The People Behind California Asthma Partner

To form California Asthma Partners, California Breathing, in partnership with an ad-hoc planning committee, recruited a multidisciplinary team of high-level asthma leaders throughout the state to participate on the California Asthma Partners Steering Committee. Created in June 2004, the purpose of the committee has been to help to guide implementation of the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California by coordinating efforts throughout the state. Partners on the committee include representatives from the fields of medicine, education, advocacy, research and policy

CAP welcomes new asthma leaders on the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee membership strives to reflect and represent the asthma interests, geography and diversity of California. In addition to the Steering Committee, hundreds of stakeholders have been involved with CAP via its website and database.

CAP activities are guided by a Steering Committee comprised of the following CAP members:

• John R. Balmes, UCSF / San Francisco General Hospital
• Donna C. Carey, Medical Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program and NICU, Emanuel Medical Center
• Adam Davis,  American Lung Association of California
• Joan Edelstein, California School Boards Association (incoming Chair)
• Joyce J. Gray, Ethnic Health Institute
• Isam A. Herndon, GlaxoSmithKline
• Allison Homewood, California Primary Care Association
• Raymond Kohl, Los Angeles Unified School District Nursing Services Asthma Program
• Francene Lifson, Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
• Kate Lorenzen,  Regional Asthma Management & Prevention Initiative  (Chair)
• Jim Mangia, St. John's Well Child and Family Center
• Elisa Nicholas, The Children's Clinic / Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma
• Jose Luis Olmedo, Comite Civico de Valle
• Mary-Michal Rawling, Merced/Mariposa Asthma County Asthma Coalition
• Cynthia Verdugo-Peralta, Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
• Natalie (Martinez) Wolfs, American Lung Association of California