Officers

Dub Drees joined St. Jude Memorial Foundation in 2019 from Verity Health System where she served as the Vice President of Communications and Philanthropy.

GianCarlo (“GC”) Alabastro has spent over 19 years in the Retail Automotive Industry. He founded Fox Dealer, an automotive digital marketing company in 2013. Previous to founding Fox Dealer, he managed a Retail Automotive Group primarily focused on Digital Marketing and developing large-scale departments for Internet Sales and Business Development.

Mike Verity grew up in Fullerton and attended Claremont McKenna College, where he met his wife Amy. They both had ROTC scholarships and became active duty Army officers after graduation. Amy was stationed in Hawaii, so he joined her when his time was up and went to business school at the University of Hawaii. Then he started a career in investment management at First Hawaiian Bank.

Brian Helleland has a Master’s degree in Health Administration from Arizona State University and his undergraduate degree from Concordia University, St. Paul. He is the
Chief Executive at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton where he oversees the daily operations of the hospital, including the provision of quality patient care and strategic direction of the medical center.

Dennis Buchanan went to college at University of Notre Dame before going to Medical School at USC and residency there at USC-LA County Hospital. An OB-GYN physician, he has been practicing in Fullerton and St. Jude since 1983.