Board of Directors
Leadership
Denita Willoughby
Board Chair
Vice President, Supply Management and Support Services; Chair
Southern California Gas Company, a Sempra Energy utility; UNITE-LA, Inc.
Raul A. Anaya
First Vice Chair
President – Greater Los Angeles, Pacific Southwest Region Executive, Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America
Jerry Neuman
Immediate Past Chair
Partner
DLA Piper LLP (USA)
Michael Savoy
Treasurer
Shareholder
Gumbiner Savett Inc.
Maria S. Salinas
President
President & CEO
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Board Member
Martin L. Adams
General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
Celeste Alleyne
Director, US Citizenship & Public Affairs - West Region
Microsoft Corporation
Lee Alman
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate & Public Affairs, SoCal
Edelman
Mike Aparicio
Executive Vice President
Skanska
Christopher J. Barton
Executive Vice President, Development & Capital Investments
Hudson Pacific Properties
Elaine Batchlor
CEO
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Kim Belshé
Executive Director
First 5 LA
Kelli Bernard
Chief Executive, Los Angeles Metro+ Region
AECOM
Tyrone D. Bland
Vice President, U.S. State and Local Government Affairs
Herbalife Nutrition
Claudia Bodan
Executive Vice President, Los Angeles, Market President
Commercial Bank of California
Elise Buik
President & CEO
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Maria Camacho
Government Affairs
Los Angeles Rams
Mario Camara
Partner
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Javier Cano
Vice President & Market General Manager
The Ritz- Carlton, Los Angles & JW Marriott Los Angeles, L.A. Live
Marlene Canter
National Board Chair
Green Dot Public Schools
David Carey
President, Los Angeles/Nevada Market Unit
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling
Edward J. Casey
Chair, Land Use, Construction & Housing Council
Partner
Alston & Bird LLP
William Caswell
SVP Operations & COO, Southern California Region
Kaiser Permanente
Mario Cordero
Executive Director
Port of Long Beach, California
Shawn A. Covell
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
Paramount Pictures
Bill Covino
President & CEO
California State University, Los Angeles
Brennon Crist
Region Manager, Los Angeles Middle Market Banking
JPMorgan Chase
Joseph Czyzyk
Chairman & CEO
Mercury Air Group, Inc.
Trevor Daley
President
Cerrell Associates, Inc.
Dana Debel
Managing Director, State and Local Government Affairs
Delta Air Lines Inc.
Lisa Deloney
Managing Director, Market President, Division Manager California/Nevada
Metro Southern California Division, Citibank N.A.
Bert Dezzutti
Executive Vice President
Brookfield Office Properties
Tony Digiovanni
President & CEO
Claremont Lincoln University
LaDonna DiCamillo
Regional Assistant Vice President, State Government Affairs
BNSF Railway Company
Gaurav Diwan
Managing Director, Health and Human Services
Accenture
Tom Donohue
President & General Manager, Los Angeles
Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
John Q. Duong
Vice President, Real Estate & Public Affairs, Southern California Division
Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.
Joshua Englander
West Division's Government Relations Director
HNTB Corporation
Christine Essel
President & CEO
Southern California Grantmakers
Donna Estacio
Regional Director of State & Local Government Affairs
American Airlines
Jeff Etherington
Director Sales & Community Marketing
Alaska Airlines
Stephen Finnegan
Government and Community Affairs Manager
Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA)
David Fleming
Senior Advisor
Office of California State Senator Robert M. Hertzberg
John Forgione
Managing Director, Head of FX Sales
MUFG Union Bank
James Garrison
President
Pacific Federal, LLC
Josh Gertler
President
Consensus Inc.
Gregg T. Geyer
Partner
KPMG LLP
Larry Green
Senior Vice President US Development
Westfield, LLC
George W. Greene
President/CEO
HASC
Dianne F. Harrison
President
California State University, Northridge
Karen Hathaway
President & Managing Partner
The Los Angeles Athletic Club
Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda
Corporate Attorney
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Augustavia Haydel
Chair, Health Care Council
General Counsel
L.A. Care Health Plan
S. Keith Hinkle
Senior Vice President for Advancement & Public Affairs
Pepperdine University
Lewis C. Horne
President
CBRE Group Inc.
Alan Hostrup
President & CEO
YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles
Maria Pilar Hoye
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Fiona J. Hutton
President
Fiona Hutton & Associates
Vincent Iacopella
Executive Vice President Growth and Strategy
Alba Wheels Up International Inc.
Fran Inman
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Majestic Realty Co.
Robert Jernigan
Regional Managing Principal
Gensler
Trini Jimenez
Vice President, Public Affairs
Watson Land Company
Cary D. Jones
Managing Partner
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Beverly Kenworthy
Executive Director
California Apartment Association Los Angeles
Michelle Kerrick
West Region Market Leader, Los Angeles Managing Partner
Deloitte LLP
George D. Kieffer
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Jeff Kightlinger
General Manager
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Maureen A. Kindel
Founder
Kindel Gagan
John Laco
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Janet Lamkin
President, California
United Airlines
Deane Leavenworth
President
Leavenworth Endeavors
Jennifer L.H. Li
President and Founder
Novotech Nutraceuticals, Inc.
Devorah Lieberman, PH.D.
President
University of La Verne
Hee-Won Lim
Vice President & General Manager
Pacific Palms Conference Resort
Joaquin Lippincott
CEO & Founder
Metal Toad
Michael D. Lizarraga
President & CEO
TELACU
John F. Llewellyn
Chairman
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Association
Mark Louchheim
CEO & President
Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.
Robert Lowe
Founder/Chairman
LOWE
Anna Magzanyan
Publisher & CEO
Los Angeles Business Journal
Christopher C. Martin
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
AC Martin, Inc.
Randall D. Martinez
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Cordoba Corporation
Victor J. Martinez
Vice President
WSP
Lisa Maurath
Los Angeles Infrastructure Lead
Parsons
Jeff McConnell
Partner
Englander Knabe & Allen
Deryl McKissack
Chairwoman & CEO
McKissack & McKissack
Gregory McWilliams
Regional President
FivePoint
Bryan Moeller
Senior Vice President, Director of Small Business Banking
Wells Fargo
Daniel Montplaisir
Vice President of University Advancement
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Ernesto Morales
Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Biltmore Group
Ann Muenster-Nuiry
Vice President, Business Development
Conduent
Edward Munoz
Board Member
Wellnest
Dan Murphy
Voting Solution for all People Engagement Director
Smartmatic
Patrick J. Niemann
Managing Partner, Greater Los Angeles
Ernst & Young LLP
Timothy Noonan
President & Chief Executive Officer
Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC
Whitney O'Neill
Senior Director, Government Relations
Charter Communications
Gerard Orozco
Senior Vice President
Jacobs
Dr. Thomas Parham
President
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Kristen Parsons
Regional Commercial Executive, Southern California
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Luis Patiño
Senior Vice President & General Manager
Univision Communications, Inc.
Ken Pilgrim
Managing Director
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites
Lisa Pitney
Vice President, Government Relations
The Walt Disney Company
Thomas M. Priselac
President & CEO
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Lourdes I. Ramos
President and CEO
Museum of Latin American Art
Phillip R. Recht
Chair, Government & Fiscal Affairs Council
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
Dennis Rodriguez
Chief City Executive - LA/SF/SD
Siemens Corporation
Francisco Rodriguez
Chancellor
Los Angeles Community College District
Naomi Rodriguez
Vice President of External Affairs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Paul Rohrer
Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Alan Rothenberg
Chairman and CEO
1st Century Bank
Ali Sahabi
Real Estate Developer General Engineering Contractor Sustainability & Seismic Resilience Center
Optimum Seismic, Inc.
Frank Sanchez
McDonald's Licensee
McDonald's Corporation
Miguel A. Santana
President and CEO
Los Angeles County Fair Association
Emma Schafer
Director
Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum
Eugene D. Seroka
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles
Brandon F. Shamim
Chair, Small Business Council
President/Partner
Beacon Management Group
Fern Shaw
President, South California District
UPS
Steve Shearer
Vice President and General Manager of Small Market
Blue Shield of California
John R. Shiner
Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Mike Silacci
Chair, Innovation & Technology Council
Regional Vice President, Greater Los Angeles - External Affairs
AT&T Services, Inc.
Jerry Silverman
Head of Real Estate & Support Services
Farmers Group, Inc.
Nicole J. Simonian
Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP
Timothy Law Snyder
President
Loyola Marymount University
Brissa Sotelo-Vargas
Chair, Energy, Water & Environmental Sustainability Council
Director, Community Relations & Government Affairs
Valero Energy Corporation
R.K. (Rod) Spackman
Manager, Public & Government Affairs-LA Basin
Chevron Corporation
A.G. Spanos
President of Business Operations
Los Angeles Chargers
Frank A. Stephan
Senior Managing Director
Clarett West Development
Christopher Thompson
Vice President, Local Public Affairs
Southern California Edison
Christopher Thornberg
Founding Partner
Beacon Econmics, LLC
Francisco Uribe
Director, State, Local, and International Government Relations
The Home Depot
Cat-Uyen Vo
Senior Counsel
Los Angeles Times
John Votava
Director, Corporate Relations
Ralphs
Cary Walker
Senior Vice President and Director, Corporate Communications
City National Bank
Phillip Washington
CEO
Metro
Russell “Rusty” Weiss
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Stephanie Wiggins
CEO
Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink)
Kenton Woods
President
SCI California Funeral Services Inc.
Ellen Zaman
Executive Director, External Affairs
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Ex-Officio
Cindy Allen
2020 World Trade Week Chair
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance
FedEx Logistics
William C. Allen
President & Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Rana Ghadban
President & CEO
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Paul Little
President & Chief Executive Officer
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
Aram Nadjarian
Chairman of the Board
NextLA
Paige Serden
SCLN Board Member
Senior Director
Gantry
David Siegel
President
Los Angeles Sports Council
Stuart Waldman
President
Valley Industry & Commerce Association
Ernest Wooden Jr.
President & CEO
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
