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Thank you to our generous sponsors!

  • Anne Andrews
  • Ben Crump Law
  • Jarret & Courtney Prussin
  • Sientra
  • Valentino
  • MiraDry Inc.
  • Nutrafol
  • Brown Rudnick LLP
  • Greenberg Gross LLP
  • JLK Rosenberger
  • Dr. Hans & Dr. Niki Keirstead
  • Sarah Kelly-Kilgore
  • Sol Khazani
  • Ocean Heights Advisors
  • Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery
  • South Coast Plaza
  • ZENA Medical
  • Dr. Robert & Ruth Ann Burns
  • Matt Eberle & Caroline Van Hove
  • Dr. Greg & Ruth Evans
  • Dennis & Susi Gertmenian
  • Brian & Dr. Daniele Green
  • TELA Bio
  • John Thornton
 
Celebration of Global Friendships Emerald City 2023
Saturday, September 9, 2023

Board of Directors

Anne Andrews, JD

Board Chair, Mission Plasticos

ANDREWS & THORNTON, Managing Partner

 

Hans Keirstead, PhD

Immediate Past Chair, Mission Plasticos

AIVITA Biomedical, Inc., CEO  

               

Larry Nichter, MD, FACS, FAAP

Founder and Medical Director, Mission Plasticos

Pacific Center Plastic Surgery, Co-owner

BioSpa Medical, Co-owner

 

Scott Burell            

Treasurer, Mission Plasticos   

AIVITA Biomedical, Inc., CFO and Corporate Secretary        

 

Caroline Van Hove

Secretary, Mission Plasticos

Revelle Aesthetics, President and CEO

Board Chair, Sientra

 

Ben Crump, JD

Ben Crump Law

President and Founder

 

Greg R.D. Evans, MD, FACS

Professor of Plastic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Founding Chair Department of Plastic Surgery | The Bruce F. Connell Endowed Chair in Plastic Surgery | The University of California, Irvine | Past President American Society Plastic Surgeons

 

Sarah Kelly-Kilgore, JD

Greenberg Gross LLP

Administrative Partner

 

Jarret Prussin

Business Funding Group

Chief Executive Officer

 

Susan Williamson

Mission Plasticos, Executive Director

 

Business Advisory Council 

José Bimont

Johnson & Johnson

WW Vice President Digital, CRM and Ecommerce

 

Fairyal Day

Med Talent Finder, Managing Director

 

Gloria Janata

ToGo Run, President & CEO 

 

Don Maree

AlumierMD USA, President

The Alumier Foundation USA, President

 

Tom Seery

Real Self, CEO

 

Medical Advisory Council

John H. Barker, MD

Friedrichsheim Foundation Professor of Experimental Trauma & Orthopedic surgery Director, Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine,

J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany

 

Ernesto Cofiño, MD

Angeles de la Tierra President

Guatemala City, Guatemala

 

Gary Fudem, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Plastic Surgery andBurns

University of Massachusetts University ofWashington

 

Holly Hurless, MSN RN

Director of Nursing, Mission Plasticos

 

Karen Leong, MD

Reshaping Lives CA, Lead Surgeon, Mission Plasticos

 

Isabelle Schaison, PhD

Reshaping Lives CA, Program Director, Mission Plasticos

 

Sam Sharar, MD

Mission Plasticos Anesthesia Critical Care and ICU Professor 

Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development Associate Medical Director, King County

Medic One Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

 

Stephen Westerhout, MD

Director of Anesthesiology, Mission Plasticos

 

Reshaping Lives America Council of Trustees

Ron Menezes

Reshaping Lives America Council of Trustees Chair, Sientra CEO

N. Bill Aydin, MD, FACS

Reshaping Lives America Council of Trustees Member, Aydin Center for Plastic Surgery

Arash Khazei

Reshaping Lives America Council of Trustees Member, miraDry CEO

Joe Yaccarino

Reshaping Lives America Council of Trustees Member, MTF Biologics CEO


Board Emeritus

Robert Burns, MD, PhD

General and Vascular Surgeon, Chair

Mission Plasticos, Co-Founder

 

Ruth Ann Burns

Mission Plasticos, Co-Founder

Friends of Plasticos, Chair

 

Tim Glassett

General Counsel

 

Jed H. Horowitz, MD, FACS

Pacific Center Plastic Surgery, Co-owner BioSpa Medical, Co-owner


Sol Khazani        

US Auto Parts Network, Inc., Co-founder              

Director American Condenser, Inc., Co-founder

Kool-Vue, Founder

 

Rachel Russell

Hoag Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Director of Supplies & Equipment

 

Philippe Schaison, PhD  

Soltego, CEO  

 

Nella Webster O’Grady

Ocean Heights Advisors, Managing Director

 

Friends of Plasticos Event Committee

Ruth Ann Burns, Friends of Plasticos Founder & Chair

Morgan Abboud

Mary Allyn Dexter

Sunny An

Anne Andrews

Jackie Belkin

Karol Bilbrough

Rebecca Boston, MD

DeDe Brink

Danielle Bronner

Megan Castro

Fairyal Day

Jennifer Denman

Marcela Duranta

Liz Edmunds

Katerina Fisher

Kayley French

Zena Gabriel, MD

Abigail Goodman

Danielle Green

Karina Grover

Pamela Harper

Magaly Huether

Holly Hurless

Gail Hutton

Karla Ibarra

Silvia Ichar

Cora Jackson

Kari Kerr

Mia Kilekas

Suzi Kim

Kristina Krissakova

Karen Leong, MD

Andrea Malmquist

Nancy Marchain

Bernadette Marogna

Leigh McMahon

Sharon McNally

Katherine Meredith

Nicole Minton

Adriana Murillo

Ivona Palogan

Devyn Peterson

Cheri Platte

Amber Prokop

Veronica Psurny

Mindy Rhoades

Isabelle Schaison, PhD

Megan Seltzer

Kathy Stevens

Kami Sutter

Kris Thomas

Nella Webster O'Grady

Susan Williamson

Dacy Yee

Becky Zadro

Liz Zadro


Event Co-Chairs

Dr. Zena Gabriel & Dr. Karen Leong

Guest Speaker

Lorna Luft

Corporate Humanitarian

Global Humanitarian

Dr. Shankar Rai