rick Reginato
- Michael Rubenstein
- Bob Selig
- Barbara Shapiro
- Susan Twietmeyer
- Peter Ziebelman
October 2006 Participants
- John Barton
Councilmember, City of Palo Alto - Rokhsareh (Roki) Charney, MD
Administrator, California Children's Services - Andrew Cohen
Councilmember, City of Menlo Park - Gary Dillabough
Vice President, EBay - Elizabeth Dunlevie
LPCH Board of Directors - Ruth Fisher
Director, Community Relations, Government & External Affairs, Children's National Medical Center - Dr. Bernadine Fong
President Emerita, Foothill College - Jennifer Fong
LPCH Volunteer - Scott Hayes
Vice President, Citigroup Private Bank - Julie Jerome
Adolescent Counseling - Rob Lancefield
President-Elect, Palo Alto Rotary Club - Linda Leu
Policy Analyst, Office of Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor Liz Kniss - Laura Macias
Councilmember, City of Mountain View - Katie Martinez
Program Specialist, First 5 San Mateo County - William (Bill) Nichols
Lucile Packard Foundation For Children’s Health, Board Member - Missy Ryan
LPCH Auxiliary, President
September 2006 - Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, Capital Campaign Committee
- Deborah Addicott
- Lorene Arey
- Maria Banatao
- Pilar Davies
- Alison Geballe
- William Johnson
- Kathleen Justice-Moore
- Anne Lawler
- James Mitchell
- George Pavlov
- George Phipps
- Carol Schnake, M.D.
- Arnold Silverman
- Barbara Silverman
March 2006 Participants
- Ronald Berke
Community Volunteer - Anand Chabra, MD
Director of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health for the San Mateo County Health Department - Rolanda Pierre Dixon
Assistant Deputy District Attorney for Santa Clara County - Marilyn Cook
Associate Superintendent of the Educational Services Division of Palo Alto Unified School District - Ron Fuchs
Public Affairs Communications Director, ROCHE Pharmaceuticals - Liz Grim
Member, San Jose Auxiliary for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Sandra R. Hernández, MD
Member, LPCH Board of Directors; CEO San Francisco Foundation - Yoriko Kishimoto
Vice Mayor, City of Palo Alto - Judy Kleinberg
Mayor, City of Palo Alto - Iris Korol
President, Palo Alto Rotary - John Kriewall
Community Activist - Kara LaPierre
Director of Economic Vitality, Silicon Valley Leadership Group - Tashia Morgridge
Member, LPCH Board of Directors; President of the TOSA Foundation - Tammy Moss
Executive Director of First 5 San Mateo County - Gordon W. Russell
Retired Venture Capitalist; Community Volunteer - Robert Slepin
Perot Systems’ Client Executive for LPCH - Julie Stern
Board member, Palo Alto Kiwanis Club and Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Howard Wolf
President, Stanford Alumni Association
October 2005 Participants
- LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
Assistant Vice President for Stanford University Campus Relations and Special Counselor to the President; Palo Alto City Councilmember - Fran Dehn
President, Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce - David Demarest
Vice President of Public Affairs, Stanford University - Dan Dykwel
President, Palo Alto High School Parent Teacher Student Association - Colleen Gerstner
Director of Sales and Marketing, Sheraton and Westin Palo Alto Hotels - Russell Hancock
President and CEO of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network - Terri Cowger Hill
Owner and Founder of Cowger & Associates - Laura Jones
Council Assistant for San Jose City Councilmember Ken Yeager - Honey Meir-Levi
Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House - Dean Munro
Executive Director of the San Jose Sports Authority - Denise O’Leary
Member, LPCH Board of Directors; Trustee of Stanford University; Chair of the Board of Stanford Hospital and Clinics; Private venture capital investor and corporate director - Daryl Savage
Columnist, Palo Alto Weekly; Member Palo Alto Human Relations Commission; Palo Alto Rotary - Louise Scott
Association President, Woodside-Atherton Auxiliary for LPCH - Boyd Smith
Member, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Board of Directors; Member Hoover Institution Board of Overseers - Srija Srinivasan
Director of the Health Policy, Planning and Promotion unit of the San Mateo County Health Department - Lisa Tate
Vice President, Public Affairs for the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions - Adrienne Tissier
San Mateo County Supervisor for District 5 - Barbra Wood
President of the Association of Auxiliaries for LPCH; Member of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Board of Directors - Debra Zumwalt
Vice President and General Counsel, Stanford University
March 2005 Participants
- Judy Chirco
San Jose City Councilmember - Kathleen Collin, MPH
Senior Health Policy Aide for Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren - Diana Diamond
Executive Editor, Daily News - Sunny Dykwel
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Steve Emslie
Planning Director, City of Palo Alto - Daniel Furtado
Campbell City Councilmember - Linda Gold
Founder, President & CEO of M3iworks - Cynthia Haines
Senior Vice President Business Development, LPCH - Heather Keller
Lead Parent, LPCH Parent Hour Support Groups and LPCH Parent Mentor - Sharon Ladin
Director of Advocacy Programs, National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) - Keri McLain, PhD
CEO, YWCA Santa Clara Valley - Kathy Riggins
President & CEO, YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula
October 2004 Participants
- Charity Bracy
Vice President, Government Relations, Policy and Communications, California Children's Hospital Association (CCHA) - Jim Burch
Vice Mayor, City of Palo Alto - Joyce Cusick
Palo Alto Rotarian - Seth Fearey
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network - Annette Glanckopf
Santa Clara County Health Advisory Commissioner, Chair of the Emergency Medical Services Committee - Richard Greene, MD
Member, LPCH Board of Directors - Barbara Harrelson
Regional Vice President Hospital Council San Mateo, Santa Clara and Monterey Bay sections - R. Michael Kasperzak, Jr.
Mountain View City Council - Jean McCown
Director of Community Relations, Stanford University - Michelle Sioson, MPH
Community Program Specialist, First 5 San Mateo County - Buu Thai
Senior Field Representative, Office of Assemblywoman Sally J. Lieber - Lisa Wise
Lead Parent, LPCH Family Advisory Council - Brian Zamora
Director of the Public Health and Environmental Protection Division, County of San Mateo Health Services Agency
April 2004 Participants
- Susan Bruch, PNP
DeAnza College - Ken Carpi
Carpi & Clay, government relations firm - Ann Dauer
Board member and Executive Committee, Children's Health Council and the Family and Children Services Agency - Toby Douglas
Manager, Health Access Initiatives for the San Mateo County Health Services Agency - Clifton R. Gaus, MHA, ScD
Member, LPCH Board of Directors - Barbara Gross
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Todd Hansen
Chief Operating Officer, The Health Trust - Audrey Sullivan Jacob
Government Relations Director, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Clare Kelly
Associate Director, Public Policy for the National Association of Children’s Hospitals (N.A.C.H.) - Anne Langley
Senior Counsel for Public Policy, National Association of Children’s Hospitals - John M. Lillie
Member, LPCH Board of Directors - James Miller
Research Analyst, San Mateo County Human Services Agency - Susan P. Orr
Member, LPCH Board of Directors. Chair of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Member to the Board of Directors of Stanford Hospital & Clinics. Member of the Board of Directors of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. - Marissa Peterson
Member of LPCH Board of Directors. Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Chief Customer Advocate for Sun Microsystems. - Sally Probst
Chair of County Council, Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County and Housing Chair of the Palo Alto League - Mark Sabin
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Rick Stern
Board member of the Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula and the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce (board chair 1998-99) - Carolyn M. Ticknor
Member, LPCH Board of Directors
November 2003 Participants
- Mariann Byerwalter
Chairman JDN Corp Advisory, LLC and Member, LPCH Board of Directors and Stanford Hospital & Clinics Board of Directors - Richard Greene, MD
Chair Department of Pediatrics PAMF & Member, LPCH Board of Directors - Sandra Lonnquist
President and CEO of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Carol Metzler
Administrative Assistant to the San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools John Mehl, PhD - Jan Ouren
Senior VP of Research & Business Development CCHA - Anne Ream
Field Representative for Congresswoman Anna Eshoo










