Planning Committee

Katherine Brown-Saltzman, RN, MA (Ethics of Caring Chair)
Co-Director, Ethics Center
UCLA Health System

Brenda Barnum, RN, BSN, MA
Newborn & Infant Critical Care Unit, NICCU
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Elissa Brown, MSN, PMHCNS-BC (Ethics of Caring Vice-Chair)
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mental Health
VHAGLAHS
Co-Chair, GLA Ethics Advisory Committee

Theresa S. Drought, RN, PhD
Director Medical Bioethics
Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills Medical Center
Board Member, Nursing Ethics and International Centre for Nursing Ethics

Beverly Fairbairn, RN (Ethics of Caring Treasurer)
Former Nursing Supervisor, Saint Johns Health Center

Linda Gorman, RN, MN, PMHCNS-BC, FPCN (Ethics of Caring Secretary)
Palliative Care Consultant

Marilyn J.Shirk, MN, RN, CNS-BC
Mental Health CNS, Nursing Liaison
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Margi Spies, RN, MEd., CNOR, NEA-BC
Senior Manager, Management Consulting Group
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Hospitals
Southern California Region