USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation
The USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation raises and manages funds to help the hospital meet the health care needs of our local communities and beyond. Our work ensures that everyone who comes to USC Verdugo Hills Hospital receives patient-centered care in a compassionate and comforting environment that allows patients and their families to heal and thrive.
The USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation supports the hospital’s highest priority needs, including clinician training; surgical and diagnostic equipment; modernized facilities; projects that increase patient and family comfort and support; and a wide variety of community health education initiatives.
Donors can make unrestricted contributions to support the hospital’s current, most pressing needs or can designate gifts to one of several established giving initiatives or establish an endowment. The hospital’s current priorities include:
- Cardiac care and heart health
- Community health education
- Emergency Department services, including pediatrics
- Labor and delivery/neonatal intensive care unit
- Men’s health and robotic surgery
- Surgical and diagnostic equipment
- Women’s health and breast imaging
Philanthropic support of the foundation can take many forms, including:
- Outright individual gifts
- Corporate matching gifts
- Gifts of stock, real estate, appreciated assets or personal property
- Planned/deferred gifts
- Corporate sponsorships (Click here to learn more about our annual golf tournament.)
All contributions to USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation are used exclusively for the activities of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue code. Federal ID number: 95-3247823.
To make a gift online, click Give Now at the top right of the page, or to learn more, call the Foundation Office at (818) 952-2226.
We are grateful for your generosity.
Kerri Yoder Hubbard, Executive Director
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation
1812 Verdugo Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91208
(818) 952-2226
The funds raised help support the purchase and maintenance of equipment, renovate hospital rooms, increase patient services and provide healthcare education programs.
USC VHH Foundation Annual Golf Classic
Foundation Board of Directors
FY 2018 – 2019
Executive Board
Community Leader/Retired Disney Executive
Tina Marie Ito , Vice Chair
Community Leader
John Taylor , Treasurer
Retired, KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel, Keck School of Medicine of USC
John Genovese, Immediate Past Chairman
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Chairman Global Risk Management
Board Members
President and CEO, Pacific Horizon Bancorp
Julie Battaglia
Owner, Battaglia Public Relations
Jeff Blake
Retired Vice Chairman, Sony Pictures
Stephen Callister
Partner, Callister & Broberg
Ted Clark
President and CEO, Royal Adhesives
Richard Cook
Chief Executive Officer, The Cook Company
Armand Dorian, MD
Chief Medical Officer, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Roderick Dorman
Attorney, McKool Smith Hennigan
David Elliott
Chief Executive Officer, DRE, Inc.
The Honorable Thad Gembacz
Retired Judge
Janet Hamilton
Community Leader
Steven Hartford, MD
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, OBGYN
Chief Executive Officer, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Kate Kaneko
Community Leader
Happy Khanna, MD
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Pediatrics
Shareena Kumar
Chief Financial Officer, Oceans V Hotel Management
Donald Larsen, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Providence Saint John’s Health Center
Matt Merna
Chief Operating Officer, CHUBB Insurance
Purnima Panchal
President, Women’s Council
Mary Reichley
Community Leader
Amy Ross, Ph.D
USC Trustee
Marcie Sabatella
John Aaroe Group
Carty Spencer
Community Leader
Kevin Tsujihara
President, Warner Bros. Entertainment
Elvira Valenzuela
East West Bank
Staff
Special Projects Manager
Deborah.Weirick@vhh.usc.edu
(818) 952-2228
Barbara Jordan
Foundation Database Administrator
Barbara.Jordan@vhh.usc.edu
(818) 952-3543
Emeritus Council
The USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Emeritus Council is composed of former foundation board members. See the full list of council members here.