Gary L. Yates
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Position: President & CEO
Organization: The California Wellness Foundation
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Gary L. Yates is a Panel member.
Gary L. Yates is president and chief executive officer of The California Wellness Foundation, which works to improve the health of the state's people by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. His more than 30 years of experience in public health and education include serving as associate director of the division of adolescent medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. A licensed marriage and family therapist, Mr. Yates is also assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He serves on the boards of the Council on Foundations, the Foundation Consortium, and INDEPENDENT SECTOR. He has received official commendations from the governor of California, the California State Senate, the city of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Yates was also the recipient of the 1999 Hispanic Health Leadership Award from the National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations and the 1998 recipient of the Los Angeles Free Clinic's Lenny Somberg Award. He received his undergraduate degree in government from American University in Washington, D.C., and his master's degree in counseling psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.