Meet Our Ohana
Our Mission
Ohana One cultivates surgical training programs in developing areas around the world and we do so in collaboration with like-minded organizations. Our work is not limited to single mission trips, but to establishing long-term sustainable surgical training programs utilizing mentor relationships and advanced technology. In doing so, we work alongside surgical providers to help them take on increasingly more complex cases with the goal of elevating and expanding safe surgical care.
Each of our members have unique skills and passion for advancing surgical care in developing countries and working together and with others to advance training and bring mentors and mentees closer than ever. Ohana means “family” and we bring everyone into our Ohana to feel supported, inspired and connected.
Board of Directors
Adrian Ashkenazy
Vice President

Co-Owner
L’Ermitage Hotels

Kylie Tanabe, PA-C
Secretary
Physician’s Assistant
Cedars Sinai Medical Network

Susan K. Laffer
Treasurer
Attorney
Aaron Bregman
Attorney
Bregman Law Group

Gracie Fermelia
Chief Operating Officer
Causeway Capitol

Harry Levitt
Managing Director
Mack Financial Group
Karissa Sharifian
Plastic Surgery Physician’s Assistant
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Garry Pearson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Private Investor
Jay Roach

Director-writer-producer
Delirious Media

Larry Taylor
Founder & CEO
Christina

Jennifer Bepple, MD
Digital Health Consultant, Urologist

Sharon Oreck
Writer/Producer
Bill Pope
Director of Photography
Ohana Team

Marchelle Sellers, MBA
Executive Director
Nasim Hafiz
Compliance Coordinator
Megan McCullough, MD
Surgical Consultant
Megan Demijohn
Physician Relations
Scott Moe
Digital Training and Video
Maggie Bohlman
Marketing and Media
Tarek Elshayal
Biomedical & Logistics Coordinator
Jeanne Bray
Partnerships
Cristina Farrut
Mission Manager
Edward Ray, MD
Ohana App Developer
Rachel Buigas-Lopez
Graphic Designer
Sidra Bugsch
Office Administrator
Flávia Cavicchioli
Ohana One Intern
Kamala Pillai
Data Analysis Intern
Nikitha Garapaty
Research Intern
Advisors to the Board
Joyce Brandman
Philanthropist
Andrew Freedman, MD
Vice Chair Pediatric Urology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mark Urata, DDS, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles