Our sustainability program is successful thanks to the partnership across departments all throughout the organization. Our structure consists of a Sustainability Steering Committee. The structure of our program consists of a Sustainability Steering Committee and seven working groups as detailed below.
UCLA Health Sustainability Steering Committee Membership
Chair: Paul Watkins, Chief Administrative Officer, UCLA Health - Santa Monica Medical Center
Co-Chair: Sara Lindenfeld, Sustainability Programs Manager
Richard Azar, Executive Director of General Services
Arturo Sanchez, Director, Environmental Services
Dr. Philip Levin, Chief Medical Officer Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Erik Eggins, Director, Environmental Health and Safety
Michael Baca, Director, Materials Management
Eimee Miura, Director, Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
Val Padilla, Director, Facilities
Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA
Patti Oliver, Director, Nutrition
Annie Hilliard, Principal Food Service Manager
Amy Kraft, Assistant Director, Planning, Design and Construction
Suzanne Kiely, Project Manager, Planning, Design and Construction
Tiffani Quach, Manager, Marketing
Andrei Roudenko, Administrative Director, Environmental Services
Shannon Tyra, Principal Administrative Analyst, Facilities
Martin Lingard, Assistant Director, Patient Transport
Scott Isaacs, Patient Transport
Ted Braun, Director, Santa Monica Marketing
Teresa Zaroda, Clinical Epidemiologist
Victor Mitry, Assistant Director, Materials Management
