Cheryl Saban

Cheryl Saban (; born April 30, 1951) is an American author, television writer, philanthropist, and a former Senior Advisor to the United States Mission to the United Nations. She is the author of several children's books, a novel, self-help books, numerous gift books, and many teleplays. She is the wife of Israeli-American billionaire and Democratic party mega-donor Haim Saban. on April 30, 1951, in San Diego, California. Her father worked for the local telephone company. Saban worked as a telephone solicitor, waitressed at a barbecue-pit restaurant, and worked summers as a lifeguard at a Navy training center.

Career Saban started her career as a model in San Francisco, California in 1973 and Los Angeles in 1975.

Philanthropy Saban is the president of Saban Family Foundation. She received an honorary doctorate from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel in 2014. As of May 2018, they are supporting the building of a museum in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Free Clinic In 1968, Los Angeles Free Clinic opened at 115 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Free Clinic is the longest continually running free clinic in the nation.

In her years of financial difficulty, Cheryl Saban was a patient of the Los Angeles Free Clinic. Later, with her husband, they donated $10 million, and in 2008, it was renamed the Saban Free Clinic. now Saban Community Clinic of Beverly Hills, Rampart Village, Hollywood, Melrose, and Blessed Sacrament.

Personal life Saban has been married three times. She married her first husband, Ray Lenhart, at the age of 20. They had two daughters, Tifanie Lenhart Chaney and actress Heidi Lenhart Stills, and divorced soon after. They had two children through a surrogate (Saban had previously had a hysterectomy): son Ness (Hebrew for Miracle) and daughter Tanya. Ness was the eighth surrogate-born baby in the world and Tanya was the fortieth. Although Cheryl is a Lutheran, she agreed to raise the children Jewish. The family always puts up a Christmas tree and celebrates Shabbat weekly. Saban told the rabbi who married them: "Think of me as a Christian who believes in Judaism.” They reside in Beverly Hills, California.