Leadership: Board and Executive Committee

Message From the Chair

Greg Lippe
Chair, 2009 VICA Board of Directors


It is my pleasure and honor to serve as Chairman of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA). For nearly 60 years, VICA has given Valley businesses a voice at all levels of government.

As a small business owner, I have seen firsthand many times how important VICA is in strengthening our business climate and creating jobs. I continue to be amazed at how many doors VICA has opened for its members at the State Capitol, L.A. City Hall, on Capitol Hill—and beyond—as we present a balanced but aggressive pro-business perspective to public officials.

I am committed to growing and enriching VICA’s already strong membership, which represents almost a half-million Valley jobs. I will also strive to open dialogue between the business community, labor and neighborhood councils; so that we can all achieve our common goal of improving quality of life for Valley residents.

Please share your concerns with VICA so that we know exactly what is on the minds of Valley employers. This will help us reinforce your message when we represent you and our legislative positions to officeholders.

Your ongoing support of VICA is most appreciated.
Thank you.


2009 VICA Board of Directors

David Adelman*
Greenberg & Bass LLP

Steve Afriat
The Afriat Consulting Group

Jill Banks Barad
Jill Barad & Associates

Jaclyn Baumgarten
Westfield Corporation, Inc.

John Bradley
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.

Samona Caldwell
State Farm Insurance

Susan Carleo
Los Angeles Valley College

Carolyn Casavan*
West Coast Environmental & Engineering

RJ Comer
Armbruster & Goldsmith

Brad Cox
Trammell Crow Company

Donna Deutchman
Habitat for Humanity

John Donner
AT&T

James Dunn
Airtel Plaza Hotel

Lee Fossey
ManPower

Fred Gaines**
Gaines & Stacey LLP

Robert Garber
Los Angeles Pierce College

James Garrison
Pacific Federal Insurance Corp.

Josh Gertler*
Consensus Planning Group

David Goldberg
Latham & Watkins, LLP

Sandy Goldman*
Goldman & Associates

Adam Grant
Alpert, Barr & Grant, APLC

Larry Gray
SEC Civil Engineers, Inc.

Alex Guerrero
Tower General Contractors

Ayahlushim Hammond
Thomas Properties Group, Inc.

Jason Horstman
Bank of the West

Fiona Hutton*
Fiona Hutton & Associates, Inc.

Michael Kelly
The Boeing Company

Edgar Khalatian
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Coby King*
MWW Group

Matthew Klink
Cerrell & Associates, Inc.

Jolene Koester
California State University, Northridge

Mel Kohn
Kirsch, Kohn & Bridge LLP

Andrew Kugler
Mayer Brown

Deane Leavenworth
Time Warner Cable

Todd Lindgren
Film L.A., Inc.

Greg Lippe*
Lippe, Hellie, Hoffer & Allison LLP

John Marquis
Vallarta Supermarkets

Dana Martin
ITT Technical Institute

Pegi Matsuda*
SFV Business Journal

Tom McCarty
The McCarty Company LLC

Jeff McConnell
Arnie Berghoff & Associates

Jacque McMillan*
Metropolitan Water District

Scott Murphy
AmeriTel, Inc.

Susan Ng
Kaiser Permanente

Steve Nissen
NBC Universal

Francine Oschin
Oschin Partners, Inc.

Jerald Otchis*
Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.

Sanford Paris**
Paris Industrial Parks

Lisa Pitney
The Walt Disney Company

James Polish
Carlsmith Ball LLP

Sharyn Quinn
L/B/W Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.

Joseph Ramallo
L.A. Department of Water & Power

Daymond Rice*
Vons

Keith Richman
Lakeside Community Healthcare

Lynn Rinker*
Coldwell Banker Quality Properties

Robert Rodine*
The Polaris Group

Brad Rosenheim*
Rosenheim & Associates

Sepand Samzadeh
Valley Recycling Center

Diana Sanchez
Van Nuys Airport

Bert Seneca
Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn

Jan Sobel
Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley

Don St. Clair
Woodbury University

Dale Surowitz
Providence Tarzana Medical Center

Wes Tanaka
Southern California Edison

Ralph Tarr*
Andrews Kurth LLP

Susan Sifuentes Trigueros
Southern California Gas Company

Francisco Uribe
Home Depot

Stuart Waldman*
VICA

Terry Walker
Providence Health & Services

Donald Weissman
Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, LLP

Kelly Yang
Southwest Airlines

Gary Yomantas
New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.

Helen Young
RSM McGladrey, Inc.

Keith Zimmet
Lewitt, Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan

*Denotes executive committee members
**Denotes past board chairs
 
2009 Board of Governors

Bruce Ackerman
Economic Alliance of the SFV

Lee Alpert
Alpert, Barr & Grant, APLC

Roberto Barragan
Valley Economic Development Center

Martin Cooper**
Cooper Communications

David Fleming**
Latham & Watkins, LLP

Robert Hertzberg
Mayer Brown

Ross Hopkins**
Ross Hopkins & Associates

Richard Katz
Richard Katz Consulting

Clay Lacy
Clay Lacy Aviation

Walter Mosher**
Precision Dynamics Corp.

Marvin Selter**
CMS, Inc.

Peter Salutoff
Anderson, Satuloff, Machado & Mendelsohn

Robert Scott* **
CivicCenter Group

Stuart Solomon**
Transcon Property Services, Inc.

Rod Spackman
Chevron Products Company

*Denotes executive committee members
**Denotes past board chairs