Board of Directors
George R. Tingwald, M.D., A.I.A., A.C.H.A.
Board Chair
Director of Medical Planning, Stanford Medical Center Renewal Project
Dr. Tingwald is a surgeon, physician, architect, and founding member of the American College of Healthcare Architects. For many years he led the healthcare design practice at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Edgar Brenninkmeyer
President, My Dutch Uncle, Inc.
Director, Gonda (Goldschmied) Diabetes Center, UCLA, Los Angeles.
Mr. Brenninkmeyer currently is president of My Dutch Uncle, a San Francisco–based company providing business services to nonprofits. He has served on the boards of nonprofits active in the fields of faith community, human services, and performing arts, such as Grünewald Guild (in Leavenworth, WA), Sojourn Chaplaincy at San Francisco General Hospital, Hanuman Medical Foundation, and the Sanford Dole Ensemble. A member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), he formerly served as priest chaplain at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Hospice, Seton Medical Center in Daly City, and staff chaplain at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. He has many accomplishments in the areas of clinical ministry, in-services management, and counseling. Born in Haarlem, The Netherlands, he was a member of the Society of Jesuits and active in various ministries in Germany, Northern Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands. He holds a B.A. in philosophy and a S.T.L. (pre-doctoral degree) in theology.
Andrew J. Drexler, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Co-Chief, Division of Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Director, Gonda (Goldschmied) Diabetes Center, UCLA, Los Angeles.
Dr. Andrew Drexler received his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine in 1972, completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Barnes Hospital (1975–1976) and fellowship in Endocrinology at Washington University School of Medicine (1976–1978) in St. Louis, Missouri, and spent two years at the National Institutes of Health in the Public Health Service at the Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID (1973–1975). He joined the faculty of New York University School of Medicine, as Clinical Associate Professor in 2003. He was Director of the Diabetes Clinic in Bellevue Hospital and Director of the Mount Sinai Diabetes Center in New York (1998–2002).
Mike McShane
Actor
Mr. McShane's theater credits include appearing in Little Shop or Horrors in London (Audrey II), Taller than a Dwarf at the Longacre Theatre; What Became of Owen Beavers and The Amazing Kozmo at the Actors Gang; Waiting for Godot at Berkeley Repertory; A Bright Room Called Day at the Eureka Theatre; and Golden Boy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Twelfth Night, Feathers, and Diamond Lil at American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco. He has also appeared in the West End productions of The Pocket Dream and Exact Change. Film credits include Big Trouble, Gold Cup, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Office Space, Tom and Huck, Richie Rich, Robin Hood, Tucker, and Peggy Sue Got Married. Television credits include series regular roles on Brotherly Love and Whose Line is it Anyway? and a recurring role on Seinfeld.
Carolyn Robertson, R.N.
Board Secretary
Clinician; Associate Director, New York Diabetes Program
Ms. Robertson is a certified diabetes educator (CDE), board certified in Advanced Diabetes Management. She has more than 28 years of experience in diabetes education in intensive/flexible diabetes management, with active patient caseload for more than 20 years. She was a pioneer in the intensive management of diabetic pregnancies as well as in insulin pump therapy.