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.
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
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
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
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.
Beauty In Grace Members 2025
| Joyce Averna Erica Bailey, MD Ada Baker Anouchka Balog Lisa Becht, MD* Joni Boranian Tracy Bremmer Amy Bremner, MD Diana Brutoco* Marisa Brutoco* Juliana Brutoco-Bianchi* Jacqueline Dupont Carlson, PhD, EdD Marygrace Carpenter* Brandi Cassingham Melissa Centeno Linda Chan, MD Rena Chin Shannon Chua, MD* Gracia Covarrubias, MD Louise Doslu* Lisa Dow Lesley Dowd Veronica Duggan, PA Bonnie Eastman Montessa Edwards, MD Adeeba Evans Nora Evans, MD Resa Evans Tanya Evans, MD Michelle Fajardo, DO Janet Feldmar Penny Fosheim Jane Frederick, MD Michelle Giardini, PA Jill Gim* Patty Glover | Lisa Guerra, MD C.C. Hafner* Cathy Han, MD Young Han, MD Cindy Hanson Candace Haynes Theresa Henry Gina Romano Hernandez* Cynthia Heydt* Monique Hieber* Laura Himelson* Erica Hutchison Marj Ingram Cheryl Jacob Ebunoluwa Johnson, MD Judy Jones Karen Jordan* Shela Kaneshiro Marybeth Keller Kelli Kimmel Jenny Klein Christy Koperek Zelyne Lane* Joan Lautenschleger Doris Law* Sharon Lee, MD* Dawn Levine Diane Libertella Claudia Looney Mona Lopez Laurie Louie Gayle Luciano Carol Lullmann Marcia Manker Carol Manning* Wendy Mason | Cecelia Matthews* True McMahan, MD Wendy Mulvihill* Susan Munden, MD Molly Naglie Sarah Nederlander Jean Nick Nahal Nikroo, MD* Colleen O’Connor Mary O’Toole, MD Bhavana Pathak, MD* Pam Pellizzon Rossana Powell Tiffany Roberts Susie Roof Kelli Ruiz Meryl Sakwa Laurie Sicaeros Bebe Shaddock Smith Lisa Stafford, PhD Jayne Stewart* Agnes Swanson Tammy Tang Misty Teng* Karen Testman Lindsay Thomas* Elaine Tiber Michelle Tom, MD Saghi Valencia Barbara Victor, MD Christy Ward Ellies Watanabe Carla Wells, MD Mary Ann Wilkinson, MD Dania Youssef, DO* |
*New Member
(As of 3/26/2025)
For more information, please call (949) 452-3724.