Heroes for Health – 2009 Annual Gala Dinner

PSR-LA’s Annual Gala Event held June 7 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel honoring Her Majesty Queen Noor, Jose Quiroga MD, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, and Sandra Steingraber PhD. Presenters included Marla Cone, Francisco Latelier, and Senator Jess Trussme. Also featured was a special preview of Sandra Steingraber’s documentary and Dr. Curren Warf’s farewell, as he moves away from Los Angeles.

Thank you to all who made this gala dinner such a special night for our honorees! Please see the below photos and video from the event, and read our gala dinner review to learn more.

Photos

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Video

Dinner Information

    

Sponsors

Public Health Underwriter

Nancy Gibbs, M.D.

Environmental Health Champion

Kaiser Permanente
Neal Baer, M.D.

Healthy Communities Champion

Daniel T. Alvy
Jim Mangia
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center

Table Sponsor

Metropolitan Water District
Program for Torture Victims
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Laura Fox, M.D.
Jose Quiroga, M.D.
Maria Robles
Ruth Tavlin, M.F.T.
Jane Williams
Margaret Wacker, M.D.

Friends

Esther Cicconi
Carolyn Raffensperger
Leonard Potash
S. Stillwater and J. Bulavsky

Honorary Committee

Sandra Aronberg, M.D., M.P.H.
Congressman Xavier Becerra
Congressman Howard L. Berman
Assemblywoman Julia Brownley
Devra and Lester Breslow, M.D.
Hon. Philip E. Coyle III
Assemblyman Kevin De León
Council President Eric Garcetti
Wayne Glass, Ph.D.
Michael Intriligator, Ph.D.
Harvey Karp M.D. and Nina Montee
Sheila James Kuehl
Joe Lyou, Ph.D.
Jonathan Parfrey
Senator Fran Pavley
Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D.
Councilman Ed P. Reyes
Councilman Bill Rosendahl
Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H.
Stanley Sheinbaum
Robert Tranquada, M.D.
Congresswoman Diane E. Watson
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky

Event Production

Gala Coordinator—Denise Duffield
Video Production and Stage Management—Julie Thompson and Brogan de Paor
Invitation Design—Corky Retson
Tribute Book Design—Ana Mascareñas
Floral Arrangements—Ana Cobian
Printing—House of Printing, Ready Reprographics

Special Thank You

Liliana Argüello
Sharmeen Premjee
David Burstein
Dove Presnall
Caliyane Keo
Maya Smith
Julie Thompson
Carla Trippe
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