Founders & Board of Directors
Founders & Board of Directors
The Painted Turtle was founded by a remarkable group of business men and women, philanthropists, and families. Beginning with Page and Lou Adler and Paul Newman, the generosity of the following Founders has helped to make the dream of creating a life-changing environment for children with serious medical conditions a reality.
Our Founders
Meet Our Founders
*In Memoriam
Page and Lou Adler
Lani and Herb Alpert
Shelly Brown
Larry Brown
Janet Crown
Gil
Friesen*
Jami Gertz and Tony Ressler
Joan and John*
Hotchkis
Martha and Bruce Karsh
Nancy and Howard Marks
Sue Ann and Richard Masson
Ann Moss
Jerry Moss*
Paul Newman*
Bill Powers
Carolyn Clark Powers
Our Board of Directors
The Painted Turtle is governed by an independent, volunteer Board of Directors comprised of prominent and influential business and community leaders who are committed to our mission. Board members attend three board meetings each year, serve on committees, make governance decisions, support The Painted Turtle financially, and are proactive ambassadors of The Painted Turtle.
Meet Our Board
*Founder of The Painted Turtle
^Emeritus Director
Page Adler*
Chairman of the Board
Lou Adler*
Producer
Tom Amster
Senior Managing Director at Macquarie Capital
Dan Bane
Former CEO of Trader Joe’s
Gina Bibby
Partner at Withers Bergman LLP
Glenn Bozarth
Volunteer
Nicole Brockway
President, Biologicals and Chemicals Division, BioProduction,
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Larry Brown*
Basketball Coach
Shelly Brown*
Philanthropist
Janet Crown*
Owner of Burn 60 Fitness Studio and Brewery X
Dr. Lorry Frankel, M.D.
Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at California
Pacific Medical Center
Steve Gaggero
Director of Pacific Coast Management
Helen Graves
Philanthropist
Justin Guichard
Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager at Oaktree
Capital Management
David M. Hernand,
Esq.
Partner at Paul Hastings LLP
Sue Ann Masson*
Co-Founder of Green Lantern Stables LLC
Douglas McNeely
Managing Director and Partner at The Carlyle Group
Seth Miller
Co-Founder & General Partner of Fearless Ventures
Tina M. Pompey
Principal Counsel, Intellectual Property at The Walt Disney
Company
Carolyn Clark Powers*
President of MOCA Board of Trustees & Philanthropist
Eric Pulier
Founder & CEO of Vatomic
Tony Ressler*^
Executive Chairman of Ares Management LP
Joseph Rice
Executive Vice President of Operations at Nammi Therapeutics,
Inc.
Dr. Jorge H. Vargas, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Professor at UCLA Mattel
Children’s Hospital