Staff Leadership

Astrid Heppenstall Heger, M.D., Executive Director

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Diana Homeier, M.D., Medical Director, Adult Protection Team

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Board of Directors

Birgitta Granberg, Chairperson
Director of Development, College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University

Lauren Cameron Bender, Secretary/Treasurer
Verdugo Hills Medical Associates

Cornelia Funke, Children's Author

Deborah Santana

Olivia Rodriguez, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Counci

Charon D’Aiello Sandoval, Founder/Former Chair, CSLA Commission on the Status of Women

Lyne Scott, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center

Eve Somer Gerber, Co-Founder, H.E.A.R.T. - Helping Ease Abuse-Related Trauma