We won’t stop until we’ve eradicated HIV/AIDS
Board of Directors
Cary D. Stevens, Board Chairman
Kenneth “Cam” Davis, Jr., Secretary
Carolyn H. Carlburg (ex officio)
Gill Giddens
Cary Stevens, a second-generation Los Angeles native, earned his Bachelor of Arts at UCLA and his Master of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, graduating with honors in 1983. Since 1987, Mr. Stevens has been a partner in the architectural firm Landa Stevens Architects, which has offices in West Hollywood. Landa Stevens Architects designs custom, high-end single-family residences and commercial properties primarily in Southern California.
Mr. Stevens has been Chairman of the Board of AIDS Research Alliance since 2007, having joined the Board in 2005. Mr. Stevens, along with his life partner Dr. Allen “Buddy” Green, also supports the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of London.
Kenneth “Cam” Davis, Jr. is a Principal in the Senior Investment Advisor Group at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, a unit of AllianceBernstein L.P. As such, Mr. Davis oversees investment management for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, foundations, and endowments. AllianceBernstein manages about $450 billion in global equities and fixed-income securities, as well as hedge funds. The private client group manages about $80 billion. Prior to joining Bernstein Global Wealth Management in 1996, Mr. Davis was the head of the Tax Department at Weil & Company, LLP, for nine years.
Mr. Davis received his Master of Business Administration from Babson College, and his Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego Law School. Mr. Davis graduated summa cum laude from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Science.
Mr. Davis has worn many hats in his service to AIDS Research Alliance, including Chairman of the Board, Treasurer, and Secretary. In addition to his work with AIDS Research Alliance, he is the Board Chair of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, a position he has held since 2010.
Carolyn Carlburg, J.D. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AIDS Research Alliance. Ms. Carlburg received her Bachelor of Arts from the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences, and her Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law. She served as a lawyer specializing in business litigation for 20 years, and as the Executive Director of the Center for Community & Family Services, Inc for four years. For 20 years, Ms. Carlburg was a member of the Board of Directors of Wesco Financial Corporation (a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway). Ms. Carlburg chaired Wesco’s Audit Committee for 15 years, and also chaired the Special Committee in the merger of Wesco into Berkshire Hathaway in 2011.
Ms. Carlburg was a founding director of the AIDS Service Center, Inc., a volunteer with the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA), a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Bar Association, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal Divinity School at Cambridge, a member of the Board of Directors at Huntington Memorial Hospital, and a member of the Board of Directors at Pacific Oaks College.
Ms. Carlburg became CEO of AIDS Research Alliance in 2005. Since then she has planned the strategic direction of AIDS Research Alliance, its reorganization, and led the expansion of its intellectual property and its development program.
Mark Itkin graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA, and obtained his Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley. Mr. Itkin was an Associate in the Music Department of the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp. He joined the William Morris Agency in 1982 to become a television packaging agent specializing in first-run syndication, pay and basic cable television. Mr. Itkin has packaged such varied television series as Real World, Project Runway, Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, Deal or No Deal, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, Merv Griffin’s Crosswords, Million Dollar Password, Big Brother, Fear Factor, People’s Court, The Ricki Lake Show, American Gladiators, Biggest Loser and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Mr. Itkin is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the William Morris Endeavor Agency.
Mr. Itkin has been a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for eighteen years, a two-term Governor, and spent six years on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Executive Committee. In addition, Mr. Itkin chaired the Blue Ribbon Panel Committee, which successfully instituted “at-home” viewing of the Prime Time Emmy Awards and currently is the Chairman of the ATAS Hall of Fame Committee. Mr. Itkin was also the first agent appointed to the National Association of Television Programming Executives Executive Board. Mr. Itkin has been a strong supporter of AIDS Research Alliance and has served on its board since 2003. Mr. Itkin is also on the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Hospital, the Board of Directors of the Zimmer Children’s Museum, and the Board of Directors of The Paley Center for Media.
Gary Robinson graduated from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1977, and from the UCLA School of Law in 1980, where he was a member of the Law Review. After practicing tax and estate planning law in New York City for five years at the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Mr. Robinson returned to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment industry, where he held several executive positions in the legal and business affairs departments at MGM, ICM, Dick Clark Productions, Solomon International Enterprises and Granada Entertainment USA.
In 2002, at the age of 46, Mr. Robinson semi-retired from the practice of law to pursue other interests, including charitable work, traveling and living in various parts of Europe and Asia.
With his wife Susan, Mr. Robinson was a founding member of, and remained active for over 13 years in Families with Children from China (FCC-SoCal). He also has been an involved parent in the public schools attended by his two children, Zack and Riki. In 2011, Mr Robinson joined the Board of Directors at AIDS Research Alliance.
Kathleen Scheinfeld first became involved with helping those afflicted with HIV/AIDS over twelve years go, when she served as a volunteer in Santa Barbara California Group called Project Food Chain, helping to prepare and deliver meals to those housebound by the disease. Since that time, she has also volunteered with the Santa Barbara AIDS Hospice and Pacific Pride, working both directly with patients and serving in a volunteer developmental capacity. She brings years of business expertise, as she was Vice President for ten years of a temporary help company in Orange County, and Vice President of a large travel and tour company in Wisconsin. She is currently a partner in Landmark Restoration with Timothy Corrigan, a former member of ARA’s Board of Directors. Landmark restores and updates older and historical homes and estates.
