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APRIL 21, 2021 Welcome 6:30 p.m. THE Chris Ralston (L *99) and Erica Washington (PHTM *09), th President and Immediate Past President, Tulane Alumni Association Presentation of Awards

Tulane School International Award for TULANE47 UNIVERSITY of Public Health Exceptional Achievement and Tropical Medicine Outstanding Alumni Award Motez A. Bishara (B *95) Presented by Erica Washington (PHTM *09), Maurice L. Lagarde III Immediate Past President, Tulane Alumni Association (A&S ’79, PHTM *82) Presented by Thomas LaVeist, Dean of the School of Scott Cowen Service Award ALUMNI Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Weatherhead Presidential Chair In Health Equity D. Melessa Phillips (NC ’69, M *73) Presented by Erica Washington (PHTM *09), Tulane Medical Immediate Past President, AWARDS Tulane Alumni Association Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award Bobby Boudreau Spirit Award

GALA A. Oliver Sartor (M *82, R *86) Jennifer J. Kottler (NC ’83, B *84) Presented by Lee Hamm, Senior Vice President and Dean of the Tulane Robert M. Kottler (B ’81, B *83) University School of Medicine and the James R. Presented by President Michael A. Fitts, Doty Distinguished Professor and Chair Tulane University

Broadcast from The National WWII Museum Tulane 34 Awards Lisa Jackson Professional US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center Class of 2021 & 2020 Achievement Award Presented by Carolyn Barber-Pierre (H ’18), , Assistant Vice President for Intercultural Life Karen B. DeSalvo in the Division of Student Affairs (M *92, PHTM *92, R *94, R *96) Presented by President Michael A. Fitts, Robert V. Tessaro Young Tulane University Alumni Volunteer Award Distinguished Alumni Award Stephanie A. Quintero (B ’12, B *12) Presented by Erica Washington (PHTM *09), General David H. Berger (E ’81) April 21, 2021 Immediate Past President, Presented by President Michael A. Fitts, Tulane Alumni Association Tulane University Tulane Public Health and Tropical Medicine Outstanding Alumni Award Maurice L. Lagarde III (A&S ’79, PHTM *82)

Maurice “Mel” L. Lagarde III is president and chief executive officer of HCA MidAmerica Division. Prior to his role as HCA MidAmerica Division president, Lagarde served as president of the HCA Healthcare’s Delta Division from 1995 to 2011 and as chief executive officer of HCA’s Gulf Coast Division in Texas from 1994 to 1995. In total, Lagarde has served in executive positions overseeing operations for more than 53 HCA Healthcare hospitals. Lagarde attended Tulane University where in 1979 he received a bachelor’s degree in economics, and then went on to receive a master’s degree in public health from Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 1981. In 2001, Lagarde was named Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. He also serves on the board of Tulane Medical Center. In the aftermath of , Lagarde’s leadership and HCA Healthcare’s support and response, helped patients, caregivers, physicians, administrators and the Tulane University Hospital and Clinic recover from the heartbreaking flooding and devastation. Following Hurricane Katrina, Lagarde was appointed as co-chair of the Bring New Orleans Back commission by the mayor. Lagarde’s leadership and perseverance in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on health care, specifically saving countless patient and employee lives, was featured in an eight-part series in the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2006. Additionally, he appeared on national broadcast networks such as ABC News, NBC News, Fox News, C-Span, as well as the New York Times and US News & World Report discussing the recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans. Lagarde has been married for 40 years to Lauren Rodehorst Lagarde, has three children, Erin Louise, Taylor Stephen and Emily Anne, and four grandchildren. Tulane Medical Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award Robert V. Tessaro Young Alumni Volunteer Award A. Oliver Sartor Stephanie A. Quintero (M *82, R *86) (B ’12, B *12)

Oliver Sartor received his MD from Tulane University Stephanie Quintero (B ’12, B *12) is a manager at with honors in 1982. After an internship at the Deloitte focusing on multistate tax issues, financial University of Pennsylvania, he trained in internal services and private equity. She was recently sworn medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine. into the New York bar. After completing his fellowship at the National Cancer In 2012 she received both her Bachelor of Science in Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Maryland in 1989, he management majoring in legal studies in business and served until 1993 as a senior investigator at the NCI her Master of Accounting degree. She began working and began focusing on novel therapeutics for advanced as an accountant at Anchin, Block and Anchin LLP just prostate cancer patients. three weeks after her graduation from Tulane. While working at Anchin, Block His medical practice and research have focused on prostate cancer since 1990. He and Anchin LLP, Quintero attended Brooklyn Law School at night, graduating has published over 300 articles and book chapters and led multiple national and in May of 2018. international clinical trials as either a principal investigator or co-principal investigator. Though balancing a full-time career and working toward her law degree, Quintero felt In January 2008, Dr. Sartor joined Tulane University as the C. E. and Bernadine it was important to prioritize working with the Tulane Alumni Association. During Laborde Professor of Cancer Research. In July 2010, Dr. Sartor was named medical her time in New York, she served as the young alumni chairperson, secretary and vice director of the Tulane Cancer Center. He is currently the assistant dean for oncology president for the Tulane Alumni Association’s New York Club. She also served on her 5th at Tulane University School of Medicine, medical director of the Tulane Cancer Reunion Committee and worked with Tulane Connect. She is now a resident of Denver. Center and the Laborde Professor for Cancer Research, with appointments in both the During her time at Tulane, Quintero was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, Tulane medicine and urology departments. Hillel and the Alpha Phi Omega, the national community service honor society, His publications range from genetic studies on prostate cancer to clinical trials involving and was on the board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and captain novel agents. He has been a lead author on two studies pivotal for FDA drug approval of Tulane Mock Trial. Additionally, she worked on-campus at student advising, the in prostate cancer and has been the PI or co-PI on a number of prospective international student tutoring center and the Reily Center over the course of her years at Tulane. clinical trials evaluating new therapies for patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Dr. Sartor is the medical oncology co-chair of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) Genitourinary Committee and is also currently a member of the NCI Board of Scientific Counselors (Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology).

International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement Scott Cowen Service Award Motez A. Bishara D. Melessa Phillips (B *95) (NC ’69, M *73)

Motez Bishara received his MBA from the A. B. D. Melessa “Lessa” Phillips is president of the Freeman School of Business in 1995, then embarked on international consulting firm Global Family Medicine, a career in finance working for the Kuwait government’s PLLC, and the immediate past chief medical officer sovereign wealth fund in London. of the UnitedHealthcare of Medicaid Health Plan. By the end of his tenure at the Kuwait Investment Office, he managed eight billion dollars in equity assets, Born in Dublin, Ireland, and adopted by American specializing in media and new technology companies. parents from Louisiana, Dr. Phillips graduated from Newcomb College (’69) and Tulane University School In 2004 he earned his MA in international journalism from City University in London of Medicine (*73). Dr. Phillips went on to become the first woman chosen to chair and began freelancing as a writer and reporter while maintaining a career in finance. a department at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) School of Sports have always been a passion for Motez, and in 2013 he released his first Medicine, serving as the chair of the Department of Family Medicine for the next 20 book Beating the NBA: Tales from a Frugal Fan – a first-person analysis of the sports years. She has been named annually to the Best Doctors in America since 1996. She is ticketing industry. a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and has been a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine since 1976. She has co-edited multiple medical The next year Motez made a full-time transition into journalism and news writing. He textbooks, published numerous academic papers, and received many awards for her began working for CNN International’s sports desk in London, focusing on the social contributions to primary care. impact of sports. In 2005, Dr. Phillips designed and supervised multiple cervical cancer screening Topics he has covered include social protest in sports, mental health in the NBA, head programs in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was instrumental in starting Ibadan University’s first injuries in the NFL, corruption in world soccer, inflated contracts in baseball, and the cytotechnology training program. The program continues and has graduated more than advancement of women coaching men in sports. 100 cytotechnologists in Nigeria. In 2007, Dr. Phillips received the Gatchalian Spirit of Motez has received a number of accolades for his writing, including the Best Freelance Leadership Award from the Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance. Writer award from Drum Online Media in 2017. Dr. Phillips is professor emeritus of family medicine in the School of Medicine and His CNN feature on the national gay flag football tournament known as Gay Bowl professor of nursing in the School of Nursing at UMMC. In 2006, Dr. Phillips received was listed as a notable entry in The Best American Sports Writing 2019. her Master of Public Health degree, summa cum laude, from San Jose State University in One of the articles he most enjoyed writing was a CNN story on Tulane Stadium, San Jose, California. which hosted three Super Bowls in the 1970s. Dr. Phillips was the 1992 Newcomb Alumna of the Year. She sponsors the Newcomb Motez has also taken his skills into classroom mentoring, when he served as a visiting Institute’s Jo R. Brown Memorial Scholar each year and has served on the Newcomb professor of news writing at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait Institute Advisory Council since 2005. She has also served on the School of Medicine in 2018. Alumni Board since 2007 and is a member of the Tulane Medical Alumni Association. Finally, Motez and three other alumni based in London have been instrumental in launching Tulane’s London Alumni club. Since 2017, the club has been active in planning social and networking events and is developing into a European hub for Tulane alumni. Bobby Boudreau Spirit Award Lisa Jackson Professional Achievement Award Jennifer J. Kottler Karen B. DeSalvo (NC ’83, B *84) (M *92, PHTM *92, R *94, R *96)

Robert M. Kottler Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH currently serves as chief (B ’81, B *83) health officer at Google Health. Prior to her time at Google, she served as the former U.S. Acting Assistant Jenny, a native of New Orleans, and Secretary for Health, former National Coordinator for Bob, who is from , met as Health Information Technology, and former Director undergraduates at Tulane. They quickly of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health became friends and developed their mutual Information Technology. passion for Tulane while working on the Dr. DeSalvo received her MD and MPH from Tulane Jambalaya, Tulane’s yearbook, where they each served as editor. Both went on to earn University. She joined the faculty at Tulane University in 1996 as an assistant professor. their MBA degrees at the A. B. Freeman School of Business. She was promoted to associate professor in 2003 and to professor in 2008. She had And they remained involved after graduation. Bob was active with the Tulane joint adjunct appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology, Health Systems Association of Business Alumni, ultimately serving as its president. Today he’s a Management, and Global Health Systems and Development. During her tenure at member of the Tulane Business School Council and the President’s Council. Jenny Tulane, DeSalvo also served as chief of general medicine, co-director of the Center for began as a volunteer with the New Orleans Club of the Tulane Alumni Association, Health Equality Research, special assistant to the university president for health policy, and was actively involved in the strategic plan that resulted in today’s robust network of executive director for Tulane’s University Community Health Centers, and vice dean for Tulane Clubs across the world. Jenny rose to the role of president of the Tulane Alumni community affairs and health policy. Association. She then joined the Provost’s Council and the Tulane Fund Advisory She also served as New Orleans Health Commissioner from 2011 until 2014 and Board. She joined the Board of Tulane as the Tulane Alumni Association representative as New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu’s Senior Health Policy Advisor. She and continues to serve today. additionally received her master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the Harvard The Kottlers established an endowed scholarship for a Freeman School student who is School of Public Health. active in a leadership role. They’ve provided financial support to several of Tulane’s schools In late 2017, she joined the faculty at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas and divisions and recently established a charitable remainder trust benefitting research at at Austin, with professorships in both the Department of Internal Medicine and in the Tulane. They are actively supporting Tulane’s newest varsity sport, sailing, and the new Department of Population Health. She further co-convenes the National Alliance to Community Sailing Center of New Orleans, base of operations for Tulane Sailing. Impact the Social Determinants of Health. Bob is a banker with IBERIABANK. Jenny was a conference planner for most of her DeSalvo serves on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and is on the Board career. Her favorite annual conferences were the Tulane Business Forum and the Tulane of Directors for Welltower. She previously served on the Board of Humana. She is the Engineering Forum. In that role, Jenny delighted in engaging with faculty, staff and president of the Society of General Internal Medicine, past honorary vice president, student volunteers. , for the American Public Health Association and a member of the You can find Bob and Jenny at Homecoming every year, at Tulane athletic events, National Academy of Medicine. hosting students at their home and helping students network their way to internships and jobs. They joke that they “bleed blue and green.” Today, the Kottlers split their time between NOLA and Annapolis, where they are active boaters. They love to travel and connect with fellow Tulanians! Distinguished Alumni Award Tulane 34 Awards

These are among the most coveted university-wide honors that a graduate can receive. General David H. Berger Named for the year 1834, when the university was founded, these awards recognize (E ’81) outstanding students who have exemplified what it truly means to be a Tulanian from the moment they first set foot on campus. General David H. Berger assumed the duties of Commandant of the Marine Corps on July 11, CLASS OF 2021 2019. A native of Woodbine, Maryland, General Berger graduated from Tulane University and was Jillian Baggett Ingeborg Hyde Anusha Rahman commissioned in 1981. He has commanded at every level Alexandra Bryan Mary Alice Juengling Alexander Razavi including, a Reconnaissance Company; 3d Battalion, 8th Marines in Haiti during Operation Secure Tomorrow; Aalyiah Butler Addison Kleinpeter Laura Scott Regimental Combat Team 8 in Fallujah, and in Katherine Cartiglia Keagan Krauss Matthew Shernicoff during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Noel Castillo Abigail Larkin Brandon Sprague General Berger received his BSE in engineering from Tulane University in 1981. His Jesse Chanin Tony Massarello Kayla Street formal military education includes the U.S. Army Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Katherine Chapin Jacob McCarty Stefan Suazo U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and U.S. Marine Corps School Jayde Encalade Ciera McIntosh Ashley Vellucci of Advanced Warfighting. He holds multiple advanced degrees including a Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced Tonye Fohsta-Lynch Karina Mederos Matthew Weintraub International Studies. Jordan Fontheim Tia Monjure Maddison Wells As a General Officer, he commanded 1st Marine Division (Forward) in Afghanistan Stephen Hahn Paige Montfort during Operation Enduring Freedom; I Marine Expeditionary Force; U.S. Marine Derick Houston Reagan Orloff Corps Forces Pacific/Fleet Marine Forces Pacific; and Marine Corps Combat Development Command. CLASS OF 2020 General Berger’s staff and joint assignments include serving as Assistant Division Commander of 2d Marine Division; policy planner in the Strategic Plans and Policy Lauren Andress Olivia Johnson Ashton Pallitto Directorate, J-5; Chief of Staff for Kosovo Force (KFOR) Headquarters in Pristina, Hunter Bohlen Zachary Kanzler Shalini Persaud Kosovo; and Director of Operations in Plans, Policies, and Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; and as Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration. Tessa Curr y Hannah Lafrance Jenna Raden Zoe Diaz-Martin Michael Lauth Emma Rogers Eva Dils Jackson Levine Lucy Olya Satzewich Lauren Gaines Lillian Stephen Sepcich Kendall Gradner Maldonado-Garcia Isabella Smith Kansas Guidry Leingang Julianna Martel Jospeh Sotile Musa Alves Guillerman Abi Mbaye Gabriella St. Angelo Molly Megan Olivia Mertensmeyer John Woodward Gummersheimer Dyllan Muller Juharah Worku Ryan Herrschaft Rebekah Oviatt Stephanie Zhao Past Recipients 2004 Robert V. Tessaro 2003 Kelly McKean Tulane Public Health and Tropical Medicine Outstanding 2002 Sallye Wolf Alumni Award 2001 Steven Kirson

2019 Charles N. Kahn III 1998 Ruth Zarren-Koch 2018 Bernard (Bert) H. Eichold 1997 Timothy Allen Clear MD, DrPH 1996 Edward W. Pilot 2017 Canon (Scott) A. 1995 Morton D. Berger Scott Kellermann MD International Alumni Award Tulane Medical Alumni Association for Exceptional Achievement Outstanding Alumni Award 2019 The Honorable Ian S. Forrester 2019 Clyde W. Yancy, Jr. MD 2018 Maria L. Gutierrez, PhD 2018 E. (Wes) Wesley Ely Jr. MD 2017 Marcela Villareal de Panetta 2017 Jeffrey Kutcher MD 2016 Juan David Morgan, Jr. 2016 James W. Jones, MD 2014 Essam M. Alzamel Robert V. Tessaro Young Alumni Volunteer Award Scott Cowen Alumni Service Award

2019 Whitney R. Silverman 2019 The Honorable Thomas C. Wicker, Jr. 2018 Gregory A. Miller 2018 John E. Hevron, Jr. MD 2017 Emily Morgan Doliner 2017 Catherine Hagaman Edwards 2016 Meredith A. Beers 2016 Johanna M. Gilligan 2015 Edward J. Crawford IV 2015 Anthony “Tony” Recasner, PhD 2014 Elliott J. Wiener 2014 David J. Goodman 2013 Kathryn Spruill Roman 2012 Lisa M. Laws Bobby Boudreau Spirit Award 2010 Elizabeth (Lizzy) Berger 2019 Carol Downes Cudd 2009 Shivonne L. Laird and Robert C. Cudd, III 2008 Burdette Huffman 2017 Thomas (Tommy) R. Hightower Jr 2007 Ryan Guillory 2016 Reuben I. Friedman 2005 Mary Elizabeth Lobrano, MD 2015 Daniel (Dan) P. Hurley 2014 J. Michael Veron 2003 Carol Lavin Bernick Alumni Volunteer Award 1995 Addison C. Carey Jr., AWARD RETIRED IN 2013 Margaret Whalen Kelly, 2013 James A. Jones 2002 John G. Weinmann John L. Martinez 2001 Martha Walters Barnett 2013 Carter Dudley Flemming and Herbert O’Donnell Lisa Jackson Professional Achievement Award 2000 Peter A. Aron 2012 Julius L. Levy, Jr. MD 1994 Emile Bernard, and Helen L. Schneidau Robert L. Hewitt, MD, 1998 Joe H. Stroud Jane Kelleher 2019 Linda S. Wilson, PhD 2011 Carol Squarcy Showley 1997 Robert L. Livingston and Riess Barkerding 2018 Michael G. White, PhD and James K. Ordeneaux 1996 Arthur Q. Davis Sr. 1993 Robert C. McIntyre, 2017 The Honorable Eldon E. Fallon 2010 Jill Henkin Glazer James R. Nieset, 1995 Betty Werlein Carter 2016 Terry A. O’Neill 2009 Robert Joseph Boudreau, II Mercedes Plauche Nieset 1994 Harold A. Rosen and Vada Odom Reynolds 2015 Marsha S. Firestone, PhD 2008 Brian Arlington Kilmer 1993 Robert W. “Bobby” Brown, MD and Aimée M. Simmons 1992 Robert B. Acomb Jr., 2014 Hans B. Jonassen 2007 St. Paul Bourgeois, Sybil Muths Favrot 1992 Mary Louise Christovich and Waldemar S. Nelson Distinguished Alumni Award Sharon Bourgeois, 1991 John W. Deming, MD Joe Davenport 1991 Rutledge C. Clement, Jr., and John C. Williams 2019 Lisa Perez Jackson 1990 Harry Bartlett Kelleher Sr. Marian Wadler Strug 2005 Walter C. Flower, III and Hyman C. Tolmas 2018 Mignon Faget 1989 John Minor Wisdom and Harry B. Kelleher, Jr. 1990 Reginald Henry Smith, Jr., 2017 His Excellency 1988 Angela Gregory 2004 Joseph Sabatier, Mary Nell Nolan Young Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera 1986 Howard K. Smith Joyce Sabatier and Robert Eskrigge Young 2016 Lawrence A. Gordon and Andre Keil Moss 1985 Corinne C. Boggs 1989 Executive Committee, 2015 Col. Douglas G. Hurley, 2003 Joseph C. Cali, Newcomb Alumnae Association: USMC, Ret. 1984 J. Bres Eustis Linda Mintz Carol Downes Cudd, and Albert Mintz Polly Phelps Durham Regan, 2013 Michael J. Sacks 1983 Floyd W. Lewis / Alford Forrester, W. Kennon McWilliams Jr. 2002 Olive Sartor, 2012 The Honorable Ryan Sartor Martha Azar Hiatt, 1982 G. Shelby Friedrichs Regina A. Benjamin and Thomas C. Wicker Winifred M. Delery Hills, 1981 Harry McCall Jr. Mary Jane Dillard McCoy, 2011 The Honorable 2001 James Gundlach, Bette Prescott Minihan, Newton L. Gingrich 1980 David Connor Treen Susan Gundlach Anne Affolter Morse, and Gilbert Vorhoff Harriet Barry Schupp, 2010 The Honorable 1979 Edgar Hull MD Edith Brown “Joy” Clement 2000 Gregory M. Eaton Allie Wyler Verlander 1978 Robert E. Flowerree Jr. and Cathy Kornegay Walter 2009 C. Berdon Lawrence 1998 Max H. Durham 1977 Jack B. St. Clair 1988 Moise B. Bloch 2008 Denis Henry McDonald 1997 H. Mortimer Favrot, and Albert H. Cohen 1976 Gerald L. Andrus 2007 Alan B. Levan Mary Jane Fenner and 1987 Michael R. DuVall 1975 Richard W. Freeman Charlotte Barkerding Travieso 2005 His Eminence and Philip E. Masquelette Francis Cardinal George 1974 Michael E. DeBakey MD 1996 Gerard W. Barousse, Sr., Margaret W. Engman 1986 J. Bruce Hagan, Ruth M. Hagan 2004 Darryl Berger 1973 Clifford P. Favrot Jr. and Reuben I. Friedman and Robbert W. Vorhoff THE th

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