By Daily Press staff
Bel Air resident and community supporter Marvin Elkin has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the board of advisors at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center.
Elkin succeeds Babette Heimbuch, chair and chief executive officer of First Federal Bank of California, who had been board chair since 2002. The 25-member volunteer board advises the medical center on various issues, including governance, fund-raising and community relations.
Elkin joined the Santa Monica-UCLA board in 2001 and has been instrumental in various fund-raising activities. He is currently helping with planning efforts for the medical center’s upcoming event, “The Gala 2005,” which will raise money for its $275 million hospital rebuilding project. In 2001, Elkin and his wife Simona served as co-chairs for the medical center’s “75th-Anniversary Gala.”
Elkin worked for Northrop Grumman for 42 years and was corporate vice president and chief human resources and administrative officer when he retired in 1999. He serves as a trustee of both the Foundation Board for the California Science Center and the Autry National Center, and on the Board of Governors at UCLA.
In addition to Santa Monica-UCLA, the Elkins are actively involved with several Santa Monica organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club, YWCA and Santa Monica College.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 16, 2005. Read the original PDF.