OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2004--The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) has elected Geoffrey Cowan, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication; 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 at the University of Southern California since 1996. He teaches courses in media law and holds a joint appointment on the faculty of the USC Law School. Prior to becoming dean, Cowan served as director of the Voice of America, appointed by President Clinton in March 1994. He also served as associate director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) and as director of the International Broadcasting Bureau. Cowan is the author of See No Evil: The Backstage Battle Over Sex and Violence on Television (Simon & Schuster, 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.
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. 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; an M.A. in geography from the University of Edinburgh, 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.
Contacts
California HealthCare Foundation Greg Nelson, 510-238-1040 gnelson@chcf.org Daniel Danzig, 510-238-1040 ddanzig@chcf.org