CO-FOUNDER, FALLING LEAVES FOUNDATION
WHY: Former chief anesthesiologist at West Anaheim Community Hospital. Her husband, Robert Mah, was a prestigious professor at UCLA. Now well-known in philanthropic circles.
IN THE NEWS: Made $30M gift to UCI Medical; funds used for construction of 200K-squarefoot research and education facility in Irvine.
QUOTABLE: “The future of medicine is being advanced at an unbelievable rate. Twenty-first century medical innovation is a collaborative process derived from brilliant minds working together rather than flashes of insight from solitary scientists working alone in his or her lab.”
