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2012 Board of Directors

LEADERSHIP

Chair
Alan l. Rothenberg
Chairman & CEO
1st Century Bank		   First Vice Chair
Noel Massie
President
UPS, Central California District 
Immediate Past Chair
Karen L. Hathaway
President & Managing Partner
LAACO, LTD./Los Angeles Athletic Club		 Second Vice Chair 
William Caswell
SVP Operations
Kaiser Permanente    
  President & CEO
Gary Toebben
Los Angeles Area
Chamber of Commerce  		   Treasurer
Michelle Kerrick
Managing Partner
Deloitte 

COUNCIL CHAIRS

EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

 

EMERGING COMMERCE

 
  Alberto Mier y Terán
Senior Vice President & General Manager
Univision 		   Steven Nissen
VP, Legal & Government 
  Affairs
NBC Universal 

ENERGY, WATER & ENVIRONMENT 

GLOBAL INITIATIVES
Thomas J.P. McHenry
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP  		 Francisco Uribe
Director, State, Local and
    International Government Relations
The Home Depot 

GOVERNMENT & FISCAL AFFAIRS

 

HEALTH CARE

  
  Jerold Neuman
Partner
Sheppard Mullin
  Richter & Hampton,
  LLP 		   Augustavia J. Haydel
General Counsel
L.A. Care Health Plan   

LAND USE, CONSTRUCTION & HOUSING

SMALL BUSINESS
Edward J. Casey
Partner
Alston & Bird LLP  		 Brandon F. Shamim
President & CEO
Beacon Management Group

TRANSPORTATION & GOODS MOVEMENT 

 		  
Maureen 'Mo' Hayes
Regional Development Executive
Parsons Corporation  
       
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BOARD MEMBERS
View a pdf of Board Members (as of 04/2012)
  Leticia Aguilar
SVP & Market President
Union Bank		   Alan Arkatov
CEO 
Teaching Channel 
  Yun Au
SVP & General Counsel 
Nestlé USA, Inc. 		   Rod Banks
Executive Vice President
City National Bank 
  John Barrett
Resident Managing
  Directory
Aon Risk Services, Inc.
  of Southern California		   Dan Beckerman
President & CEO
Anschutz Entertainment
  Group     
  Cathy Berg
Regional VP, Passenger
  Sales, Western United
  States
American Airlines 
   Alice Bisno
SVP Public Affairs
Automobile Club of 
  Southern California
Gene D. Block
Chancellor
University of California,
   Los Angeles 		   Elise Buik
President & CEO
United Way of Greater 
  Los Angeles 
  David Burcham
President
Loyola Marymount University
   		   Luis Maria R. Calingo
President
Woodbury University 
  Mario Camara
Partner
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP.		   Guy Candido
Regional Manager
U.S. Bank 
  Javier Cano
General Manager
The Ritz Carlton, Los Angeles and  
  JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE 		 Steve Carver
SVP & Market Manager
CBS Radio, Los Angeles   
  Eugene Chi
Sales Excellence
Microsoft Corporation   
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Chairwoman of the Board
PROAMÉRICA BANK 		 Richard Cordova
President & CEO
Children's Hospital
  Los Angeles 
Joseph Czyzyk
Chairman & CEO
Mercury Air Group, Inc. 		 Kevin C. Daley
Managing Director, Southwest 
   Partnership Leader
Marsh Risk & Insurance Services 
Hal Dash
Chairman & CEO
Cerrell Associates 		   Lisa Deloney
Managing Director,
   Market President, 
   Metro Southern California
Citibank   
Michael P. DePallo
CEO
Metrolink		   LaDonna DiCamillo
Director of Government Affairs
BNSF Railway Company 
Kevin E. Dow
Vice President & General Manager
Turner Construction 
  Company  		   Kendra Doyel
Group VP, Public Relations
   & Government Affairs
Ralphs Grocery Company  
  John Duong
VP, Real Estate & Public Affairs
   Southern California Division
Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.  
Harvey Englander
President
Englander Knabe & Allen  		   Kenneth H. Fearn
Managing Partner
Integrated Capital, LLC  
  David Fleming
Of Counsel
Latham & Watkins LLP  		   Melinda Yee Franklin
Managing Director for
  Corporate and Government
  Affairs
United Airlines  
James Garrison
President
Pacific Federal Insurance
   Corporation		   Samuel Garrison
Vice President of Civic Initiatives
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Ronald R. Gastelum
Board Chair
Water Conservation Partners		   Josh Gertler
President
Consensus, Inc.    
Robert Gumm
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP		   Veronica Gutierrez
VP of Local Public Affairs
Southern California Edison  
  Willie J. Hagan
President
California State University, Dominguez Hills		   Daeman Harris
Manager, State Government Affairs
Occidental Petroleum   
Dianne F. Harrison
President
California State University, Northridge 		   Dianne F. Harrison
President
California State University, Northridge 
  Richard Heim
President & CEO
The Clark Construction Group - 
   California, LP		 S. Keith Hinkle
SVP for Advancement & 
   Public Affairs
Pepperdine University
    Alan Hostrup
President & CEO
YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles  
Pilar Hoyos
Vice President Public Affairs
Watson Land Company  		   Fran Inman
SVP, Corporate Development
Majestic Realty Co.   
Gilbert F. Ivey
Assistant GM & Chief
   Administrative Officer
Metropolitan Water District
  of Southern California   		   Carol Jackson
VP, External Affairs
Macy’s West 
Cary D. Jones
Partner
Snell & Wilmer, LLP   		   Richard Keating
Managing Principal
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.  
Erbin B. Keith
SVP, External Affairs and
   General Counsel
Southern California Gas Company,
   a Sempra Energy utility   		   Michael Kelley
Partner
Sidley Austin, LLP  
  Sharon Keyser
SVP, Real Estate,
   Government & 
   Community Relations
Paramount Pictures		   George D. Kieffer
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & 
  Phillips, LLP 
    Kevin Sung Kim
Chairman
BBCN Bancorp, Inc. and
  BBCN Bank 
  Maureen A. Kindel
Kindel Gagan  		 Geraldine Knatz
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles 
Robert J. Lagace
President Middle Market
   Banking Los Angeles
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 		   Daniel J. LaVista
Chancellor
Los Angeles Community
   College District  
Art Leahy
CEO
Metro 		   Deane Leavenworth
Regional Vice President – 
   Government Relations – 
   West Region
Time Warner Cable  
  Barry C. Levin
Chairman & CEO
Snak King Corporation 		   Gina Marie Lindsey
Executive Director
Los Angeles World 
  Airports
  Michael D. Lizárraga
President & CEO
TELACU Industries 		   John F. Llewellyn
President & CEO
Forest Lawn Memorial 
  Park & Mortuaries
  Robert J. Lowe
Chairman & CEO
Lowe Enterprises, Inc.
  Christopher C. Martin
CEO
AC Martin Partners 		   Lidia S. Martinez
Manager Community Affairs 
   & Grassroots
Southwest Airlines Co.  
  Timothy McCallion
President, Pacific Region
Verizon
 Paul Meyer
Sector VP & General Manager
Northrop Grumman
      Bryan Moeller
SVP, Director of Small
  Business Banking
Wells Fargo Bank 
  John-Paul Motley
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers, LLP 		 Ann Muenster-Nuiry
VP, Operations,
  Municipal Services
ACS, A Xerox Company 
  Edward Muñoz
Director, Government
   Relations
Raytheon Company		   Nathan Nayman
Head of California State
   & Local Relations
Visa Inc. 
  Robert Newsom
Vice President
HNTB 		   Ron Nichols
General Manager
Los Angeles Department
   of Water & Power  
Patrick J. Niemann
Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP   		   Timothy Noonan
President & CEO
Lockton Insurance 
   Brokers, LLC  
  Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Superintendent-President
Long Beach City College    		   S. Christopher Park
Vice President
Hanjin International Corp.
Lisa Pitney
VP, Government 
  Relations
The Walt Disney 
  Company   		   Alfred A. Plamann
President & CEO
Unified Western 
  Grocers, Inc.   
  Larry Pratt
Head of Distribution - California
Farmers Insurance Group of
    Companies 		   Thomas M. Priselac
President & CEO
Cedars-Sinai Health 
  System  
  Philip R. Recht
Partner
Mayer Brown, LLP 		   Edward J. Reyes
VP - Agency
State Farm Insurance
   Companies   
Thomas Ricci
Executive Vice President
Thomas Properties 
    Group, Inc.  		   Gary Rocheleau
VP, Retail Marketing Execution
Vons, a Safeway Company 
Dennis Rodriguez
Chief City Executive
Siemens Corporation		 Ron Rogers
President
Rogers Ruder Finn  
Stephen D. Rountree
President
Music Center of Los Angeles  		   Michael Rouse
VP, Philanthropy &
   Community Affairs
Toyota Motor Sales,
   U.S.A., Inc.   
Dominick W. Rubalcava
Attorney at Law
Law Offices of
  Dominick W. Rubalcava   		   Albert J. Sabo
VP, Financial Services
   Sector, US West
IBM  
Mandana Sadigh
SVP & Treasurer
Mattel, Inc.  		   Chris Saltz
Major Projects, West Region
Johnson Controls 
Frank Sanchez
Owner/Operator
McDonald's Corporation 		   Michael Savoy
Managing Director
Gumbiner Savett Inc.   
  Thomas S. Sayles
VP, Government & 
  Community Relations
University of Southern
  California   		   J. Scott Scheeringa
Executive Vice President
    & Head of Commercial
    Banking Group
OneWest Bank 
Anthony Sciarrino
SVP & Market Executive
Bank of America  		   Steven Scott
Vice President
Anthem Blue Cross  
  John H. Semcken, III
Vice President
Pacific Palms Resort  		   Sandra Seville-Jones
Managing Partner
Munger, Tolles & 
  Olson LLP
Renata C. Simril
SVP, External Affairs
Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc.   		   R.K. (Rod) Spackman
Manager, Public & 
  Goverment Affairs-
  LA Basin
Chevron Corporation  
Cameron Smith
Senior Director WW Regulatory,
  Government and Industry Affairs and
  Intellectual Property
Herbalife, Ltd.		 Brissa Sotelo-Vargas
Public & Government Affairs
  Representative
Tesoro Refining & Marketing,
  Los Angeles Refinery
      Frank Stephan
Senior Managing Director
Clarett West Development 
Elizabeth Stephenson
Principal
McKinsey & Company, Inc.  		 Christopher Thornberg
Principal
Beacon Economics 
  Trey Thornton
Partner
Accenture 		 Matthew Toledo
President & Publisher
Los Angeles Business Journal   
Gustavo Valdespino
President & CEO
Valley Presbyterian Hospital  		   Lupe Valdez
Director of Public 
  Policy
Union Pacific 
  Railroad Co.
Robert Wagner
Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry International  		    
James L. Williams
General Manager
Edelman  		   Jared Wolff
President Los Angeles
  Region
Pacific Western Bank    
  Kenton C. Woods
President & CEO
SCI California Funeral Services Inc. 		   David Wright
Vice President
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.  
Robert A. Wyman
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP  		  

 EX-OFFICIO
William C. Allen
President & CEO
Los Angeles County 
  Economic Development 
  Corporation 		   David Crippens
Chair
UNITE-LA 
  Leron Gubler
President & CEO
Hollywood Chamber 
  of Commerce		   Eugene Hale
Chair
Greater Los Angeles
   African-American
   Chamber of Commerce
  Paul Little
President & CEO
Pasadena Chamber of 
  Commerce   		   Jane Pak
CEO
NAWBO-LA       
  Lisa Greer Quateman
Boardmember
Southern California
  Leadership Network		   David Simon
President
Los Angeles Sports Council 
Traci Torok
Chair
Los Angeles Junior 
   Chamber of Commerce 		   Stuart Waldman
President & CEO
Valley Industry
  & Commerce Association  
       
       
      *List as of 03/15/13