The LA's BEST Board of Directors and Advisory Board were established to represent a broad cross-section of the community, and to leverage additional expertise and resources.

Board of Directors

Responsible as policy-makers of the program for oversight and strategic planning, including the creation of a diverse and sustainable funding base for the organization.

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Advisory Board

Responsible as stewards of the program for assuring quality and representing diverse community and constituency views to the organization.

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LA's BEST 2007-2008 Board of Directors

• CHAIR: Marvin J. Suomi
  President & CEO, KUD International
• VICE CHAIR: Mary Odell
  President, UniHealth Foundation
• CFO: Robert L. Wicke
  Specialist Practice Leader, Deloitte Consulting
• The Honorable Richard Alatorre
  Former LA City Council Member, President, Richard Alatorre & Co.
• Douglas A. Brengel
  Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
• Pamela Buffett
  President, Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation
• Gil Dalmau
  President & CEO, Americas United Bank
• Cástulo de la Rocha, J.D.
  President & CEO, AltaMed
• Christopher D. Dusseault
  Partner, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP
• Raymond Ealy
  Chair, LA's BEST Advisory Board
• Cecilia Aguilera Glassman
  CEO, Children's Museum of Los Angeles
• Robert V. Graziano
  Managing Director, Western Region, Northern Trust
• Russ Hagey
  Global Chief Talent Officer & Partner, Bain and Company Inc./Los Angeles
• Sharon Harroun
  British Consulate General, Churchill Leadership
• Amy Moynihan Heyward
  Marketing Executive
• Jeffrey A. Hirsch
  Division President LA Metro, Time Warner Cable
• Allan K. Jonas
  Owner, Jonas & Associates
• Martha Jordan
  Partner, Latham & Watkins, LLP
• Gerald L. Katell
  Board Chair Emeritus & President, Katell Properties, LLC & Katell Productions LLC
• Rikki Klieman
  Attorney, Author and CBS Legal Analyst
• Richard S. Kline
  Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
• Nigel Lythgoe
  Executive Producer, "So You Think You Can Dance" and "American Idol"
• Mario Marin
  Senior Government Sales Manager, W.W. Grainger, Inc.
• Carmen Moch
  Regional Vice President, Target Stores
• David L. Paulson
  CEO, Paulson Enterprises
• Michaela Pereira
  Morning News Anchor, KTLA and BEST Friends Board Chair
• Tracy Rafter
  Principal, Rafter Group, Inc.
• The Honorable Richard J. Riordan
  Former Mayor and Founder, The Riordan Foundation
• June Sale
  Child Care Consultant
• Carla Sanger
  President and CEO, LA's BEST
• Dean Schramm
  Principal, The Schramm Group
• Carmel Sella
  Community Development Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
• Reva Shakkottai
  Regional Vice President, Private Asset Management, Neuberger Berman
• Tom Shapiro
  President and Owner, Trade Supplies, Inc.
• Robert D. Shipp
  President, RDS Investments
• Candy Spelling
  Commissioner, City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks
• Tomas Torres
  President, Torres Construction Corporation
• Kristen S. Walter
  Senior Vice President, Bank of the West
• Hope Warschaw
  Civic Leader/ Arts Education Advocate
• Jay S. Wintrob
  President and CEO, AIG SunAmerica Inc.
• Martin J. Wolff
  Chairman, Martin J. Wolff & Co., Inc., Insurance Agents

LA's BEST 2007-2008 ADVISORY BOARD

• CHAIR: Raymond Ealy
• Alice Desobry Bowens
  Educator
• Marilyn Brown
  Parenting Consultant
• Richard Cheung
  D.C., ATC, Chirocenter
• Mary Christianakis
  Professor, Occidental College
• Bill Coggins
  Retired Executive Director & Founder, Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center
• Dr. Cheryl Cruz
  Professor, Department of Accounting, California State University, Los Angeles
• Lucy Esparza
  Executive Assistant/Office Manager, KCBS/KCAL
• Trudi Ferguson
  Professor, USC, Marshall School of Business
• Ray Gonzales
  Director of Community Affairs, KTLA Channel 5
• Ed Guthman
  Professor, USC, Annenberg School for Communications
• Sweet Alice Harris
  Executive Director, Parents of Watts
• Mary Hruby
  Information Resources Manager, Crystal Stairs, Inc.
• Andrea Kannike
  Analyst, United States District Court
• Ann Reiss Lane
  Founder and Chair, Women Against Gun Violence
• Stephen Lee
  Executive Vice President / Managing Partner, Solaris Investment Partners, LLC & BEST Friends CFO
• Natalie Magistrale
  Retired Professor, USC Medical School
• Rueben Martinez
  Owner, Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery
• Al Minturn
  Retired Administrator, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Nancy Ramirez
  Deputy Chief, Special Operations Bureau, Los Angeles School Police Department
• Doris Roberts
  Actor
• James Rosser, Ph.D.
  President, California State University, Los Angeles
• Lois Saffian
  Community Activist
• June Sale
  Child Care Consultant
• Carla Sanger
  President & CEO, LA's BEST
• David Travers
  Associate, Rustic Canyon Partners & BEST Friends Vice-Chair
• Virginia Victorin
  FVP, Sr. Community Affairs Relationship Manager, Washington Mutual
• Deborah Villar
  Director of Development and External Affairs, JWCH Institute, Inc.
• Martha Watson
  Retired Manager, Counseling and Child Dev., Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center
• Barbara Yaroslavsky
  Community Activist
• Jonathan Zasloff
  Professor, UCLA School of Law
• Walter S. Zeisl
  Manager, Environmental Communications and Environmental Services, Department of Water and Power