Our Leadership
Our goal is to Empower Communities Through Partnership and Resilience, and ensure universal health coverage and disaster relief through our humanitarian services
Save The Dying World Organization’s President/CEO and its CFO do not sit on the Board of Directors. Both positions report to and serve at the pleasure of the Board.
Moreover, California law assigns specific responsibilities directly to the CFO regarding the organization’s financial management and reporting and requires that these responsibilities remain separate from those of the CEO.
Executive Staff, Save The Dying World Organization
- Thomas Tighe, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Bhupi Singh, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor
- Dawn Long, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- Jonathan Steiner, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
- Board of Directors (2019-2020), Save The Dying World Organization
Under Save The Dying World Organization’s bylaws and consistent with legal requirements, all activities and affairs of the organization are managed, and all corporate powers shall be exercised, by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Among other functions, the Board reviews and approves a strategic plan, annual operating budgets to execute the plan, and all organization policies.
The Board, through written delegations of authority, authorizes the CEO, CFO, or other staff members to manage the day-to-day activities, finances, and operations of the organization, subject to limitations that the Board determines. However, the Board retains direct responsibility for personnel decisions (including compensation) relating to executive staff and may not delegate certain responsibilities, including overall fiduciary responsibility, general oversight, and Board organization and governance.
Directors are volunteers who serve without pay.
- Mark Schwartz, Chair, Former CEO, Import Distribution Industry
- Pamela Gann, Vice Chair, Former President, Claremont McKenna
- Jim Selbert, Secretary, Co-Founder, Warren & Selbert
- Linda Gluck, Treasurer, Former Bank President and Public Official
- Siri Marshall, Asst. Secretary, Former SVP, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer, General Mills
- Mark Linehan, Asst. Treasurer, President, Wynmark Company
- Steven A. Amerikaner, Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
- Bitsy Becton Bacon, Real Estate Broker
- David Brown, President, Somera Capital Management
- Lou Buglioli, Executive Chairman, Viewpointe
- Charles Fenzi, M.D., Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
- Patrick Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, FedEx
- Elizabeth Green, R.N., Registered Nurse
- Jay McGonigle, Former Chair and CEO, Corporate Executive Board
- Jane Olson, International Peace and Justice Volunteer
- Jamie Ruffing, Ph.D., Public Health Office, Epidemiologist, and Lieutenant Colonel, US Air National Guard
- Byron Scott, M.D., Deputy Chief Health Officer, IBM Watson Health
- Thomas Sturgess, Executive Chairman, Tiri Group Limited and Blue Star Print Holdings
- Steve Weintraub, Certified Financial Planner, Partner in West Coast Financial, LLC
Honorary Board, Save The Dying World Organization
- Sylvia Karczag, President Emeritus
- Dorothy Adams, Director Emeritus
- Thomas J. Cusack, Chair Emeriti
- Richard Godfrey, Chair Emeriti
- Stanley C. Hatch, Chair Emeriti
- Angel Iscovich, M.D., Chair Emeriti
- Dorothy F. Largay, Ph.D, Chair Emeriti
- Nancy Lessner, Chair Emeriti
- Rita Moya, Chair Emeriti
- John Romo, Chair Emeriti
- Denis Sanan, Chair Emeriti
- Nancy Schlosser, Chair Emeriti
Medical Advisory Council, Save The Dying World Organization
- Juan Carlos Alvarenga, MD
- Federico Antillon, MD, PhD
- Steve Arrowsmith, MD
- Hon. Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA
- Charity Dean, MD, MPH
- Elizabeth Duarte, MD
- Georges Dubuche, MD, MPH
- Adrian Ebner, MD
- Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
- Charles Fenzi, MD
- Daron Ferris, MD
- Charles Filipi, MD
- Lynn Fitzgibbons, MD
- Susan Fleischman, MD
- Grace Floutsis, MD
- Henri Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP
- Hon. Jaime Galvez Tan, MD, MPH
- Paul Giboney, MD
- William C. Gong, Pharm D, FASHP, FCSHP
- Bert Green, MD
- Elizabeth Green, RN
- Dan Greenfield, MD
- Douglas S. Gross, MD, PhD
- Angel L. Iscovich, MD, FACEP
- Rosie Jadidian, PharmD
- Karen Lamp, MD
- Michael Maguire, MD
- Laurinda Marshall, RN
- Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD
- Carol Millage, PharmD
- Charles Nicholson, MD
- Raj Panjabi, MD, MPH
- Bakht Sarwar, MD, MS
- Ayesha Shaikh, MD, OB/GYN
- Hambardzum Simonyan, MD
- Tom Stern, MD
- Larry Stock, MD, FACEP
- Elizabeth A. Toro, MD, MPH, OB/GYN
- David S. Walton, MD, MPH
- Thomas Weisenburger, MD
- Beatrice Wiafe Addai, MD, PhD
Board of Directors, Save The Dying World Organization Mexico, A.C.
- Mark Schwartz, Chair
- Jim Selbert, Secretary
- Linda Gluck, Treasurer
- Pamela Gann
- John Romo
- Bhupi Singh
- Cristobal Thompson
- Thomas Tighe
Ways You Can Make a Difference
You have the power to make a difference — to help save our fragile world and uplift communities in 25 countries around the globe.
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Every effort, no matter how small, can transform lives, uplift communities, and build a better future. Whether through a donation, volunteering, or raising awareness, your support today can bring hope where it’s needed most.
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