Leadership: Board and Board of Governors

Message From the Chair

Daymond Rice 
Chair, 2010 VICA Board of Directors

I am both excited and honored to serve as Chairman of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA), especially as we celebrate 60 years of advocacy on behalf of the business community. Since its creation in 1949, VICA has given Valley businesses a voice at all levels of government.

My position as the public policy director for a large corporation and husband of a small business owner, has given me a unique perspective of the business climate in California. VICA’s aggressive, but balanced, advocacy efforts on behalf of the business community help make the environment better for businesses of all sizes.

VICA’s consistent and strong presence at the State Capitol, L.A. City Hall, on Capitol Hill ensures that the concerns of businesses across the region are heard by officeholders.

We hope you will work with us as we fight for job creation, responsible regulation, lower business taxes and the San Fernando Valley’s fair share of services and resources. VICA plans to tackle pressing business issues in the upcoming year, and the current economic climate will make the battle even harder.

The more businesses that invest in VICA the stronger our advocacy efforts can be. Please share your policy concerns and business needs with VICA so that we can carry your message to lawmakers at all levels of government.

Thank you for your ongoing support of VICA.


2010 VICA Board of Directors

David Adelman*
Greenberg & Bass

Steve Afriat
The Afriat Consulting Group

Chris Angelo
Stay Green Inc.

Jill Banks Barad
Jill Barad & Associates

Troy Bosch
Bank of America
 
Kathleen Burke-Kelly
Pierce College

Joseph Byrne
Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

Samona Caldwell
State Farm Insurance  

Susan Carleo 
Valley College

Katherine Cole
Waste Management

RJ Comer
Armbruster & Goldsmith

Brad Cox*
Trammell Crow Company

Donna Deutchman
Habitat for Humanity

John Donner
AT&T

James Dunn
Airtel Plaza Hotel

Fred Gaines**
Gaines & Stacey

James Garrison
Pacific Federal Insurance Corp.

Josh Gertler*
Consensus Inc.

Victor Gill
Bob Hope Airport

David Goldberg
Latham & Watkins

Larry Gray
SEC Civil Engineers, Inc.

Alex Guerrero
Tower General Contractors

Ayahlushim Hammond
Thomas Properties Group, Inc.

Susan Hollander
Providence Health & Services

Fiona Hutton*
Fiona Hutton & Associates, Inc.

Cynthia Kawa
New Horizons

Edgar Khalatian
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker

Bryan Kidder
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

Coby King*
MWW Group

Matthew Klink
Cerrell Associates, Inc. 

Jolene Koester
CSU, Northridge

Mel Kohn
Kirsch, Kohn & Bridge LLP

Andrew Kugler
Mayer Brown

Deane Leavenworth
Time Warner Cable

Jonathan Levy 
Beezley Management, LLC

Thom Lewis 
USI of Southern California Insurance Services, Inc.

Todd Lindgren
FilmL.A., Inc.

Greg Lippe* ** 
Gregory N. Lippe Accountancy Corp. 

Dan Lykken
US Bank

Dana Martin
ITT Technical Institute 

William Marzullo
Manpower

Pegi Matsuda*
SFV Business Journal

Tom McCarty
The McCarty Company LLC

Jeff McConnell
Arnie Berghoff & Associates

Jacque McMillan
Metropolitan Water District

Stacy Miller* 
Stacy Miller Public Affairs

Douglas Morton
Bobrick Washroom Equipment

Walter Mosher**
Precision Dynamics Corp. 

Scott Murphy
AmeriTel, Inc.

Steve Nissen
NBC Universal

Michael Olenick 
Child Care Resource Center

Francine Oschin
Oschin Partners

Jerald Otchis*
Certified Public Accountant 

Sanford Paris**
Paris Industrial Parks

John Parker
Parker Brown Inc.

Lisa Pitney
The Walt Disney Company

James Polish
Carlsmith Ball LLP

Sharyn Quinn*
L/B/W Insurance & Financial Services

Joseph Ramallo
L.A. Department of Water & Power

Daymond Rice*
Vons

Lynn Rinker
Prudential California Realty

Robert Rodine
The Polaris Group

Brad Rosenheim*
Rosenheim & Associates

Sepand Samzadeh*
Valley Recycling Center

Diana Sanchez
Van Nuys Airport

Bert Seneca
The Beverly Garland Holiday Inn

Jan Sobel*
Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley

Paul Spencer
New Hampshire Ball Bearings

Don St. Clair
Woodbury University

Dale Surowitz
Providence Tarzana Medical Center

Susan Sifuentes Trigueros
Southern California Gas Company

Francisco Uribe
Home Depot

Gustavo Valdespino 
Valley Presbyterian Hospital 

Marla Vasquez
Wells Fargo

Stuart Waldman* 
VICA

Kelley West 
Citadel Environmental Services, Inc. 

Ben Wong 
Southern California Edison

Keith Zimmet
Lewitt, Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan

*Denotes executive committee members
**Denotes past board chairs

 
 
2010 Board of Governors

Lee Alpert
Alpert, Barr & Grant, APLC

Roberto Barragan
Valley Economic Development Center

John Bradley 
Attorney & Business Consultant

Carolyn Casavan 
West Coast Environmental & Engineering

Martin Cooper**
Cooper Communications

David Fleming**
Latham & Watkins 

Robert Hertzberg
Mayer Brown

Ross Hopkins**
Ross Hopkins & Associates

Richard Katz
Richard Katz Consulting

Clay Lacy
Clay Lacy Aviation

Steve Lew**
Retired  

Peter Salutoff
Anderson, Satuloff, Machado & Mendelsohn

Robert Scott**
CivicCenter Group

Marvin Selter**
CMS, Inc.

Stuart Solomon**
Transcon Property Services, Inc.

Rod Spackman
Chevron Products Company

*Denotes executive committee members
**Denotes past board chairs