The SCAN Foundation Welcomes Three Visionary Leaders to Board of Directors to Drive Bold Innovations in Aging and Equity
LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 –The SCAN Foundation (TSF) is excited to welcome three distinguished leaders—Benjamin Chu, MD, MPH, MACP, Judy Belk, and Gary Trujillo—to its board of directors. Their vision and insights will make important contributions to The SCAN Foundation’s efforts to ignite bold and equitable changes in how older adults age in both home and community.
“I’m thrilled to welcome these exceptional leaders to our board at such a pivotal moment for aging in America,” said Sarita A. Mohanty, MD, MPH, MBA, president and CEO of The SCAN Foundation. “Ben, Judy, and Gary are visionary leaders who share our commitment to transforming how Americans age.”
“Our new board members will be integral as we solidify The SCAN Foundation’s unique approach to philanthropy and impact investing,” said Cheryl Phillips, MD, Chair of The SCAN Foundation’s Board of Directors. “Ben’s clinical and health administrative experience, Judy’s philanthropic leadership, and Gary’s entrepreneurial expertise will help guide The SCAN Foundation’s innovative, community-led approaches to ensuring older adults get the supports they need to live well with purpose.”
The addition of these accomplished leaders reinforces The SCAN Foundation’s dedication to expanding access to care and support, ensuring older adults can age with dignity and independence in the setting of their choice.
Judy Belk emphasized her commitment to The SCAN Foundation’s mission, “I have long been an admirer of The SCAN Foundation and its leadership in advocating for racial justice and the unmet needs of our aging community. I’m looking forward to working with TSF board, staff, and its partners to ensure that older Americans, no matter their status, have a both the resources and voice to stay healthy and safe.”
Gary Trujillo highlighted the importance of supporting older adults, “I am honored to serve on The SCAN Foundation’s Board of Directors; it is important that we realize from infancy to adulthood that we are cared for, loved, protected, and nurtured by our older adult family members. I am delighted to continue The SCAN Foundation’s exemplary work of supporting older adults.”
Benjamin Chu, MD, MPH, MACP, shared his perspective on The SCAN Foundation’s mission, “TSF has a long history of seeking ways to improve the quality of life for older adults. With an aligned mission to the SCAN Health Plan, TSF looks for innovative ways to reach diverse groups of older adults in California and throughout the United States. I am proud to be part of this rich effort.”
The SCAN Foundation also extends its deepest gratitude to outgoing board members Francesca Luzuriaga and Carol Raphael, whose dedicated service and strategic guidance have helped advance the organization’s mission and impact. Both leaders played pivotal roles during their tenure in shaping the Foundation’s strategic direction and strengthening its commitment to reimagining care and supports for older adults.
With these additions, The SCAN Foundation’s Board of Directors now comprises 13 members. Directors can serve up to three three-year terms.
ABOUT THE NEW DIRECTORS
Benjamin K. Chu, MD, MPH, MACP
Dr. Chu has more than four decades of healthcare experience as a clinician, administrator and policy advocate. He passionately believes that the quality of patient care, patient safety and the patient experience are of the highest importance. Dr. Chu retired as Senior Advisor from the consulting firm Manatt Health in January 2021. Throughout his impressive career, Dr. Chu has focused on physician integration, population health, and health systems innovation to drive better outcomes and performance.
Judy Belk
A published writer and thought leader on philanthropy, social change, and civic engagement, Belk has held senior executive leadership positions in the government, corporate, and philanthropic sectors. Belk served for nine years as the President & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic institutions in California with assets over $1 billion and an annual grantmaking budget over $65 million. Under her leadership, the foundation launched a mission-related investing strategy to leverage the foundation’s endowment for social impact; created a $13 million ground-breaking initiative targeting unmet health needs for women of color, and founded the Hope and Heal Fund, California’s first donor collaborative on gun violence prevention.
Gary Trujillo
Gary Trujillo has been a serial entrepreneur and venture capital investor for over 30 years with significant experience as a CEO, financier, founder, operator, and independent corporate board member. He is the founder of Southwest Harvard Group (SHG), an investment firm and Family Office since 1990. SHG has a proven track record of creating and investing in businesses for growth and profitability. SHG most recently acquired Standard Printing Company, of which he currently serves as its Executive Chairman.
More information about them can be found on The SCAN Foundation’s Board of Directors page.
ABOUT THE SCAN FOUNDATION
The SCAN Foundation (TSF) envisions a society where all of us can age well with purpose. We pursue this vision by igniting bold and equitable changes in how older adults age in both home and community. Our work prioritizes communities that have been historically marginalized with an emphasis on: older people of color; older adults with lower incomes (duals, near duals, and lower-middle income — below 400 percent of the federal poverty level); and older residents of geographically underserved areas. We believe that if we improve the aging experience for these priority populations and their networks of support, it will improve for everyone. Learn more at https://www.thescanfoundation.org/.