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2010 Board of Directors

LEADERSHIP


 Chair
Matthew Toledo
President & Publisher
Los Angeles Business Journal


First Vice Chair
Joseph Czyzyk
Chairman & CEO
Mercury Air Group, Inc. 		Second Vice Chair
Denita Willoughby
VP, External Affairs
AT&T
Immediate Past Chair
Fran Inman
SVP, Corporate Development
Majestic Realty Co.
President & CEO
Gary Toebben
Los Angeles Area
Chamber of Commerce 
       

OFFICERS

Treasurer
Karen L. Hathaway
President & Managing Partner
Los Angeles Athletic Club 		Vice Chair Public Policy
Ronald R. Gastelum
Special Counsel, Water and Energy Services
Cordoba Corporation
Vice Chair Small Business
Brandon F. Shamim
President & CEO
Beacon Management Group		 Vice Chair Global Initiatives
Kaylynn Kim
Chair
World Trade Week
Vice Chair Leadership Progrms
Anthony J. Buzzelli
Vice Chairman
Deloitte
 Vice Chair Education &
Workforce Development
David Crippens
Chair
UNITE-LA
       

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

AVIATION
Chair
Joseph Czyzyk
Chairman & CEO
Mercury Air Group, Inc.
Co-Chair
Christopher C. Martin
Chief Executive Officer
AC Martin Partners

EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chair
Maelia Macin
VP & General Manager
Univision Communications, Inc. 		Co-Chair
Deane Leavenworth
Vice President Corporate
   Relations and
   Communications
Time Warner Cable
Co-Chair
Edward Muñoz
Director, Government Relations
Raytheon Company

ENERGY, WATER & ENVIRONMENT
Chair
Dominick W. Rubalcava
Attorney at Law
Law Offices of
  Dominick W. Rubalcava

JOBS & BUSINESS GROWTH
Chair
Karen L. Hathaway
President & Managing Partner
Los Angeles Athletic Club 		Co-Chair
Brandon F. Shamim
President & CEO
Beacon Management Group
Co-Chair
Second Vice Chair
Denita Willoughby
VP, External Affairs
AT&T		    

LAND USE, CONSTRUCTION & HOUSING
Chair
Daniel Gryczman
Executive Vice President, Land Use & Planning
TriCal Construction, Inc.		 Co-Chair
Frank Stephan
Senior Managing Director
The Clarett Group

TRANSPORTATION & GOODS MOVEMENT
Chair
Bruce Russell
Managing Partner
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.		 Co-Chair
LaDonna DiCamillo
Director of Government Affairs
BNSF Railway Company
       
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BOARD MEMBERS
Gisselle Acevedo
President & CEO
Para Los Niños		 Alan Arkatov
President
Changing.edu
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
Elaine Batchlor
Chief Medical Officer
L.A. Care Health Plan
Dan Beckerman
Chief Operating Officer
  & CFO
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
Lisa Marie Bongiovanni
VP of Corporate
  Communications &
  Government Affairs
Mattel, Inc. 		JoAnn M. Bourne
EVP, Corporate Deposits
  & Treasury Management
  Group
Union Bank of California
Elise Buik
President & CEO
United Way of Greater
  Los Angeles
Javier Cano
General Manager
The Ritz Carlton Hotel

Edward J. Casey
Partner
Alston & Bird LLP
 William Caswell
SVP Operations
Kaiser Permanente
Alison Abbott Chassin
External Affairs Manager
Shell Oil Company
Eugene Chi
Sales Excellence
Microsoft
Bruce Choate
President & CEO
Watson Land
  Company 		Carla J. Christofferson
Managing Partner,
   L.A. Office
O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
Phil Claybrooke
Metro General Manager
  Services
Johnson Controls, Inc. 		Maria Contreras-Sweet
Chairwoman of the Board
PROMERICABank 
  Richard Cordova
President & CEO
Childrens Hospital
  Los Angeles		   Hal Dash
President
Cerrell Associates
Kris H. Davis
Managing Director,
   Southwest Partnership
   Leader
Marsh Risk &
  Insurance Services		 Rory DeJohn
SVP & General Manager
Turner Construction
  Company
Michael Distefano
SVP Chief Marketing Officer
Korn/Ferry International
 Diane B. Dixon
SVP, Worldwide
  Communications
  & Advertising
Avery Dennison
Kendra Doyel
Group Vice President,
  Marketing
Ralphs Grocery Company		 William H. Fain
Managing Partner
Johnson Fain
Kenneth H. Fearn
Managing Partner
Integrated Capital, LLC 		David Fleming
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Melinda Yee Franklin
Director, Governmental
  Affairs & Public Relations,
  Western Region
United Airlines
Charles Harrington
CEO
Parsons Corporation
Robert M. Hertzberg
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP 		Janice Bryant Howroyd
Chairman & CEO
The Act 1 Group of Companies
Gilbert F. Ivey
Assistant GM & Chief
   Administrative Officer
Metropolitan Water District
  of Southern California 		Carol Jackson
VP, External Affairs
Macy’s West
Don Jue
VP Small & Midmarket
   Western Region
IBM Corporation 		Kevin E. Kelso
Chief Marketing Officer
Farmers Insurance
   Group of Companies

Sharon Keyser
SVP, Real Estate,
   Government &
   Community Relations
IBM Corporation 		George Kieffer
Partner
Manatt, Phelps &
  Phillips, LLP
Edward K. Kim
Executive Vice President
U.S. Bank		 Maureen A. Kindel
Senior Managing Director
Kindel Gagan
Daniel E. Kinney
VP of Operations
State Farm Insurance
  Companies		 Richard S. Kline
VP, Communication &
  Public Affairs
Occidental Petroleum
  Corp.
Geraldine Knatz
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles		 Jolene Koester
President
California State
  University,
  Northridge
Robert J. Lagace
President Middle Market
   Banking Los Angeles
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 Robert B. Lawton
President
Loyola Marymount University
Art Leahy
Chief Executive Officer
Metro 		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 		Michael R. Lombardi
President
Stonebridge Holdings,
  Inc.
Scott I. London
Partner in Charge, Audit
KPMG LLP 
Robert J. Lowe
Chairman & CEO
Lowe Enterprises, Inc.
 
 Timothy McCallion
President, Pacific Region
Verizon
Thomas J.P. McHenry
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 
Bryan Moeller
SVP, Director of Small
  Business Banking
Wells Fargo Bank
Ann Muenster-Nuiry
VP, Operations,
  Municipal Services
ACS Government
  Services

Fred Muir
CEO
Rose & Kindel		 Jerold Neuman
Partner
Sheppard Mullin
  Richter & Hampton,
  LLP
Robert L. Newsom
Vice President
HNTB Architecture
Kenneth Nielsen
President
Woodbury University
Patrick J. Niemann
Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP		 Steven Nissen
VP, Legal & Government
  Affairs
NBC Universal

Bob Peirce
Senior Vice President
Abraxis BioScience
Patrick A. Perry
Partner
Allen Matkins Leck
  Gamble Mallory &
  Natsis LLP
Lisa Pitney
VP, Government
  Relations
The Walt Disney
  Company		 Alfred A. Plamann
President & CEO
Unified Western
  Grocers, Inc.
Thomas M. Priselac
President & CEO
Cedars-Sinai Health
  System
Daymond W. Rice
Director, Public Affairs
  & Government Relations
Vons - a Safeway
  Company
Rick Richmond
Managing Partner,
   Los Angeles Office
Jenner & Block, LLP		 Ron Rogers
Founder & CEO
The Rogers Group
Alan I. Rothenberg
Chairman & CEO
1st Century Bank		 Stephen D. Rountree
President
Music Center of Los Angeles
Michael Savoy
Managing Director
Gumbiner Savett Inc.
Thomas S. Sayles
VP, Government &
  Community Relations
University of Southern
  California
Arnold Schaffer
Senior VP/ Regional
  Chief Executive
Providence Health
  and Services,
  California
Anthony (Tony) P. Sciarrino
Market Executive,
  Los Angeles Coastal,
  Commercial Banking
Bank of America
Steven Scott
Vice President
Blue Cross of California 		John H. Semcken, III
Vice President
Pacific Palms
  Conference Resort
Sandra Seville-Jones
Managing Partner
Munger, Tolles &
  Olson LLP
Steve Soboroff
President
Playa Vista
R.K. (Rod) Spackman
Manager, Public &
  Goverment Affairs-
  LA Basin
Chevron Corporation 		Les E. Starck
VP of Local Public Affairs
Southern California Edison
Lee M. Stewart
Senior Vice President
The Gas Company,
  a Sempra Energy
  utility 		James Thomas
Chairman, President
  & CEO
Thomas Properties
  Group, Inc.

Trey Thornton
Partner
Accenture		 Francisco Uribe
Senior Manager
  Government Relations
The Home Depot
Lupe Valdez
Director of Public
  Policy
Union Pacific
  Railroad Co. 		Richard Welch
Partner
Bingham McCutchen, LLP

Jared Wolff
President Los Angeles
  Region
Pacific Western Bank
 Kenton C. Woods
President & CEO
Rose Hills Memorial
  Park & Mortuary
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 		Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire
Boardmember
Southern California
  Leadership Network
Michael W. D’Antuono
Immediate Past Chair
Pasadena Chamber of
  Commerce   		Leron Gubler
President & CEO
Hollywood Chamber
  of Commerce
Ruben Guerra
Chairman of the Board
  & CEO
Latin Business
  Association 		Eugene Hale
Chair
Greater Los Angeles
   African-American
   Chamber of Commerce
Michael Johns
Chair
Los Angeles Junior
  Chamber of Commerce		 Mark S. Liberman
President & CEO
L.A. INC. The Los Angeles
  Convention and Visitors
  Bureau 

Jane Pak
CEO
NAWBO-LA  		David Simon
President
Los Angeles Sports Council 
Stuart Waldman
President & CEO
Valley Industry
  & Commerce Association 

       
      *List as of 02/24/10