The Team
Kirstin Clink
Executive Director
Tanya Sorkin
Chief Program Officer
Kevin Brown
Director of Development
Yekaterina Vaganyan
Development and Event Manager
Mara Palmer Madsen
Marketing Director
Debbie Karaman
Burn Prevention Educator
dkaraman@childburn.org
Kami Collins
Program Manager
Rosalind Auzenne
Office Business Manager
roz@childburn.org
Lainie L'Orange
Program Manager
Linda Garcia
Psychosocial Coordinator
lgarcia@childburn.org
Children’s Burn Foundation is governed by a dedicated Board of Trustees comprised of business and community leaders, philanthropists, and child advocates.
The Board
Kathleen Toppino, Chair
Community Leader
Lynda Fadel, Vice Chair
Attorney, Community Leader
Barbara Pratt, Secretary
Community Leader
Douglas Mancino, Chair Emeritus
Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw
Board of Trustees
Dennis Alfieri
Real Estate Developer and Management
Adriana Balaban
Community Leader
Chief William R. Bamattre
Fire Chief LA City, Retired
Deb Barbanel
Managing Director
Russell Reynolds, Global Real Estate
Canard Barnes
Managing Principal
Barnes and Company Investment Council
William Barrett, Jr.
Retired CEO
Chief Gregory Barton
Fire Chief, Beverly Hills Fire Dept.
Fritz Coleman
Channel 4 Weatherman, retired
Karen Dodge
Attorney
Butler and Dodge, LLP
Sam Elliott
Actor
Kate Freeman
Managing Director
Fiduciary Trust International
Richard Frey
Attorney, Epstein Green Becker
Dana Kraft Kitaj
Council President, Community Leader
Kara Lew Larew
CEO, Sentient Advisors, Inc.
Carol Mancino
Community Leader
Pedro Martí
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
The Martí Group, Rockefeller Capital Management
Ann Marie Mortimer
Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams
Dr. Vimal K. Murthy
Burn Surgeoun
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
John Nickoll
Retired CEO
Michael Palmer
Managing Director & Co Founder
California Real Estate Regional Center “CaRE”
Charles A. Pratt, Jr.
Writer, Television Producer
Eric Reimer
Attorney, Partner, Milbank
Matt Ruderman
Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Virginia Stevenson
Community Leader
The Council
The mission of Children’s Burn Foundation is furthered by the efforts of The Council, a dynamic volunteer group of 67 dedicated members who work to support the Foundation’s fundraising and community outreach initiatives. Founded in 1996, The Council hosts the annual Giving New Hope Benefit, where they bestow the Giving New Hope Award to a community leader who has demonstrated significant commitment to improving the lives of children. Through the Giving New Hope Benefit, The Council has raised more than $24 million since 1996.
One of The Council’s annual activities is the Children's Holiday Party, where Council Members invite our CBF families to come together for a day of festivities. This day is filled with music, treats, games, gifts, and of course, community.
Members
Dana Kraft Kitaj
2021-22 President
Adriana Balaban
Fay Bass
Marjorie Bender
Suzanne Bonafede
Alexandra Brand
Shawna Clark
Lily Fukuda Crummy
Ellen Danna
Barbara Deming
Ester Demorest
Kathleen Dohrmann
Lexi Fadel
Lynda Fadel
Pamela Fluor
Kate Freeman
Ruth Gilliam
Lindsey Gordon
Mary Hambric
Betty Hollingsworth
Lonnie Israel
Heidi Jackson
Maralee Kanin
Sally Kanin
Lauren Katz
Mary Nguyen Kayne
Kate Kennedy
Jackie Park Kim
Dana Kraft Kitaj
Sandra Krause
Beth Lane
Lisa LaPorta
Tracey Letteau
Tamara Lowensohn
Susan Lynch
Angela Mabon
Mara Palmer Madsen
Carol Mancino
Joan Mangum
Adria Martí
Patty Nickoll
Christine Ofiesh
Nina O’Hern
Jessica Pashkow
Sandra Post
Barbara Pratt
Rosetta Purcell
Annette Rasmussen
Deena Regan
Sandra Rosenbaum
Ellie Salamat
Jennifer Shpilsky
Minoo Simantob
Kandus Simpson
Laurie Sischo
Yvonne Skillings
Tracy Berliner Smith
Jill Stein
Robin Swartz
Sherri Sylvester
Susan Tivoli
Kathleen Toppino
Sherry Tunnell
Elinor Turner
Shana Veiseh
Lynelle Wagner
Andrea Walker
Cynthia Williams
Carol Mancino
Founding President
