California HealthCare Foundation Adds Leaders Geoffrey Cowan, Ian Morrison, and Walter W. Noce, Jr., to Board of Directors; Harlan Edmonds and Thomas Priselac Complete Terms.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2004 The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) has elected Geoffrey Cowan, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication The USC Annenberg School for Communication comprises the USC Annenberg School of Communication and the USC Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC). USC Annenberg was established in 1971 through the support of Ambassador Walter H. ; Ian Morrison, Ph.D., M.A., an author and consultant; and Walter W. "Bill" Noce, Jr., B.A., M.P.H., president and CEO, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, to three-year terms on its board of directors. "With the addition of Geoffrey, Ian, and Bill to CHCF's board, we have some of the nation's most outstanding leaders and thinkers in health care, social and business trends, and communications helping guide our efforts to have a lasting impact on the health and lives of Californians," said CHCF President and CEO, Mark D. Smith, M.D., M.B.A. "Their combined experience and insight will provide us with invaluable perspective for effectively investing in solutions to California's ailing health care system." Cowan has been dean of the Annenberg School for Communication There are two schools named Annenberg School for Communication.
The USIA's mission was to understand, inform and influence foreign publics in promotion of the national interest, to broaden (USIA) and as director of the International Broadcasting Bureau The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) supports the day-to-day operations of the Voice of America (VOA) and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti). It also provides transmission and technical support for all of the independent non-military broadcasting services . Cowan is the author of See No Evil: The Backstage Battle Over Sex and Violence on Television (Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , 1980), and The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America's Greatest Lawyer (Random House, 1993). Cowan served on the UCLA faculty for more than 20 years and founded the Center for Communication Policy. While at UCLA, he produced an Emmy Award-winning TV movie, Mark Twain And Me. Cowan is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1843, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars and several legal research centers. . Morrison is President Emeritus at the Institute for the Future (IFTF) which he joined in 1985 and where he served as president from 1990 to 1996. A futurist specializing in long-term forecasting with particular emphasis on health care and the changing business environment, he has consulted for government, industry and nonprofit organizations around the world. Morrison is a founding partner in Strategic Health Perspectives, a joint venture between Harris Interactive and the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard School of Public Health is (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, . He is the author of Healthcare in the New Millennium: Vision, Values and Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2002) and The Second Curve -- Managing The Velocity of Change (Ballantine, 1996). Morrison holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in urban studies from the University of British Columbia Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. ; an M.A. in geography from the University of Edinburgh (body, education) University of Edinburgh - A university in the centre of Scotland's capital. The University of Edinburgh has been promoting and setting standards in education for over 400 years. , Scotland; and a graduate degree in urban planning from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Noce has been president and CEO of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles since July 1995. Prior to joining Childrens, he worked for the St. Joseph's Health System, Orange, Calif., in several executive capacities from 1987 to 1994. Noce has served on numerous California health care committees and boards including the California Workforce Investment Board. Currently, he is chair of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). He is a frequent contributor to national and international discussions on access to quality health care for children. Noce received a bachelor's degree in biology from La Salle University and a master's degree in hospital administration from the University of California at Los Angeles. Retiring from the board of directors are Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of the Cedars-Sinai Health System and Harlan Edmonds, president of Standfast Services, Inc. The California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, is an independent philanthropy committed to improving California's health care delivery and financing systems. Visit www.chcf.org for more information. |
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