Sarah Nederlander and Dawn Levine
Sarah Nederlander and Dawn Levine

Women Supporting Women

Beauty In Grace is a women’s giving circle in Orange County created to support women’s health services at Saddleback Medical Center and Orange Coast Medical Center.

Why Join

We invite exceptional women like you who share our vision of transforming women’s health care, embodying the beauty in generosity and the power we have when we stand together for causes we are passionate about. We understand that, as a group, we can make a bigger impact. Generosity is beauty, and we have built a diverse network, including professionals, stay-at-home mothers, physicians, retirees and other dynamic women who life each other up and strive to make a difference.

The Cause

Beauty in Grace Panel
(L-R) Beauty In Grace luncheon speakers: Grateful patient Jessica Solano, MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center Foundation President Christy Ward, Saddleback Medical Center CEO Shela Kaneshiro, Saddleback Medical Center Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer Brandi Cassingham, Saddleback Medical Center Certified Nutrition Support Clinician Mandy Trimmell

Established in 2016, we’ve been expanding our giving circle, a vibrant network of professionals, stay-at-home mothers, physicians, retirees and other inspiring women—like you—who uplift one another up and strive to make a difference. We embody beauty in generosity and as a group, have made a bigger impact transforming women’s health care together.

  • 2017 - Helped fund breast MRI equipment for diagnostic screening and biopsies
  • 2018 - Purchased NicView video streaming equipment for the NICU, so parents of preemies could see their babies on a smartphone or tablet when they couldn’t be at bedside
  • 2019 - Funded cryoablation equipment and a blanket warmer for the Breast Center, which freezes fibroadenomas and early-stage tumors
  • 2020 - Purchased bilirubin testing units and a cardiac monitor/defibrillator for our Labor, Delivery, Recovery & Postpartum (LDRP) unit
  • 2021 - Supported the cath lab renovation to treat heart and cardiovascular patients
  • 2022 - Raised more than $100,000 to support the Breast Cancer Navigation program for patients
  • 2023 - Contributed more than $110,000 to obtain advanced breast MRI technology and equipment for the Sarah & Taylor Nederlander Breast Center in the new Women's Health Pavilion
  • 2024 - Raised $120,000 to support the development of a new Melanoma Clinic to detect, treat and provide follow-up care for patients with skin cancer
  • 2025 - Membership gifts will advance the Midwife Program, providing a holistic, personalized approach to women giving birth at Saddleback Medical Center

List of Women's Health Services and Programs at Saddleback Medical Center

List of Women’s Health Services and Programs at Orange Coast Medical Center

Rena Chin, Diane Libertella, Gayle Luciano and Sandy Benson
Rena Chin and Gayle Luciano

The Commitment

We ask all members to make an annual gift of $1,000 or more. By pooling gifts of this size, the group can more substantially impact the women’s issues relevant to them.

The Luncheon

Members gather annually at a beautiful luncheon to hear how membership gifts are touching women's lives at Saddleback Medical Center and Orange Coast Medical Center.

Executives Beauty in Grace

Beauty In Grace Members 2026

Joyce Averna
Jennifer Ayala*
Erica Bailey, MD
Ada Baker
Anouchka Balog
Lisa Becht, MD
Rachel Bedoya*
Juliana Brutoco Bianchi
Joni Boranian
Tracy Bremmer
Amy Bremner, MD
Louise Brunstrom*
Diana Brutoco
Marisa Brutoco
Brandi Cassingham
Melissa Centeno
Linda Chan, MD
Rena Chin
Esther Chung, MD*
Gracia Covarrubias, MD
Lesley Dowd
Sonja Driscoll*
Veronica Duggan, P.A.
Jacqueline Dupont Carlson, PhD, EdD
Bonnie Eastman
Montessa Edwards, MD
Jennifer Ellinger*
Nora Evans, MD+
Resa Evans
Michelle Fajardo, DO
Janet Feldmar
Penny Fosheim
Amanda Fowler*
Jane Frederick, MD+
Patty Glover
Christine Griffith*
C.C. Hafner
Cathy Han, MD+
Young Han, MD
Cindy Hanson
Candace Haynes
Theresa Henry
Gina Romano Hernandez
Cindy Heydt
Monique Hieber
Christine Huff
Erica Hutchison
Marj Ingram
Cheryl Jacob
Ebunoluwa Johnson, MD
Judy Jones
Shela Kaneshiro
Marybeth Keller
Kelli Kimmel
Jenny Klein
Zelyne Lane
Joan Lautenschleger
Megan Lavender*
Doris Law
Dawn Levine+
Kristin Lloyd*
Michelle Lockwood*
Sarah Lockwood*
Rhonda Longmore-Grund
Claudia Looney
Mona Lopez
Laurie Louie+
Gayle Luciano
Carol Lullmann
Marcia Manker
Carol Manning
Brenda Martin*
Wendy Mason
Cecelia Matthews
Jane McEntee*
True McMahan, MD
Bonnie Millett*
Grace Moneta, PhD*
Meagan Moore, MD*
Wendy Mulvihill
Susan Munden, MD
Molly Naglie
Sarah Nederlander
Jean Nick
Nahal Nikroo, MD
Colleen O’Connor
Mary O’Toole, MD+
Pam Pellizzon
Rossana Powell
Anupama Rambhatla, MD*
Tiffany Roberts
Nina Robinson*
Susie Roof
Kelli Ruiz
Michelle Sarkees, P.A.
Heather Searl*
Susan Smoler*
Lisa Stafford, PhD
Elizabeth Sullivan*
Agnes Swanson
Tammy Tang
Lindsay Thomas
Elaine Tiber
Michelle Tom, MD
Saghi Valencia
Kenzie Vath*
Barbara Victor, MD+
Christine Walker*
Christy Ward
Ellies Watanabe
Mary Ann Wilkinson, MD
Kathleen Young*
Dania Youssef, DO

*New member
+Founding Circle
As of 03/06/2026      
For more information, please call (949) 452-3724.