Los Angeles 2009 Community Council
Email this pageSister to Sister's Community Council is a made up of a group of select women from the corporate, government and non-profit worlds who come together to help plan the National Women's Healthy Heart Campaign. These female executives are local leaders who pass on our heart-health message to the women they influence in their communities. They are aware of how critical it is to promote awareness of heart disease among women, and understand the need to turn knowledge into action.
Our Community Council members assist the Campaign with program planning, outreach, promotion and sponsorship sales. We truly appreciate their efforts in helping to save the lives of women in the Los Angeles area.
 | C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, holds the Women's Guild Endowed Chair in Women's Health, and is Director of the Women's Heart Center as well as the Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She also is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Bairey Merz's research interests include women and heart disease, and the roles of mental stress, exercise, stress management, and nutrition in heart disease. Currently, she is chair of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored WISE (Women's Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation) initiative, which is investigating potential methods for more effective diagnosis and evaluation of coronary artery disease in women. She has been the Co-Chair of the LA Sister to Sister Community Council since 2005. |
 | Jeanie Buss is currently entering her 10th season as the Laker's Executive Vice President of Business Operations and is responsible for overseeing all of the Laker's business operations including relationships with the team's multiple broadcast partners. Working closely with the Lakers General Manager, Vice President of Player Personnel and Assistant General Manager, Jeanie is also involved with the team's marketing, sponsorships and other business dealings. Actively involved in the community, Jeanie serves as the President of the Lakers Youth Foundation which raises money for Southern California youth charities. She has been a Community Council Co-Chair and generous supporter of Sister to Sister since 2007. |
 | Cynthia Giordano Taylor is the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications with CB Richard Ellis for 2000 Avenue of the Stars at Century Park - the venue destination for the 2008 and 2009 Sister to Sister Heart Health Fairs in Century City, California. A member of the Sister to Sister Community Council, Cynthia was the Co-Chairperson of the Women's Heart Health Fair for 2008 and 2009. |
 | Ellen Eidem, M.S. is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office of Women's Health (OWH), which seeks to improve the health status of women in L.A. County, especially low income and underserved women. The Office of Women's Health has been an active Sister to Sister participant since 2004 and Ellen has been a speaker at the LA Executive Breakfasts for three of those years. |
 | Katie Grieco is Vice President of Operations and New Project Development for the Craft Worldwide Holdings with responsibility for developing and overseeing all Craft, Craftsteak and Craftbar restaurants. She supports Sister to Sister LA through hosting the Executive Women's Breakfast at Craft and championing the cause within the restaurant industry. |
 | West Hollywood Mayor Abbe Land is also the Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Saban Free Clinic (the Los Angeles Free Clinic). She has been supportive of Sister to Sister's efforts, including developing partnerships between the organization and the City of West Hollywood for health education and screening events, and speaking at the Sister to Sister Executive Women's Breakfast. |
 | Abigail Lewis is editor and publisher of Whole Life Times, a bimonthly Los Angeles magazine that has been publishing leading edge information about natural health, the environment, non-denominational spirituality, and progressive issues for thirty years. She has served on Sister-to-Sister's L.A. community council for two years, and was grateful for the opportunity to help hundreds of women get free health screenings at last year's health fair. |
 | Renee Watkinson is the Vice President of Property Management and Director with CB Richard Ellis for Century Park. Through her community and philanthropic work, Renee has helped raise more than $200,000 for those in need. Renee served on the Sister to Sister Community Council for the 2008 and 2009 Women's Heart Health Fairs held at Century Park. |
 | Logan Williams, Department Manager, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has dedicated his life to providing shoulders for others to stand upon in times of need. He has reached out to diverse organizations across the county and has been a catalyst for improving the health of communities for over forty-one years. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was the Los Angeles Medical sponsor for the Sister to Sister Heart Health Fair, and Mr. Williams coordinated their participation. |
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