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 Medical Center, Santa Monica
- 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
- Lloyd Brown, Pharmacy
- Bonny Bentzin, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer UCLA
- Shaunte Walton, Director, Clinical Epidemiology & Infection Prevention
- Annie Hilliard, Principal Food Service Manager, Nutrition
- Dr. Michael Ong, Internal Medicine
- Melissa Prado, Assistant Director, Environmental Health and Safety
- Bill Lazarus, Chief Technology Officer
- Michelle Tolentino, Director, Nursing Administration
- Patrese Kirsch, Wellness Manager
- Jessica Tarabay, Infection Preventionist
