LA's BEST

CHAIR: Marvin J. Suomi
President & CEO, KUD International, LLC

VICE CHAIR: Mary Odell
President, UniHealth Foundation

CFO: Robert L. Wicke
Specialist Practice Leader, Deloitte Consulting

The Honorable Richard Alatorre
President, Richard Alatorre & Co.

Alice Desobry Bowens
Educator and Advisory Board Chair

Pamela Buffett
President, Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation

Jack B. Corwin
President, Huntington Holdings, Inc.

Baron Davis
Los Angeles Clippers, Verso Entertainment

Cástulo de la Rocha, J.D.
President & CEO, AltaMed

Christopher D. Dusseault
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Robert V. Graziano
Managing Director, Western Region Northern Trust

Russ Hagey
Global Chief Talent Officer & Partner; Bain & Company Inc. /Los Angeles

Amy Moynihan Heyward
Marketing Executive, A Squared Entertainment LLC

Allan K. Jonas
Owner, Jonas & Associates

Gerald L. Katell
Board Chair Emeritus & President, Katell Productions, LLC and Katell Properties, LLC

Katherine Kendrick

Rick Kersenbrock
Los Angeles/Ventura County Manager, First American Title Insurance Co.

Richard S. Kline
Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Nigel Lythgoe
Executive Producer, 19 Entertainment, Inc.

Mario Marin
Director, Government Sales, Government West, W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Carmen Moch
Regional Vice President, Target Stores

Gary Park
Partner, Hicks/Park LLP

David L. Paulson
CEO, Paulson Enterprises

Sharon Harroun Peirce

Tracy Rafter
Principal, Rafter Group, Inc.

The Honorable Richard J. Riordan
Former Mayor of Los Angeles & Founder, The Riordan Foundation

June Sale
Advisory Board Chair Emeritus and Child Care Consultant

Nancy Sanders

Carla Sanger
President & CEO, LA’s BEST

Dean Schramm
Principal, The Schramm Group

Stefanie Schwartz
VP Marketing & Operations, Nickelodeon and BEST Friends, Board Chair

Carmel Sella
Community Development Manager, Wells Fargo Bank

Reva Shakkottai
Senior VP, Financial Consultant, The Cottom/Shakkottai Investment Group

Tom Shapiro
President & Owner, Trade Supplies, Inc.

Robert D. Shipp
President, RDS Investments

Candy Spelling
Commissioner, City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation & Parks

Neil Stiles
President, Variety Group

Tomas Torres
President, Torres Construction Corporation

Barry B. Waldo
Vice President, Boys, Girls and Games, Entertainment and Consumer Products, Mattel, Inc.

Martin J. Wolff
Chairman, Martin J. Wolff & Co., Inc., Insurance Agents

CHAIR: Alice Desobry Bowens
Educator

VICE CHAIR: Trudi Ferguson
Professor, USC, Marshall School of Business

Bryant Alexander, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters, California State University, Los Angeles

Marilyn Brown
Parenting Consultant

Richard Cheung
D.C., ATC, Chirocenter

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

Raymond Ealy
President & CEO, Intra Vera Worldwide

Lucy Esparza
Executive Assistant/Office Manager, KCBS/KCAL

Ray Gonzales
Former Producer/Host, Pacesetters, KTLA Channel 5

Sweet Alice Harris
Executive Director, Parents of Watts

Helen Hartel
Retired Principal, Lowman School

Mary Hruby
Information Resources Manager, Crystal Stairs, Inc.

Andrea Kannike
Analyst, United States District Court

Ann Reiss Lane
Founder & Chair, Women Against Gun Violence

Stephen Lee
Waterstone Investments

Melanie Marconi
Partner, BDI Events & BEST Friends Board CFO

Rueben Martinez
Owner, Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery

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
Advisory Board Chair Emeritus and Child Care Consultant

Carla Sanger
President & CEO, LA's BEST

David Travers
Principal, Rustic Canyon Partners & BEST Friends Vice-Chair

Virginia Victorin
VP, Community Relations Officer, Global Philanthropy, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Deborah Villar
Vice President, Development & External Affairs, Weingart Foundation

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 & Environmental Services, Department of Water and Power

Chair Stefanie Schwartz
Vice President Marketing and Operations, Nickelodeon

Vice Chair David Freedman
Technology Executive, Creative Artists Agency

CFO Melanie Marconi
Partner, BDI Events

Brian Callaway
Photographer, Actor, Designer

David Cotterman
Real Estate Private Equity, MSD Capital

Jon Cowan
Executive Director for Government Affairs, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Carey Demos
Financial Advisor, UBS Financial Services Inc.

Chris Erro
Vice President / Venture Banker, Square 1 Bank

Michelle Freyre
Director, Sales Strategy, Neutrogena Corporation

Reed Harris II
Project Analyst/Business Development, KUD International LLC

Dwayne Healy
Director of Sales – West, Pivot3

Amber Holley
Attorney, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP

Annie Imamura
Head of Public Relations, Function Drinks

Jennifer Lin
Senior Associate, Andy Spahn & Associates, Inc.

Andrei Najjar
Managing Partner, Atelier Collective

Michaela Pereira
Morning News Anchor, KTLA

Michelle Reikes
Attorney, Lurie & Park

Paula Rodgers
MD Head & Neck Surgeon, Kaiser

Marthina Sochodolak
Senior Manager-International Marketing and Sales, Smashbox Cosmetics

Randy Spelling
Life Coach

David Travers
Principal, Rustic Canyon Partners