What if? - Venice Family Clinic

What if?
2008 Annual Report

The Mission
To provide free, quality health care to people in need.
Simms/Mann Health
and Wellness Center
OPCC Annenberg
Access Center
Santa Monica
High School
Milken Family Foundation
Medical Building
Frederick R. Weisman
Family Center
Irma Colen Administration
Building
North
Robert Levine Family
Health Center
405
West Los Angeles
Culver City Youth
Health Center
10
90
Los Angeles
International
Airport
Mar Vista
Gardens Clinic
Venice Family Clinic provides a medical home through
eight sites on the Westside of Los Angeles County.
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Dear
Friends:
What if. It’s a statement as much as a question. A simple phrase that speaks volumes about the nature of
Venice Family Clinic’s work.
On the one hand, it suggests the anxieties and uncertainties that face the poor and uninsured in our
community, who live every day on the edge of physical, emotional, or financial disaster. What if I lose my job?
What if I get sick and can’t work? What if I can’t find anyone to help me?
On the other hand, it expresses the relentless optimism that propels Venice Family Clinic’s volunteers,
community partners, and staff members forward in pursuit of better programs, more efficient use of resources,
and innovative solutions for people in need. What if everyone could see a doctor when they needed to,
regardless of their ability to pay?
In fact, it’s the very same spirit that led to the Clinic’s founding nearly 40 years ago. Over those four decades,
you’ve heard a lot about what Venice Family Clinic does—pediatrics, homeless health care, chronic disease
management, mental health, dental care, vision care, integrative medicine. But this annual report is more
about how and why the Clinic does what it does.
It’s about the process of questioning, understanding, and adapting in a health care environment that is
nothing if not chaotic. It illustrates how Venice Family Clinic—freed from much of the bureaucracy of
managed care, pure profit motivation, and the misaligned incentives so common in the larger health care
system—is free to do what is clearly right for its patients.
In these respects, Venice Family Clinic is much more than a free clinic. It is an answer—a collection
of answers, actually—to many of the most persistent questions about health care in America.
Thank you for helping to make that possible.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Benson Forer, MSW/MPH
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
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The
Highlights
In fiscal year 2008 * , Venice Family Clinic:
• Provided free, quality health care to 23,525
patients, an increase of 9%
• Cared for 12% more homeless people
• Provided 13% more mental health visits
• Reduced average wait time for pediatric
appointments at the Milken Family Foundation
Medical Building from three weeks to two days
• Cut average call center wait time from more
than eight minutes to four minutes
• Increased total number of volunteer hours by
more than 7%
• By recruiting more volunteer physicians,
increased total value of volunteer hours by 19%
• Provided 28 kinds of specialty care
• Launched an art therapy program
• Doubled patient enrollment and completion rates
in the Family Weight Management Program
• Expanded the Nutrition Parenting Program to four
community sites in addition to Venice Family
Clinic’s Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center
• Adopted the “Touchpoints” approach to
enhanced pediatrics, emphasizing increased
parent participation and closer attention to child
development
• Enrolled more than 1,100 patients, and re-enrolled
nearly 600 others, in public health insurance
programs, such as Medi-Cal and Healthy Families
• Began implementing two planning grants with
local hospitals to assist in the discharge of
homeless patients from area emergency rooms
* July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008
What if
your husband lost his job and, with it,
your family’s health insurance?
That’s what happened to Catherene Schatz, 31, when she was six-and-a-half months
pregnant with her third child. Her husband’s job in the financial services industry
had provided generous private health insurance, but the COBRA payments for a
family of four—soon to be five—were way out of reach, and their coverage soon
lapsed. Venice Family Clinic’s Health Insurance Program staff enrolled Catherene in
Medi-Cal, the state Medicaid program, and she now enjoys regular prenatal checkups
at the Clinic’s Robert Levine Family Health Center, just down the road from her
home. “We came to the Clinic to make sure we could bring the baby into the world
safely,” she said. “It turned out to be a really nurturing place.”
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The People
Who Benefited
23,525 patients
97%
are low-income
78%
have no health insurance
16%
are homeless
25%
are children
What if
reducing wait times could make room
for more patients?
In 2008, Venice Family Clinic finished piloting a new operations model—called
“Advanced Access”—for pediatrics at its Milken Family Foundation Medical Building.
By changing the way it schedules appointments, the Clinic slashed the average wait
time for pediatric patients from three weeks to just two days, which resulted in patients’
needing fewer appointments and reduced the no-show rate from 25% to 12%. In the
end, those changes created room for 6% more low-income and uninsured children in
need of a medical home—like three-week-old Amy Sanchez, seen here with volunteer
pediatrician Zarin Tejani, MD. The model is now being implemented at other pediatric
sites and for adults.
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The People
Who Made It Happen
126
Board members
1,547
volunteers
246
staff members
11
Patient Advisory Council
members
What if
certain medical conditions can’t wait
months for treatment?
Over the years, accessing specialty care—such as surgery for a hernia or treatment
for rheumatoid arthritis—has been a problem for thousands of Venice Family Clinic’s
patients, so the Clinic has made a point of steadily increasing its own specialty care
capacity through volunteer physicians. That capacity reached a new high in 2008, when
the Clinic offered 28 kinds of specialty care through more than 100 volunteers, like Eric
Schmitter, MD, a retired orthopedic surgeon. His fifteen-minute procedure, performed
for free at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, spared
Maria Hernandez, 53, the sixteen months she would have had to wait at a County
hospital for surgery to correct her trigger finger and get her back to work.
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The
Programs and Services
• Primary health care,
including medications,
diagnosis, treatment, followup
care, and laboratory tests
• Pediatric care, such as wellchild,
developmental
screenings, immunizations,
parenting classes, chronic
care, and teen services
• Health and wellness, including
health education and disease
prevention, weight
management, and fitness
and nutrition counseling
• Integrative medicine,
including acupuncture and
chiropractic care for chronic
pain management
• Teen care at Robert Levine
Family Health Center in
Venice, Culver City Youth
Health Center, and Santa
Monica High School
• Women’s health services,
including family planning,
prenatal care, breast and
cervical cancer screening,
obstetrics, and gynecology
• Chronic disease
management for such
illnesses as asthma,
cardio-vascular disease,
depression, and diabetes
• Homeless health care,
including clinic- and
shelter-based services,
street outreach, and
case management
• Vision care, including
eyeglasses
• Dental care, including
exams, x-rays, cleanings,
root canals, and fillings
• HIV/AIDS prevention,
testing, and treatment
• Specialty care provided by
volunteer physicians in
such areas as cardiology,
dermatology, ear/nose/throat,
endocrinology, neurology,
gastroenterology, optometry,
ophthalmology, and podiatry
• Public health insurance
enrollment, including
Medi-Cal, Healthy Families,
and Healthy Kids
• Lab and diagnostic services
• Medications and medication
management
• Short-term individual, family,
and group counseling,
including art therapy, as well
as psychiatric services
• Domestic violence
intervention
• Child development services,
including “Children First
Program,” a comprehensive
home-based program for
infants and their families
What if
words don’t come easily?
The need for mental health treatment is pervasive among the low-income and
uninsured, but some people who enter counseling have a hard time just getting
to the point where they can talk about their feelings. So in addition to the mental
health services it has been providing since 1992, Venice Family Clinic recently
launched an art therapy program, which combines traditional talk therapy with
creative arts, like painting, drawing, sculpture, and collage. It’s especially effective for
people with low literacy and those from cultures with rich artistic traditions, like
Julia, 34, who wanted to reconcile with her estranged husband but had to learn how
to keep her anger from getting the best of her. In part because of the addition of the
art therapy program, the Clinic provided 13% more mental health visits in 2008.
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The
Philosophy
Venice Family Clinic is guided by specific principles
that are the foundation of its day-to-day decision
making and future planning. These include:
1. Venice Family Clinic's highest priority is to provide
primary health care 1 to those without access to care.
Prevention, treatment, care management, and health
promotion are integral components of the primary care
it provides. Venice Family Clinic strives to deliver
comprehensive medical, mental health, educational,
and supportive services, as well as appropriate
specialty care.
2. The Clinic’s service model reflects its commitment
to improving the health of individuals and communities.
It continuously strives to deliver the highest quality
health care.
3. Venice Family Clinic demonstrates cultural
competence in all aspects of its organizational culture
and service delivery. Patients are partners in their
health care relationship with providers. Providers and
staff demonstrate respect for and understanding of
cultural differences. They believe that health problems
and solutions are best approached by an understanding
of the whole person in the context of physical,
emotional, social, cultural, and economic needs.
4. Venice Family Clinic values its dedicated staff.
It endeavors to maintain a culture of collaboration,
service, mutual respect, and appreciation for all
contributions.
5. Volunteer services have been the cornerstone of
Venice Family Clinic since its inception. Volunteers
and staff work in partnership to accomplish its
mission. Community involvement and institutional
collaborations secure vital resources for the Clinic.
6. An enduring commitment to medical training
enables the Clinic to have a broad and sustained
impact on community health through the formation
of dedicated, knowledgeable health professionals.
7. The Clinic demonstrates leadership through its
strategic advocacy efforts on behalf of the uninsured.
8. Venice Family Clinic embraces research that
contributes to its mission and benefits the individuals
or communities that it serves.
9. Venice Family Clinic promotes community
development. It strives to optimize quality of life by
strengthening individuals, families and communities.
It facilitates leadership training and patient involvement
in program design, delivery and evaluation.
1 The Institutes of Medicine and
Primary Care describe primary
care as “the provision of
integrated, accessible health
services by clinicians who are
accountable for addressing a
large majority of personal health
care needs, developing a
sustained partnership with
patients, and practicing in
the context of family and
community.”
WHO (World Health
Organization) describes health
as “a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being
and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.”
What if
there was an incentive to stay healthy?
Behavior change is difficult, but for families at risk of being overweight, it’s
absolutely essential. So when participation in Venice Family Clinic’s Family Weight
Management Program started to flag, program staff began brainstorming incentives.
Thanks to a generous donation from the Skechers Corporation, they were soon able
to offer a new pair of athletic shoes to everyone who completed the program, and
enrollment and completion rates doubled. One of the participants was Jose Nuño, 11.
“The class made me feel really good about myself, like I could accomplish anything
anyone else could,” he said. Now he practices his jump shot for 40 minutes a day.
“Wearing the shoes reminds me of how I finished the class. I love wearing them
because they have a lot of memories.”
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The
Largest Free Clinic in the Country
In fiscal year 2008, Venice Family Clinic provided
free, quality health care to 23,525 people, who made:
4,746
specialty care visits
84,392
primary care visits
1,392
dental visits
9,277
mental health visits
What if
some who really need help just don’t
trust the system?
Many homeless people are distrustful of social service agencies and hesitate to ask
for or accept help. In partnership with homeless service agency OPCC in Santa
Monica, Venice Family Clinic’s street medicine team seeks to overcome this suspicion
and help homeless people get the care they need by visiting them on their terms—
on the streets. “There’s only so much treatment you can provide out of a backpack,”
explains Coley King, DO, Venice Family Clinic’s lead doctor in the program. “It’s
mostly about earning people’s trust and convincing them it’s safe to visit the Clinic,
where we can really help them.” In part because of the efforts of Dr. King and the
support of OPCC, Venice Family Clinic treated 13% more homeless patients in 2008.
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The Resources
That Made It Possible
26%
Private &
Community
Support (Cash)
$8,259,300
26%
Third-Party
Reimbursements for
Services
$8,198,592
77%
Health Care*
$24,299,465
10%
Management/General
$3,141,738
36%
12%
Income Total $31,751,224
Private & Community Support (In-Kind)
$11,463,058
1%
Other
($101,307)
Government Contracts & Grants
$3,931,581
Expenses Total $31,730,812
3%
Health Education & Outreach
$1,110,638
5%
5%
Fund Raising
$1,475,842
Children First Program
$1,703,129
*Health care includes emergency and lab services, medical salaries, clinical volunteers, donated drugs and pharmacy supplies.
What if
you couldn’t afford your medications?
Heinz Wehrstedt, 71, is used to living dangerously. For years, he tended tigers for
a traveling circus. But today he faces an even greater danger. He requires eleven
medications—every day—for pulmonary disease, vascular disease, high cholesterol,
hypertension, and chronic pain. “If I don’t take my Coumadin, I’ll end up in the
hospital,” he said. “I can’t miss even one day.” But he’s homeless and would have
troubling covering the cost of any one of his prescriptions, never mind all eleven.
Fortunately, he gets his medications for free through Venice Family Clinic’s on-site
dispensary. With a budget of around $250,000, it procures more than $8.6 million in
donated drugs from nearly every major pharmaceutical company and fills more than
130,000 prescriptions per year.
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Statement of Financial Position
For the Year Ending June 30, 2008
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $1,421,109
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful account of $505,741 $864,995
Grants receivable, net of allowance for account of $35,000 $941,299
Pharmaceutical inventories $1,822,662
Prepaids and other $147,688
Total current assets $5,197,753
Long-term investments $6,472,290
Beneficial interest $535,681
Property and equipment, net $5,731,934
Total assets $17,937,658
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $375,592
Total current liabilities $375,592
Pledge liabilities $557,646
Total liabilities $933,238
Net assets
Unrestricted $7,377,511
Temporarily restricted $6,163,552
Permanently restricted $3,463,357
Total net assets $17,004,420
Total liabilities and net assets $17,937,658
Note: A copy of the full audited report is available upon request.
Statement of Activities
and Changes in Net Assets
For the Year Ending June 30, 2008
Unrestricted Temporarily
restricted
Permanently
restricted
Total
Revenues, gain and other support
Private and community support $6,057,766 $2,181,419 $20,115 $8,259,300
Government support $3,931,581 - - $3,931,581
Third-party reimbursement for services $8,198,592 - - $8,198,592
Interest income $274,636 - - $274,636
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on long-term investments $(375,943) - - $(375,943)
Net loss on disposal of assets - - - -
Net assets released from restrictions $826,756 $(826,756) - -
Total revenue, gains and other support $18,913,388 $1,354,663 $20,115 $20,288,166
Expenses
Program services
Health care $12,987,798 - - $12,987,798
Children First Program $1,703,129 - - $1,703,129
Education and outreach $1,110,638 - - $1,110,638
Total program services $15,801,565 - - $15,801,565
Support services
Management and general $3,141,738 - - $3,141,738
Fund raising $1,475,842 - - $1,475,842
Total supporting services $4,617,580 - - $4,617,580
Total expenses $20,419,145 - - $20,419,145
In-kind contributions
Revenue $9,683,749 $1,779,309 - $11,463,058
Net assets released from restrictions $1,627,918 $(1,627,918) - -
Total revenues and other support
Expenses
$11,311,667 $151,391 - $11,463,058
Emergency and laboratory services $608,327 - - $608,327
Physician volunteers $1,300,426 - - $1,300,426
Other clinical volunteers $44,997 - - $44,997
Donated drugs and pharmacy supplies $8,600,066 - - $8,600,066
Other donated supplies and services $395,489 - - $395,489
Insurance $362,362 - - $362,362
Total expenses $11,311,667 - - $11,311,667
Net contributions in-kind - $151,391 - $151,391
Change in net assets $(1,505,757) $1,506,054 $20,115 $20,412
Net assets at beginning of year $8,883,268 $4,657,498 $3,443,242 $16,984,008
Net assets at end of year $7,377,511 $6,163,552 $3,463,357 $17,004,420
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Donors
Gifts from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008
$500,000–999,999
The Ahmanson Foundation
The Atlas Family Foundation
Lezlie & Richard Atlas
Kaiser Permanente of Southern
California
The Simms/Mann Family Foundation
Dr. Victoria & Ronald Simms
$100,000–499,999
California Community Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Louis Colen
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Gumpert Foundation
Wilbur May Foundation
Anita May Rosenstein &
Arnold Rosenstein
Brian Rosenstein
Amanda M. Stefan
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Health System Mission Fund
Saint John’s Health Center
Tides Foundation
Broad Reach Foundation
UniHealth Foundation
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Weingart Foundation
Anonymous (2)
$50,000–99,999
The Fred H. Bixby Foundation
Judy & Bernard Briskin
The Carl & Roberta Deutsch
Foundation
Gelson’s Markets/Arden Group, Inc.
The Dharma Grace Foundation
Chuck Lorre
The George Hoag Foundation
The Mark Hughes Foundation
International Creative Management
Henry Kamberg & Maria Engarcia
Hernandez
The Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Shawn and Larry King
The Barry and Wendy Meyer
Foundation
The Skirball Foundation
UCLA Medical Center
The Vollmer Family Foundation
Frederick R. Weisman Philanthropic
& Art Foundation
Billie Milam Weisman
$25,000–49,999
Blue Shield of California Foundation
California HealthCare Foundation
Monica Lozano
The Capital Group Companies
Charitable Foundation
Peter Francis & Marianna C. Einik
Revocable Trust
Dolores & William Detrixhe
Susanne & Paul Kester
The Karl Kirchgessner Foundation
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Mary L. Naff
Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris
Foundation
QueensCare
The Resnick Family Foundation
Lynda & Stewart Resnick
RGK Foundation
United Breast Cancer Foundation
The Westside Children’s Center
Westside Infant Family Network
Witherbee Foundation
Anonymous (2)
$10,000–24,999
Lucy & Isadore B. Adelman
Foundation
Susan Adelman & Claudio Llanos
The Apatow Family Foundation, Inc
Judd Apatow
Kathy K. & Matthew Scott Barrett
The Cecile & Fred Bartman
Foundation
Bel-Air Country Club – Caddy Relief
Fund Inc
The David Bohnett Foundation
Albert & Elaine Borchard Foundation
Claneil Foundation, Inc.
Comerica Bank
COPE Health Solutions
Roy E. Crummer Foundation
Dr. Mayer B. Davidson &
Roseann Herman, Esq.
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
The Richard F. & Eleanor W. Dwyer
Fund
The Edelstein Family Charitable
Foundation
Roland Emmerich
Robert L. Feldman
Ruth Flinkman
Patricia & William Flumenbaum
The David Geffen Foundation
The William H. Hannon Foundation
Kathleen Hannon Aikenhead,
President
Hilton Hotels
David Hockney
Victoria & Dennis Hopper
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Louise & Herb Horvitz Foundation
Tatiana & Todd James
L.A. Care Health Plan
Deborah Laub
Suzanne & Wally Marks
The Harold McAlister Charitable
Foundation
Amita & Viren Mehta
L. & S. Milken Family Foundation
Lowell Milken
Peter Norton Family Foundation
Idy Parker
Walter Parkes & Laurie MacDonald
Charitable Foundation
Pepperdine University
Pfaffinger Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation – The Lisbet
Rausing Trust
Arcadia
Lon V. Smith Foundation
Ronda & Dr. David Solomon
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
R. K. Squire Company
Harriet & Richard Squire
Sunair Children’s Foundation
Union Bank of California
Harold R. Swanton & Winifred R.
Swanton Foundation
J.B. and Emily Van Nuys Charities
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Gail & Irving Weintraub
John & Marilyn Wells Family
Foundation
George Woolverton
Yahoo! Employee Foundation
Ruth Ziegler
Diane & Michael L. Ziering
Ziering Family Foundation
Marilyn Ziering
Anonymous (4)
$5,000–9,999
Aidlin Foundation
Joseph Aidlin
Harry Allgauer Foundation
American Dental Association
Foundation
Anthem Blue Cross
The Bank of America Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
M.R. Bauer Foundation
Frances & Sherman Teller
Employees Community Fund of
Boeing California
Melissa & Rick Bradley
The Saul Brandman Foundation
Joyce Brandman
Dorothy Kathleen Breininger
The Capital Group Companies
Dr. Sarah E. Carpenter &
Robert Newman
Cathcart Millennium Foundation, Inc.
The Coding Source, LLC
Corinne Colen
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus
Foundation, Inc.
Steven Feder
Triumph Management Company
– FAB Enterprises
Ferrell/Paulin Family Foundation Inc
Viveca Paulin & Will Ferrell
Harrison Ford
Jamie Diamond & James Goodman
Dr. Cadvan O. Griffiths
William R. & Virginia Hayden
Foundation
Goldyne Hearsh
Hilary & Robert Nelson Jacobs
Jacobs, Jacobs & Eisfelder
Elizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation
Shari Leinwand
The Jockey Hollow Foundation Inc
The Karsten Family Foundation
Marilyn H. Karsten
Karinna & Timothy D. Karsten
The Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg
Foundation
Susan Mann Kendall
Angela & Robert Kent
L.A. Louver Gallery
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey
Foundation
The Norman and Sadie Lee
Foundation
Dr. Nell Levy
Remy Levy & Catherine Kehr
Lidow Foundation
Diane & Derek Lidow
Julie & Dr. Harley Liker
Tracey Loeb & Kent Beyer
Maxicare Research and Educational
Foundation
Lorena & Mark Merritt
Cynthia Miscikowski & Douglas Ring
Edward D. and Anna Mitchell Family
Foundation
Diana & Daniel Attias
Morley Builders Foundation
Viggo Mortensen
Research Foundation for Plastic
Surgery
Saban Family Foundation
Gloria & Dr. Bernard Salick
Valerie Salkin
Salter Family Charitable Foundation
Janet & the Honorable Maxwell
Salter
Cinda & Stephen Schrader
Helen & Dr. Raymond Schultze
Yvonne De C. Segerstrom
D.W. Frankel Foundation Inc
Diane Sherman
The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation
Cynthia L. & William E. Simon, Jr.
Foundation
Simon-Strauss Foundation
Jeffrey E. Sinaiko
Rachel & Eric Stern
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Marsha Temple & Warren Olney
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Toyota Motor Sales
Magda & Frederick Waingrow
David & Sylvia Weisz Family
Philanthropic Fund Inc
Wells Fargo Bank
Jory Faermark & Dr. C. Victor Wylie
Beatrice & Irving Zeiger Foundation
Zolla Family Foundation
Erik Neandross
Susan & Edward M. Zolla, III
Anonymous (5)
$2,500–4,999
Allergan Foundation
Drs. Carol Archie & Edward Keenan
Archstone Foundation
Arent Fox LLP
Sonja & Lowell Brown
Attias Family Foundation
Diana & Daniel Attias
Ethel Balter
Beatrice Breslaw
Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation
Norah & Bruce Broillet
The Brotman Foundation of
California
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Charis Fund
Children’s Hospital & Health Center
Estate of Lucretia Cole
Rudi Volti
David Dortort
Carol & Roy Doumani
Sylvia & Dr. Mose J. Firestone
First Federal Bank of California
Dr. Susan Fleischman & Paul Katz
Karen and Dann Florek
Rose Gilbert
Kenneth A. Goldman
The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation
Diedre & Lawrence Gordon
Dr. Carol Schwartz & Elliot Gordon
Christine & Dr. Chester F. Griffiths
Diane & Dr. Jimmy Hara
Harman Family Foundation
Congresswoman Jane &
Dr. Sidney Harman
The Help-Som Child Foundation
Amy Sommer
Mary & Bryan Jensen
Joanne Jubelier, PhD
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Lillian & Leon Katz
Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald
Lady’s Secret Foundation
Joyce F. Klein
Constance Lawton & James Yoder
L’Ermitage Foundation
Renee & Dr. Earl Cherniak
Suzanne Lerner
June & Don Little
Los Angeles Trial Lawyer’s Charities
Bruce Traney
Lowe Family Foundation
Christy & Michael Lowe
Lowitz Foundation
Gail Margolis, Esq.
Melissa Mathison
Drs. Frank Matricardi & Diana Bonta
Dee May 1982 Charitable Trust
Amanda M. Stefan
MGM and UA Services Company
Deborah Barak Milgrom &
Etan Milgrom
Judith & Louis Miller
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Ann & Jerry Moss
Drs. Charlotte & Alfred Neumann
Drs. Roberta & Kenneth Nieberg
The Edmund C. Olson Family
Foundation
Richard & Harriet Orkand
Drs. Patricia & Thomas Paulsen
Joan Payden
Debra & Richard Powell
Marlene & Michael Rapkin
Marybeth Rehman
Edith Matthai & James Robie
Dr. Monica Salinas
Fern & Robert Seizer
The Selvin-Rubenson Fund
Dr. Molly Selvin &
David Rubenson
Alan Sieroty & Michelle Rakoff
Patti & Richard Sinaiko
Snyder Family Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Snyder
Judith Snyder Solomon &
Stanley Solomon
Fred Specktor
Debra & Bruce H. Spector
Burton & Charlene Sperber
Foundation
Sprint/Nextel
Sheila & Robert L. Stone
Judith & Dr. S. Jerome Tamkin
Target Stores
Deborah & David Trainer
Wellpoint Associate Giving
Campaign
Ann Marie & Jack Wilder
Dr. Michael S. Wilkes &
Dr. Margaret Rea
Zickler Family Foundation
Gisela & James Zukor
Anonymous (2)
$2,000–2,499
Marianne & Dr. Abdelmonem Afifi
Gerrie Smith & Dr. Neal Baer
Vicki & Gregory Baker
Richard Beale
Liberty Hill Foundation
Judith & Robert Berglass
Ronna & Joshua Y. Berlin
Bonnie Berman, PhD
Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham
Shirley & H. Stephen Cookston
CVS/Pharmacy Community Grants
Program
Stanley Dashew
The Davidow Charitable Fund
Randee & Ken Devlin Family
Foundation
The Douglas Foundation
Anne & Kirk Douglas
Dr. Naomi & Jim Ellison
Employees Charity Organization of
Northrop Grumman
Helen C. Engelbert
Janet & Jake Farber
The Farbstein Family Charitable
Foundation
Jay Farbstein
Marjorie Fasman
Dr. Andrea & Dr. David Feinberg
Roberta Feuerstein
Elizabeth & Daniel Forer
Elizabeth & Glen Friedman
Francesca Gardini & Fabrizio Blanco
Adleen & Richard Gibbs
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Elaine Hutton & Seymour S.
Goldberg
Naomi Goldman
Eileen Goodis & Dr. Eric Strom
Alison & Michael Hanson
Elaine Hoffman & Jack Cherbo
Lawrence Irell & Elaine Smith Irell
Foundation
ITG Software Solutions, Inc.
Dr. Mary Ann Rosenfeld &
Sheldon Kadish
Dr. Brian D. Kan
Patricia & Michael Klowden
Roger Kohn
Dr. Howard Krauss
Evelyn & Nathan Krems
Latham & Watkins
Deborah & Daniel Settelmayer
Karen & Robert Lebar
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Anonymous
$1,000–1,999
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U.S. Department of Housing and
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U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
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Administration
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Artist Cards Program
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Children’s Holiday Movie
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Mattel
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California Dental Association
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& Orthopaedic Hospital
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Acupuncture
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Mai Phan
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Delmy Portillo
Nicole Potempa
Bhavika Rakholia
Carla Ramos
Regina Ramos
Lindsay Randall
Shyam Rao
Alyssa Ray
Tara Redepenning
Diane Reed
Leonor Reyes
Aurora Richards
Mona Rifkin
Nicole Rosendale
Mollie Royer
Ernesto Ruvalcaba
Brent Safran
Elia Salazar
Dennis Sambolin
Sebastian Sanchez
Stacey Sanchez
Leona Sandrik
Margarita Santiago
Heather Saunders
Jae Hyun Shin
Anasuya Srinivasan
Roxana Stanescu
Yanfeng Su
Lauren Szolomayer
Kristine Tapia
Thu Trinh
Chad Turner
Ekaterina Vaisberg
Ingrid Villa
Juan Villalpando
Erika Villanueva
Jeffrey Virkus
Melisa Vuelta
Sarah Wang
Sue Wang
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Elizabeth Wong
Genevieve Wong
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Yousha Yaghoobzadeh
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Siamak Yasmeh
Jacquelyn Yuan
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Jim Crall, DDS
Jay Grossman, DDS
Clarice Law, DDS
Anna Planells, DDS
Sherry Sami, DDS
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Melvin Chiu, MD
Jonathan Cotliar, MD
Noah Craft, MD
Wade Foster, MD
Ronald L. Moy, MD
Maria Teresa Ochoa, MD
Teresa Soriano, MD
Edward L. Tobinick, MD
UCLA Department of
Dermatology
Jamie Zussman, MD
Ear Nose & Throat
Chester F. Griffiths, MD, FACS
Jerry Federman, MD
Electromyography and
Nerve Conduction Velocity
David Campion, MD
Endocrinology
Mayer B. Davidson, MD
Beverly Karpman, MD
Janet Winikoff, MD
Family Practice
Mohammad Ashori, MD
Susan Baldwin, MD, MPH
Veronica Banda, MD
Monique Barbieto, MD
Marc Brodsky, MD
Laura Conley, MD
Steven Cortes, MD
Thomas J. Early, MD
Kerri Frank, MD
Benjamin Gilmore, MD
Marci Goolsby, MD
Nancy Grossman, MD
Gaetan Habekoss, MD
Jimmy H. Hara, MD
Jin Hee Jung, MD
Heather Kettenis, MD
Daniel Lee, MD
Joshua Leiderman, MD
Melissa Lin, MD
Holly Milne, MD
Ray Nanda, MD
Kavi Rajamanickarn, MD
Kiranjot Randhawa, MD
Thomas Randhawa, MD
Michael Rodriguez, MD
Stephanie Scandale, MD
Carol Stewart-Hayostek, MD
Ann Thomas, MD
UCLA Department of Family
Medicine
Laura Vargas, MD
C. Victor Wylie, MD
Alice Yee, MD
Alison Yee, MD
Ellen Yee, MD
Richard Yung, MD
Bahar Zadeh, MD
Gastroenterology
Eric Esrailian, MD
Jerold B. Federman, MD
Gary Gitnick, MD
UCLA Department of
Medicine, Division of
Digestive Diseases/
Gastroenterology
Health Education
Jim Corbett-Detig
Joyce Dvoren
Licha Spero
Internal Medicine
Paolo Abada, MD
Jessica Adkins, MD
Aarthi Arasu, MD
Danielle Ardolino, MD
Omar Awar, MD
Rakhi Barkowski, MD
Douglas Bell, MD
Jennifer Bennett, MD
Stephanie Berman, MD
Hilary Bowers, MD
Kevin Breger, MD
Phil Bretsky, MD
Arleen Brown, MD
Deborah Budge, MD
Henry Carleton, MD
Dan Carlisle, MD
David Carlisle, MD, MPH
Sylvia Carlisle, MD
Adrian Castro, MD
Michael Chan, MD
Alice Chen, MD
Derek Cheng, MD
Richard Cheng, MD
Min Cheung, MD
Soo Choi, MD
Grant Chu, MD
Robin Clarke, MD
Chase Coffey, MD
Landis Coghlan, MD
Miquael Cottrell, MD
Chad Craig, MD
William E. Cunningham,
MD, MPH
Berj Demirjian, MD
Ariss Derhovanessian, MD
Nirav Desai, MD
Allison L. Diamant, MD
Mamie Dong, MD
Kenrik Duru, MD
Kristin M. Ebbert, MD
Celeste Emont, MD
Susan Fleischman, MD
Edith Flores, MD
Albert Fuchs, MD
Dael Geft, MD
Peter Glassman, MD
Jonas Green, MD
Jerome Greenberg, MD
Jennifer Grossman, MD
Sandeep Gupta, MD
Gary Gutkin, MD
Ryan Hadley, MD
Maggie Ham, MD
Jennifer Han, MD
Ramy Hanna, MD
Alshafie Hassan, MD
Jerome Helman, MD
Susan Hodes, MD
Eric Hong, MD
Syed Hossain, MD
Jenny Hu, MD
Scott Hu, MD
Thanh Huynh, MD
Brandon Itagaki, MD
David Jacob, MD
Amit Jha, MD
Kaiser Permanente of
Southern California
Beverly Karpman, MD
Deanna Kasperski, MD
Barsam Kasravi, MD
Daniel W. Keatinge, MD
Rohit Kedia, MD
Brian Kim, MD
Eugene Kim, MD
Jason Kim, MD
Jennifer Kious, MD
Evangelia Kirimis, MD
Jennifer Knox, MD
Anthony Koppula, MD
Vamsi Krishna, MD
Lola Kwan, MD
Hans Larrave, MD
Christine Lau, MD
Steven Le, MD
Edward Lee, MD
Edward Leevan, MD
Peter Lefevre, MD
Kuo-Chiang Lian, MD
Yuliya Linhares, MD
Erik Lum, MD
Roberto Madrid, MD
Leo Morales, MD
Sheila Naghshimah, MD
Nelli Naima, MD
Hamed Nayeb-Hashemi, MD
Eve Newhart, MD
Vi Nguyen, MD
Michael Ong, MD
Prashant Patel, MD
Samir Patel, MD
Antonio M. Pessegueiro, MD
Michael Pfeffer, MD
Juliet Pollack, MD
Juliet Pollock, MD
John Pollok, MD
Janet Pregler, MD
Tim Provias, MD
Maggie Ptaszny, MD
Jose Quiroga, MD
Joel Ramirez, MD
Jeison Recinos, MD
Sunil Reddy, MD
William Reid, MD
Jinhwa Rhee, MD
Shannon Rylee, MD
Amit Sachdeva, MD
Daniel Sanchez, MD
Maija Sanna, MD
Randa Serag, MD
Ronney Shantouf, MD
Jenny Shen, MD
Eri Shimizu, MD
Michael Shino, MD
Wendy Simon, MD
Baldeep Singh, MD
Edwina Skinner, MD
Lisa Skinner, MD
Leo Slavin, MD
Margaret Soper, MD
Jane S. Spiegel, MD
Bijal Surti, MD
Tuan Ta, MD
Michael Tenofsky, MD
Jonathan Turner, MD
UCLA Department of
Internal Medicine
Vijay Vaidya, MD
Ari Vakulenko, MD
Marta Vakulenko, MD
Ari Vanderwalde, MD
Kristina Vanderwall, MD
Roberto Vargas, MD
Shefalee Viradia, MD
Daniel Virnich, MD
Puja Vora, MD
Hank Wang, MD
Tzu-Fei Wang, MD
Neil Wenger, MD
Janet Winikoff, MD
Deborah Wong, MD
Mitchell Wong, MD
Hawkin Woo, MD
Vickie Wu, MD
Wei Wu, MD
Michael Yadegari, MD
Peter Yang, MD
Melina Yeganeh, MD
Roy Young, MD
Raymond Zimmer, MD
Marriage & Family Therapy
Sandy Watzman, MFT
Medical Students
Tiffany Anaebere
Chris Asenio
Jacob David
Luu Doan
Katie Gausewitz
Jessica Johnson
Erick Madrigal
Laura Moreno
Nelli Naima
Joel Ramirez
Shoshanda Revels
Jeffrey Reynoso
Alexis Scott
Maurice Scott
Kathryn Shipp
Medicine/Pediatrics
Emery Chang, MD
Brianna Cowan, MD
Eric Curcio, MD
Kellie Ernzen, MD
Hilda Fernandez, MD
Edward Ha, MD
Sarah Kemble, MD
Sarah Kim, MD
Alice Kuo, MD
Debra S. Lotstein, MD
Rishi Manchanda, MD
Monica Mau, MD
Erik Paschall, MD
Kamran Shamsa, MD
Philip Verhoef, MD
Neurology
Kevin Brennan, MD
Nancy L. Sicotte, MD
Edmond Teng, MD
Nursing
Deborah Koniak-Griffin, NP
Julie Myers, RN
Nursing Students
Jennifer Adams
Nohemi Aguilar
Sabina Ambartsoumova
Inna Asatryan
Carol Avalos
Araceli Avila
Andrew Baird
Jacob Cook
Sharon Cupino
Hilda Diaz
Sandra Elias
Geinn Gangano
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Olaf Garcia
Amy Harris
Rehana Jahan
Michelle Johnson
John Kettering
Min Kim
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Emelia Noralez
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Marie Paris
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Misty Roberts-Thomson
Nicole Samuels
Santa Monica College
Nursing Program
Ekaterina Sherman
Constanta Ungureau
Rosa Velasco
Marie Villanueva
Honeylet Yap
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Gayane Ambartsumyan, MD
Kathleen Brennan, MD
Caroline Colin, MD
Travis Demik, MD
Stephanie Evans, MD
William A. Freije, MD
William Frumovitz, MD
Erica Grant, MD
Rachel Gutkin, MD
Jill Hall, MD
Tamara Hartshorn, MD
Daniele Hecht, MD
Andy Huang, MD
Kirsten Jensen MD
Michael Johnson, MD
Caron Kim, MD
John Kuo, MD
Monica Lee, MD
Danielle Marshall, MD
Devika Maulik, MD
Nina Nanda, MD
Leena Nathan, MD
Aisha Nnoli, MD
Atka Patel, MD
Sujatha Pathi, MD
Kristine Penner, MD
Jeannine Rahimian, MD
Annie Reising, MD
Jenny Rhee, MD
Katharine Roman, MD
Michael Sela, MD
Nina Shah, MD
Sarita Sonalkar, MD
Ella Speichinger, MD
Samantha Stein, MD
Amy L. Stenson, MD
Heather Stocks, MD
Amy Stoddard, MD
Tevy Tith, MD
UCLA Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Carrie Wambach, MD
Minako Watabe, MD
Keri Wong, MD
Mya Zapata, MD
Ophthalmology
Arnold Barron, MD
Eduardo Besser, MD
Benton W. Boone, MD
Barbara Breger, MD
Joseph Caprioli, MD
The Center for the Partially
Sighted
Candice Chen, MD
Jay Gross, MD
C. Richard Hulquist, MD
Jeremy E. Levenson, MD
Sunmin Park, MD
Jules Stein Eye Institute at
UCLA
UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic
Optometry
Samuel Goetz, OD
Estelle Herron, OD
Jennie Y. Kageyama, OD
Jule Lamm, OD
Alicia Mikolaycik, OD
Mai Phan, OD
Leonor Reyes, OD
Orthopedics
Thomas Grogan, MD
Isaac Schmidt, MD
Eric Schmitter, MD
Mark Wellisch, MD
Pediatrics
Ryan Alexy, MD
Shivangi Bhatt, MD
Alexander Blum, MD
John T. Chang, MD, MPH
Leian Chen, MD
Yu-Tsun Cheng, MD
Ryan Coller, MD
Celia Cruz, MD
Donna Curtis, MD
Babak Daftari, MD
Mary Deutsche, MD
Tu Diana, MD
Rebecca Dudovitz, MD
Ben Fass, MD
Polina Feygin, MD
Constance Fung, MD
Charles Gawad, MD
Alma Guerrero, MD
Karin Hagerman, MD
Hannah Holcombe, MD
Cathy Huang, MD
Anjali Jain, MD
Jessica Lloyd, MD
Veronica Meneses, MD
Goli Mirzaie, MD
Rashmi Narayan, MD
Johnny Nguyen, MD
Pamela Nguyen, MD
Miriam Parsa, MD
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Royce Younger
Elizabeth Zampoli
Xenia Zampolli
Elie Zev
Ruth Zev
Kirsten Zimmerman
Janet Zitron
Maureen Zweig
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Management
Management
Elizabeth Benson Forer, MSW/MPH, Chief Executive Officer
Karen Lamp, MD, Medical Director, Ziegler Chair in Family Medicine
Blanca Andres, MD, Associate Medical Director
Ana Zeledón Friendly, MPH, Associate Director
Fred Hornbeck, Chief Information Officer
Ana Gutshall, Director of Human Resources
Carmen Ibarra, Director of Clinic Operations
William Jones, Interim Chief Development Officer
Karen Lauterbach, Community Health Insurance Program Manager
Mimi Lind, LCSW, Director of Mental Health Services
Board Of Directors
Officers
Jimmy H. Hara, MD, Chair
Frank Matricardi, Dr PH,
Immediate Past Chair
Neal Baer, MD, Secretary
Jeffrey E. Sinaiko, Treasurer
Members
Susan Adelman
Carol L. Archie, MD
Neal Axelrod
Rick Bradley
Lowell C. Brown, Esq.
Mayer B. Davidson, MD
Aime Espinosa
Mose J. Firestone, PhD, LCSW
Susan Fleischman, MD
William Flumenbaum
Chester F. Griffiths, MD, FACS
Ashley Johnson
Joanne Jubelier, PhD
Brian D. Kan, MD
Deborah Laub
Constance Lawton
Lou Lazatin
Barbara A. Levey, MD, FACP
Harley Liker, MD, MBA
Tracey Loeb
Gail Margolis, Esq.
Viren Mehta
Wendy Smith Meyer, PhD, LCSW
William D. Parente
Hutch Parker
Neil H. Parker, MD
David Rubenson
Paul Saben
Fern Seizer
Alan Sieroty
Victoria Simms, PhD
Baldeep Singh, MD
Marsha Temple, Esq.
Bruce Tower
Cynthia Garvey Truhan
Russel Tyner, AIA
Michael S. Wilkes, MD, PhD
Leisa Wu
C. Victor Wylie, MD
Board Emeritus
Ruth Bloom
Daniel Hillman, MD
Karl A. Keener, Esq.
Ruth Moss
Philanthropy Board
Kathleen Aikenhead
Lou Colen
Marjorie Fasman
Ruth Flinkman
Hilary & Robert Nelson Jacobs
Glorya Kaufman
Susanne & Paul Kester
Shawn & Larry King
Deborah Laub
Susan Adelman & Claudio Llanos
Chuck Lorre
Laurie MacDonald
Denise Richards
Anita May Rosenstein
and
Charlie Sheen
Victoria & Ronald Simms
Harriet & Richard Squire
Eva Vollmer
Billie Milam Weisman
Sylvia Weisz
Ruth Ziegler
Diane & Michael Ziering
Marilyn Ziering
Janet & Jerry Zucker
Boards
Eleni Manousogiannakis, MPH, Director of Program
Development and Quality Improvement
Loreto Melo, Chief Financial Officer
Mary Ballou Richert, Director of General Operations
Stacey Scarborough, MPA, Director of Children First/Early Head Start
Tim Smith, Director of Communications
Marcela Tetta, MPH, Director of Health Education,
Promotion and Community Outreach
Ingrid Trejo, Volunteer Services Manager
Advisory Board
Martin Anderson, MD, MPH
Gregory G. Baker
Bernard Briskin
Saul Brown, MD
David Buell
Henry G. Cisneros
Lou Colen
Hon. Kathleen Connell
Dave Daniels
Lucia Diaz
Laddie John Dill
Raymond Eden
Leah Ellenberg, PhD
Sylvia Firestone, MSW
Suzanne Futterman
Luis Galvez
Lila Garrett
Naomi Goldman
Allan Gordon
Karen Gunn, PhD
Daniel Helberg
Roseann Herman, Esq.
Marilyn Hersh
Elaine Hoffman
Douglas I. Jeffe
Dan Keatinge, MD
Diedre Kelly-Gordon
Remy Levy
Julie Liker
Connie Linn
Al Markovitz, MD, FACP
Michael McClain
Kelly Chapman Meyer
Robert Moverley
Charlotte Neumann, MD, MPH
Harvey Newman, PharmD
Regina Pally, MD
Kenneth Ramberg
Helen Reid, LCSW
Joyce Rey
Andrea Rich, PhD
Brian K. Rosenstein
Monica Salinas, PhD
Miguel Sandoval
Jeffrey A. Seymour
Arthur Stickgold
Kate Summers
Rebecca Tafoya, CSAC
Jill E. Thomas
Matthew A. Toledo
Carl Weissburg, Esq.
Joseph K. Wright, Esq.
As of March 30, 2009
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Make Venice Family Clinic
Part of Your Legacy
Membership in Venice Family Clinic’s Legacy Society continues to grow as supporters of all kinds—recognizing
the abiding need for accessible, quality health care for all Angelenos—include the Clinic in their wills or other
planned giving arrangements.
The thoughtful generosity of Legacy Society members ensures the sustainability of the Clinic’s essential services
for tens of thousands of low-income and uninsured individuals. Planned giving also provides numerous financial
benefits to donors, such as reduced taxable income, options for distributing estates to heirs, reduced capital
gains, even income for one’s retirement.
For more information about how to include the Clinic in your will or establish a life-income gift, please contact
Liza Alon, Campaign Manager, at 310.664.7912 or lalon@mednet.ucla.edu.
If you have already named Venice Family Clinic as a beneficiary in your estate plan, please contact us so that
we may appropriately recognize your generosity.
Legacy Society Members
Robert C. Aronoff
Katherine Bard
Irma & Louis Colen
Mayer B. Davidson, MD, & Roseann Herman, Esq.
Sylvia & Mose Firestone, PhD
Patricia & William Flumenbaum
Elizabeth & Daniel Forer
Elaine Hoffman
Joanne Jubelier, PhD
Marilyn H. Karsten
Amita & Viren Mehta
Charlotte Neumann, MD, & Alfred Neumann, MD
Janet Papkin
Maida Richards
Stanley Richards
Fern & Robert Seizer
Jeffrey Sinaiko
Leonard Stone
Ina Tillman
Beatrice Zeiger
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