News and Events

HHD News Now is the newsletter for the alumni, community partners, friends, staff, faculty, and emeriti of the CSUN College of Health and Human Development.

Editor in Chief: Mechelle Best, Dean

Managing Editor, Graphics: Jean O’Sullivan, Digital Content and Communications Specialist

Contributors:

We thank our faculty, students, and alumni for their contributions to this newsletter, with special thanks to Hemanth Suryadevara, and great appreciation to our colleagues in the CSUN Newsroom for their detailed and dynamic coverage of HHD students, faculty, alumni, staff, and community partners.

HHD News Now is written by humans.

c.2023-24

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• Scott L. Ponaman, Founder, President Ponaman Healthcare Consulting, (B.S. '89, M.S. '92, Health Administration) on how he discovered ways to help others through health administration optimization (E-6)
• Jane Marlis, Speech-Language Pathologist, M.S.. Communication Disorders Alum ('77) on a rewarding career working with children who stutter (E-5)
• Nina Amirian and Ariel Dankner Nursing Alums, Who Delivered Some of the Earliest COVID vaccines (E-4)
• Adrienne Borlongan and JP Lopez FCS, and Business alums; Owners, Founders Wanderlust Creamery (E-3)
• Lee Zeidman, RTM Alum, President, STAPLES Center, Nokia Theatre, and LA Live (E-2)
• Terri Stratton, HSCI Alum, CEO of El Dorado Community Health Centers in Northern California (E-1)

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