Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Bianca L. Guzmán PhD
(Ella, she her)

Executive Director, Programs Office, Office of the President Professor Of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies CSULA

Board President

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Jesse Shapiro, ESQ.

Partner, Gibson, Dunn

& Crutcher, LLP

First Vice President

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Mindy Stern

Writer

2nd Vice President

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Trish Lopez

Chief Financial Officer Southern California Permanente Group (SCPMG)

Treasurer

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Carlos Rosales 

VP, Market Leader, Northern Inland Empire Market, Consumer Banking & Investments, Bank of America

Secretary

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Lisa Carloss

Real Estate Investor

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Edward A. Dreyfus,
PHD

Author & Clinical Psychologist 

Board Member

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Meredith Fried, MBA

Head of Operations and Administration,
DME LAW, LLP

Board Member

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Michelle Harris, MBA

Chief Financial Officer

Saint John’s Health Center Foundation

Board Member

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Robert Hirshland

Managing Director at JP Morgan Securities, LLC

Board Member

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Eliza Howard

Owner, Principal, THinc 

Board Member

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Sylvia Lopez, MPH, CHES, CPH

Cancer Research Professional
UCLA Dept. of Medicine and
The Latino Cancer Institute

Board Member

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Navid Moshtaghi,
MBA

President / Owner, M Capital Partners, Inc.

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Rosa Quinonez

Vice President, El Nido Early Head Start Policy Council

Board Member

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Fred Samulon, Phd.

Management Consultant Executive Service Corps

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Alex Sigoloff

Associate General Counsel
Post Investment Group

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Laurie Spivak

Consultant

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Sam Stewart

Distribution Strategy Manager

Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Mike Still 

Retired Chief Financial Officer

El Nido Family Centers

Board Member

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Shelly Suh

Former Chef & Restauranteur

Board Member

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Lucy T. Zepp

Hawkins International PR

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Advisory Board

Luz Avila-Kyncl, LCSW

Nutrition Coach and Wellness Founder, Salud con Luz

Bill Canup

Public Affairs/

Communications Consultant

John Coleman, MBA

General Partner, Coleman Partnership, Management Consultant Exec. Service Corps

Jay de Miranda

Retired Accountant, Past President

Diane DeAnda, PhD

Professor Emeritus in the Department of Social Welfare; UCLA School of Public Affairs

Loraine Despres

Novelist & Screenwriter

George Di Salvo

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Kaiser Permanente SoCal Region

Paul Doucette, MBA

CEO & President, Doucette Corporation: Management Consultant, Exec. Service Corps

Michelle Hawley, PhD

Interim Dean of Graduate Studies

Cal State University Los Angeles

Jan Kern

Non-profit Agency and Foundation Advisor

Mindy Lamont

Founder, The Insurist

Scott Matula-Beltch

Board Advisor

Rose Norton

Past President

Kathy Perez

Director, ESPN

Steven Poretzky

(Retired), Principal, Poretzky & Associates; Consultant

Jeff Thomas, CPA

Owner, Condie & Wood, CPA's APC