Executive Committee

LAEDC Executive Committee members also sit on the Board of Governors.
Last Updated: November 2008.

David Abel
Publisher, Metro Investment Report The Planning Report
ABL Inc.
Representative of LA County Supervisor Yaroslavsky

Laura Balverde-Sanchez
Managing Partner
El Rey Brand, LLC
Representative of LA County Supervisor Molina

Rod Banks
Executive Vice President
City National Bank

Janice Bryant Howroyd
President & CEO
ACT·1 Group
Representative of LA County Supervisor Burke

Robert Bush
Principal
Fowler & Bush

Michael Bushey
Manager, Economic & Business Development
Southern California Edison

Christopher J. Carey
Executive Vice President & CFO
City National Bank

Kwok-Yin "K.Y." Cheng
Executive Vice President, Director of International Trade Banking
East West Bank

Bruce Choate
President & CEO
Watson Land Company

Carla Christofferson
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers

Frank A. Clark
Executive Director
LAXTEC Corporation

Mike Collins
Government Relations
Los Angeles Word Airports

Thomas Decker
Chairman of the Board
Strategic Resources Alliance, Inc.

George Deukmejian
35th Governor of California
George Deukmejian

LaDonna DiCamillo
Director Government Affairs
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

Leland Dolley
Attorney at Law
The Cabinet

Alex Fedor
Representative
LAX AAAC

Stephen Finnegan
Manager, Government Affairs and Public Policy
Automobile Club of Southern California

David Fleming
Counsel
Latham & Watkins
Past LAEDC Chair

William Fujioka
Chief Exective Officer
County of Los Angeles
Representing Los Angeles County

Mark Furlet
Vice President & General Manager
LA Mart

Mark Garcia
Director of Marketing
Alston & Bird

Jerry Givens
Senior VP/Local Executive Officer
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Les J. Goodwin
Senior Vice President, Division Manager - Real Estate Deposit Services
Union Bank of California

David Grannis
President & CEO
Planning Company Associates, Inc.

Lloyd Greif
President & CEO
Greif & Co.

James Hankla
President, Long Beach Harbor Commission
Port of Long Beach

Martha Harris
Senior Vice President, University Relations
USC

Roy Hearrean
Chairman
SWI Group of Companies
Representative of LA County Supervisor Knabe

Randal J. Hernandez
Senior Public Policy Executive, California
Bank of America

Robert M. Hertzberg
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP

Barry Hibbard
Vice President, Commercial & Industrial Marketing
Tejon Ranch

Raymond W. Holdsworth
Vice Chairman
AECOM

Lewis C. Horne
Executive Managing Director
CB Richard Ellis

A. Dwight Hotchkiss
Senior Managing Director, Branch Manager
Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc.

G. David Huntoon
Fellow
Rose Institute of State & Local Government

Fran Inman
Senior Vice President
Majestic Realty Company

Kathy Irish
Director of Economic Development, Education and Outreach Services
Department of Water and Power City of Los Angeles

Michael H. Kelly
Manager - California Government Relations
The Boeing Company

Nicholas Keuper
Senior Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group Inc.

Kaylynn Kim
Port Commissioner
Port of LA

Brian A. Kite, AIA
Vice President, Managing Principal
Leo A Daly

John H. Kuhl
Partner
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP

Marlee Lauffer
Sr VP, Marketing and Communications
Newhall Land

Deane Leavenworth
Vice President, External Affairs, Metropolitan Los Angeles Division
Time Warner Cable

Kim McCleary La France
Vice President, Public Affairs
Los Angeles Times

Kelly McDowell
Mayor
City of El Segundo

Daniel D. McMillan
Partner
Jones Day

Mellon 1st Business Bank

Amy Minniear
President
Pechanga Development Corporation

Richard Morrow
Vice President, Customer Service, Major Markets
Southern California Gas Company

Ronald Munman
Associate Director
Bear Stearns & Co.

Francis Newman III
EVP, Chief Operating Officer - Western Banking Group
Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Maura O'Connor
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Thomas Priselac
President & CEO
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Craig Quinn
Managing Director, Regional Group Sales Partner
Anthem Blue Cross

Michael Rouse
Corporate Manager, Philanthropy & Community Affairs
Toyota Motor Sales, USA

Eric V. Rowen
Principal Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

J. Timothy Scott
Partner
McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP

James Siegfried
Partner
Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Scott Somers
Managing Partner
Windale Group

Paul Steinke
Executive Vice President
DMJM H&N

John Strauss
Executive Vice President, Regional Manager
Wells Fargo Bank

Matt Toledo
Publisher/President
Los Angeles Business Journal

Luke Therasri
Assistant Medical Center Administrator
Kaiser Permanente

Salvador Velasquez
Chief Executive Officer
LA Works
Representative of LA County Supervisor Antonovich

Carole Wagner Vallianos
Interim President and CEO
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Robert L. Wallan
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Harriet Welch
Partner
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP

Denita Willoughby
Vice President, External Affairs - Los Angeles
AT&T

Nick Zappia
Senior Vice President
US Bank