The Team
Kirstin Clink
Executive Director
Tanya Sorkin
Chief Program Officer
Yekaterina Vaganyan
Director of Development
Mara Palmer Madsen
Marketing Director
Kami Collins
Program Manager
Lainie L'Orange
Program Manager
Mariah Ledesma
Development and Events Manager
Debbie Karaman
Burn Prevention Educator
dkaraman@childburn.org
Rosalind Auzenne
Office Business Manager
roz@childburn.org
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
Lynda Fadel, Chair
Attorney, Community Leader
Fritz Coleman, Vice Chair
Retired Channel 4 Weatherman
Barbara Pratt, Secretary
Community Leader
Douglas Mancino, Chair Emeritus
Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw
Kathleen Toppino, Past Chair
Community Leader
Board of Trustees
Dennis Alfieri
Real Estate Developer and Management
Adriana Balaban
Community Leader
Deb Barbanel
Managing Director
Russell Reynolds, Global Real Estate
William Barrett, Jr.
Retired CEO
Chief Gregory Barton
Fire Chief, Beverly Hills Fire Dept.
Karen Dodge
Attorney
Butler and Dodge, LLP
Sam Elliott
Actor
Richard Frey
Attorney, Epstein Green Becker
Dana Kraft Kitaj
Community Leader
Kara Lew Larew
CEO, Sentient Advisors, Inc.
Karin Longhurst
Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Susan H. Mallory
Community Leader
Carol Mancino
Community Leader
Pedro Martí
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
The Martí Group, Rockefeller Capital Management
Dr. Vimal K. Murthy
Burn Surgeon
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
Matt Ruderman
Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Amy Siskind
Community Leader
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Kandus Simpson
Community Leader
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 76 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 $30 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
Kandus Simpson
President
Linda Altus
Yvette Argueta
Adriana Balaban
Julie Barker
Fay Bass
Marjorie Bender
Alexandra Brand
Wendi Woods Chandler
Shawna  Clark
Amber  Cohen
Tricia  Converse
Lily  Fukuda  Crummy
Ellen  Danna
Barbara  Deming
Ester  Demorest
Kathleen  Dohrmann
Theodora  Dolotta
Rachel Edwards
Lexi  Fadel
Lynda  Fadel
Pamela  Fluor
Cindy  Gaytan
Ruth  Gilliam
Lindsey  Gordon
Elaine  Hawkes
Betty  Hollingsworth
Dori  Howell
Heidi  Jackson
Maralee  Kanin, MD
Sally  Kanin
Lauren  Katz
Mary  Kayne
Kate  Kennedy
Jackie  Park  Kim
Dana  Kraft  Kitaj
Linda  Konner
Sandra  Krause
Marie  Krueger
Beth  Lane
Tracey  Letteau
Linda  Levie
Karen Levine
Janna  Lowensohn
Tamara  Lowensohn
Susan  Lynch
Angela  Mabon
Mara  Palmer Madsen
Carol Mancino
Joan  Mangum
Dorrie  Markovits
Adria  Martí
Shannon  Minor
Patty  Nickoll
Christine  Marie Ofiesh
Nina  O’Hern
Jessica  Pashkow
Sandra  Post
Barbara  Pratt
Rosetta  Purcell
Annette Iversen Rasmussen
Sandra  Rosenbaum
Ellie  Salamat
Heather  Shuemaker
Minoo  Simantob
Kandus  Simpson
Laurie  Sischo
Amy  Siskind
Yvonne  Skillings
Tracy  Berliner  Smith
Jill  Stein
Robin  Swartz
Sherri  Sylvester
Gretchen Haas Theodore
Kathleen  Toppino
Sherry  Tunnell
Elinor  Turner
Shana  Veiseh
Lynelle  Wagner
Sandra  Walder
Andrea  Jordan  Walker
Carol Mancino
Founding President
