Stem Cell Board Members Lubin and Sheehy Honored

Posted: December 2, 2012 at 7:59 am


A couple of members of the governing
board of the $3 billion California stem cell agency were honored for
their work this month.

Jeff Sheehy
UCSF Photo
One is Jeff Sheehy, a UCSF
communications manager and nationally known HIV/AIDS advocate, who
has served on the CIRM board since its inception. He was named by POZ
magazine as one of the top 100 “soldiers” in the fight against
HIV/AIDS.
CIRM's Amy Adams filed an item on
Sheehy on the agency's blog yesterday. She said, 

“Jeff once told me
that when he joined CIRM’s board eight years ago, he didn’t see a
role for stem cells in an HIV/AIDS treatment. Now, CIRM has committed
$40 million toward HIV/AIDS projects and two teams of researchers
from City
of Hope and UCLA are
working toward clinical trials.”

Sheehy was also invited to the White
House to commemorate World AIDs day Dec. 1.
Bert Lubin
Childrens Hospital Photo
Also honored was Bert Lubin, CEO of
Childrens Hospital in Oakland, where he has worked since 1973, a
remarkable achievement in today's world of transitory employment. The
San Francisco Business Times named Lubin as the “most admiredCEO” in the San Francisco Bay Area. The newspaper said that since
he took charge at Childrens in 2009,

“He recruited a new senior management
team, chopped away at the pediatric hospital’s operating deficit
and worked to heal relationships with the local community and
governmental and political leaders that were deeply frayed...”

On a personal note, a friend who has
long volunteered at Childrens gives him high marks as well, citing
several encounters where he exceeded the usual CEO effort.

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