Dr. Tachovsky is a Type 1 Diabetic and a former camper and staff member of Camp Conrad Chinnock. He now leads a consulting firm specializing in the assessment of economic damages stemming from high-profile disasters and tragedies, which has led to his work as an expert witness in legal matters. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to billions of dollars in claims involving events such as the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the Lahaina Fire, the Camp Fire, the Woolsey Fire, the East Palestine train derailment, Hurricane Harvey, as well as numerous chemical explosions, oil spills, and crime scenes.

During his youth, Dr. Tachovsky was actively involved in several diabetes-related organizations. After completing his studies and establishing his professional career, he chose to return to Camp Conrad Chinnock to give back, now serving as a dedicated board member.

Dr. May received his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from UC Riverside and his M.D. from UCLA, doing his general pediatric residency training as well as a chief resident year at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, before completing his pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

He joined Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in 2007 and has been engaged in various aspects of medical education throughout his career, serving as a mentor for future pediatric endocrinologists, introducing physicians to the field of pediatric endocrinology, and currently the Program Director of the Southern California Kaiser Permanente Pediatric Residency Training Program. He has served as the regional lead of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group pediatric endocrinology group since 201.

Dr. May first volunteered at Camp Conrad-Chinnock in 2002 as a pediatric resident and has returned yearly, volunteering for the medical staff to ensure safe camping experiences for children with type 1 diabetes.  Over the years, his role has increased, now serving as the Medical Director for Camp Conrad-Chinnock and as a member of the Board of Directors for Diabetes Camping and Educational Services.

Garrett brings a background in accounting, education, and human resources to support the camp’s mission. He currently teaches accounting at Irvine Valley College and Cerritos College and is an active member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Garrett previously worked as a financial statement auditor and later in university recruiting and talent development at Baker Tilly, the sixth largest CPA firm in the country, where he focused on supporting students and early-career professionals entering the accounting field. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in human resource and employment law from Arizona State University.

Dr. Reh is a pediatric endocrinologist and an associate professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; clinical medical director of the UCLA Health Sciences Pediatric Diabetes program at Westwood and surrounding centers since December 2022. She has vast experience in many types of diabetes, including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, steroid-induced diabetes, and cystic fibrosis-related diabetes. She is well-versed in diabetes technology and has been involved in many clinical trials related to advancing diabetes care and monitoring.

She has attended diabetes camp as a medical volunteer since 2003, when she was a medical student from Loma Linda. The experience of camp helped form her passion to become a pediatric endocrinologist and provide whole-person care to those living with and affected by type 1 diabetes. She has been serving as the summer camp medical director since 2010 and the medical advisory board since 2020.

In addition, she serves on the Board of Directors for type 1 diabetes organizations, including Diabetes Camping for Youth services and Breakthrough T1D, formerly known as Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She has served as an expert witness for cases involving diabetes technology. She is also a member of the American Diabetes Association and the Pediatric Endocrine Society, including the Diabetes Special Interest Group.

Carole's to camp began when her daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. As a family, she experienced camp firsthand attending family camp.  Over the years her daughter continued through the youth, teen, and CIT programs before ultimately returning as a counselor. She witnessed how camp fostered her daughter's independence, built her self-confidence, and provided with a sense of community that continues to support her today. When she was invited to join the Board, she welcomed the opportunity to help sustain and strengthen camp for future generations, ensuring that children, teens, and families can experience the same sense of belonging, empowerment, and support that camp provided to her own family.

Professionally, she is a medical speech-language pathologist at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Ventura County, where she works with patients and families across the continuum of care.

Chet Pipkin has been a leader in the technology and consumer electronics industry for over 40 years.  He is currently the Executive Chairman of Belkin International Inc. Chet founded Belkin in 1983 and had been responsible for the strategy and operations of Belkin as its Chief Executive Officer until January 2021, growing a globally recognized business from a start up in his parent’s garage to a billion-dollar company, appreciated not only for its innovation and technical prowess, but also its commitment to the community and our environment. He’s an active inventor, investor, board member, advisor, coach, and mentor to a wide range of technology and sustainable startups and successful companies both in the private and public sector. 

Chet has served on board of directors of FIT Hon Teng Limited, a Taiwan based company publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, since April 2019. 

Chet attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in 1978 and 1979. He has been listed as one of the 500 most influential people in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal since 2016 until moving from the Los Angeles area in 2020. He served on the UCLA History Advisory Committee from 2011 to 2020. Mr. Pipkin was inducted into the Dealerscope Magazine Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame in 2006. He was a regional recipient of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1996.  

Chet’s passion is assisting, supporting, and developing people. While his nonprofit and philanthropic leadership covers a broad range of worthwhile work, his primary focus is on underserved youth, education, and closing the achievement gap. Chet has been a Board Member for Diabetes and Educational Services/Camp Conrad-Chinnock since 1982, served as a board member for YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles since 2008, and served as a board member and board chairman for the California YMCA Model Legislature and Court from 1980 to 2000. He is also a founding board member and the founding board chairman for Da Vinci Schools from 2008 to 2019 and RISE high schools from 2017 to 2019. 

After serving the Lennox School District community for over 28 years, Dr. Johnstone assumed the helm of the Wiseburn Unified School District on July 1, 2008, as Superintendent of Schools, where he served for 10 years, until his retirement in June 2018. He spent his entire career in education in the South Bay. 

He launched his education career as a middle school social studies teacher in 1980 in Lennox. During the course of his career he served as a middle school counselor, an elementary assistant principal and principal, a Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, and ten years as the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. All of the above experiences were served in Lennox. Dr. Johnstone culminated his 38-year career in education as superintendent in Wiseburn.

Dr. Johnstone earned his Bachelor’s Degree in history at the University of Santa Clara, a Masters Degree in Latin American History from UCLA and a Masters Degree in Counseling from Loyola Marymount University. He received his doctorate in Institutional Management in 1997 from Pepperdine University.

Dr. Johnstone comes from a family of educators. Three of his sisters were teachers, and his wife was a first-grade teacher at Anza Elementary School in Wiseburn. He has lived with his wife in Westchester for 40 years. He has four children and two grandchildren.

Dr. Johnstone strongly believes in giving back to his community, and most specifically, in activities that support children. He coached Little League girls softball for ten years and served as the Vice President of Westchester Del Rey Girls Softball League.   He also coached AYSO soccer. He serves on the Board for St. Margaret’s Center in Lennox and has served for 35+ years on the Board for Diabetic Camping and Education Services, 10 of those years as Chairman of the Board. Dr. Johnstone has been an active member of the Los Angeles International Airport and Westchester Rotary Clubs for the past 25 years, including three terms as President of both clubs.

John Moser attended USC, Cerritos College and Long Beach State University. He worked in his father's woodworking business for 10 years and has worked/owned an electronics firm in Long Beach for 50 years. His son was diagnosed with Diabetes in 1990. He has been on Camp Conrad Board of Directors for 10 years.

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