CA-WHS Committees

CA-WHS is led and run by volunteers which drive our success.

ADVISORY COUNCIL

  • Chair: Larissa Chiari-Keith, Alala Advisors

Committee Members:

  • Rita Burke, USC Keck School of Medicine

  • Lorraine Schneider, Resiliency Initiative

  • Brandy Welch, IEM

  • Ariella Loewenstein, ADL Los Angeles

  • Rebecca Ninburg

  • Alma Burke, Burke Consulting

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Diana Homsey

Committee Members:

PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Jessica Kellogg, Superior Court of California, Alameda County

Committee Members:

  • Crystal McGlover, Inglewood Office of Emergency Services

  • Delia Douglas-Haight, Vibrancy Agency

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE:

  • Chair: Jill Raycroft, Vice President, CA-WHS

  • Vice Chair: Rebecca Ninburg LAFD Commissioner

Committee Members:

  • Charlotte Stauss, Griffith Works

  • Lauren Andrade, Orange County Fire Authority

  • Kristi Duenas, Alameda County Office of Emergency Services

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Megan O'Connor

  • Vice Chair: Alix Stayton, Public Water Agencies Group (PWAG)

Committee Members:

  • Mahtab Shahkarami, California Department of Public Health

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE

Committee Members:

  • Brandy Welch, IEM

  • Rita Burke, USC

MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Stacy Barnes, Los Angeles World Airports

  • Vice Chair: Christine Parra, Culver City Fire Departmentand

Committee Members:

  • Brenda Rodriguez, LA City Emergency Management Department

  • Julie Kachgal, Walt Disney Company

PAST PRESIDENTS

  • Larissa Chiari-Keith, Alala Advisors

  • Rita Burke, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California

  • Michelle Constant, Constant Associates