Mary Turner Pattiz
Beverly Hills/Santa Barbara

• 2008 Doctor of Psychology, California Graduate Institute

From the mid ’70s to the early ’90s Mary Turner was the most popular female air personality on contemporary music radio. She was the highest-rated disc jockey on L.A.’s legendary KMET, the host of “Off The Record,” Westwood One’s nationally syndicated interview show, which aired on more than 300 stations weekly, and the host of the “Mary Turner Show” on Armed Forces Radio.

After leaving radio in 1994, Dr. Pattiz attended UCLA where she became a certified drug and alcohol counselor and began working in the field of substance abuse. She received a Doctor of Psychology degree from the California Graduate Institute-now affiliated with The Chicago School-in 2008. Today she continues to be active in the field as a counselor and group leader and serves on the boards of:

• DARE
• The Musicians Assistance Program
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s COACH for Kids
• The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ MusiCares
• The Betty Ford Center and the Betty Ford Institute.