Entertainment, Industry Executives Join Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation Board
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. expands its board adding luminaries from the entertainment and insurance industries.
By Ken Irwin | July 26, 2010
Tom Alper
Insurance industry executive Tom Alper and entertainment industry executives Rick Hersh and Dana Walden have joined the board of directors for the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Alper is a senior vice president with Wells Fargo Insurance Services and a longtime supporter of the cancer center foundation. A graduate of San Diego State University, Alper lives in Pacific Palisades and previously served on the board of LA Goal, an organization that assists developmentally disabled adults.
Hersh is a talent agent and the president of Celebrity Consultants LLC. Before starting his own firm, Hersh served as senior vice president and worldwide head of commercial endorsements, licensing and sponsorship for the William Morris Agency, where he worked for 32 years. Hersh attend
Dana Walden
ed California State University Northridge and lives in Sherman Oaks.
Walden is chairman of 20th Century Fox Television and a 2009 recipient of the foundation’s Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award. Walden serves on several other boards including Chysalis and the Saban Free Clinic of Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California and lives in Brentwood.
“We are gratified that such outstanding volunteers are joining the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation board of directors at this critical juncture,” said Judith C. Gasson, the cancer center’s director. “Philanthropic support is a powerful and essential force in moving our cancer research efforts forward. We welcome the participation of Tom Alper, Rick Hersh and Dana Walden in raising funds that further our mission of ending cancer through research.”
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
