Gil Schwartzberg is a well-known investor and businessman with decades of experience in community service. In 1976, shortly after being admitted to the California Bar, Gil volunteered as general counsel to the Girl Scouts Los Angeles Council. He held this position for several years, helping the organization provide leadership and life skills to young girls from any and all economic backgrounds.
One year after he became involved with the Girl Scouts Council, Gil also began his extensive service at the City of Hope National Medical Center, which is one of only the few NCI Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation. He began by fundraising in COH’s Professions and Finance support auxiliary. He steadily rose through the ranks and in 1995 became Chairman of the Board of Directors, the lead volunteer in a system of about 250,000 volunteers nationwide.
Up to this point Gil had been active in numerous other community organizations as well. He was a volunteer for the Foundation for the Junior Blind (now called Junior Blind of America), which provides programs and recreational services to youths and their families who are blind, visually impaired, or disabled. Gil worked his way up to ultimately become Vice Chairman of the Board. At this same time Gil was also a Trustee of the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.
Gil resigned from his positions with Junior Blind and Buckley School in 1995, in order to fully focus on his new position as Board Chairman at COH. One of his major accomplishments at this time was the founding of The Inner Circle, another COH support auxiliary that consisted of major contributors in the Los Angeles area.
Gil continued to attain higher and higher positions within COH and ultimately became its president and CEO. He managed a community that ranged from top-tier healthcare professionals to local volunteers. He holds a lifelong title of Chairman Emeritus for COH, and his dedication to research based, patient-centered care also earned him a Doctor of Science from the center’s graduate school in 2003.
