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  • Leadership Board and Officers

  • James Theiring
  • James Theiring

    Mission Community Hospital

    Chair, 2026/2027 VICA Board of Directors

  • Board of Directors 2024
  • 2026 VICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Joe Ahn

    Lockheed Martin

     

    Roberto Barragan

    ICON CDC

     

    Victor Berrellez* **

    US Bank

     

    Sharon Bronson

    Republic Services

     

    Robert Brown

    University of West Los Angeles

     

    Matthew Buck

    California Apartment Association of Los Angeles

     

    Russel Buetow

    Oracle

     

    Maria Camacho

    Los Angeles Rams

     

    Barry Cohn

    JorgensenHR

     

    Ryan Connor

    Microsoft

     

    Monica Lee Copeland

    Cal Poly Pomona

     

    Mark Davis

    Sun Hill Properties/Hilton Universal City

     

    Jordan Duke*

    Granada Hills Charter

     

    Joshua Englander

    JE Strategies

     

    Armando Flores

    SoCalGas

     

    Fred Gaines**

    Gaines & Stacey

     

    Melissa Garrett

    United Airlines

     

    James Garrison

    Mesa Pacific

     

    David Gershwin

    David Gershwin Consulting

     

    Joshua Gertler

    Consensus Inc.

     

    Maricela Gomez*

    Jacobs

     

    Shani Grafman

    Scouting America

     

    Barry Gribbons

    Los Angeles Valley College

     

    Lisa Gritzner* **

    LG Strategies

     

    Armen Haghverdi

    Minuteman Press

     

    Jacob Haik

    Van Nuys Airport

     

    Katie Higgins

    StandardAero

     

    Gabriel Hungerford

    Trammell Crow Company

     

    Jacob Itzkowitz

    Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

     

    Karen Jackson

    Pepperdine University

     

    Shirley Kim

    Amgen  

     

    Coby King* **

    High Point Strategies

     

    Craig Lally

    Los Angeles Police Protective League

     

    Adam Lane

    Waymo

     

    Layne Lawson

    Clear Channel Outdoor

     

    Deane Leavenworth*

    Leavenworth Endeavors

     

    Cindy Lee Chan

    Takeda Pharmaceuticals

     

    Joaquin Macias

    University Southern California

     

    Justin Mahramas

    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton

     

    Nick Mancini

    The Tech Consultants

     

    Pamela Marcello*

    Hollywood Burbank Airport

     

    Jessica Mause

    Rodriguez Strategies

     

    Chel McCarthy

    DLR Group

     

    Jeff McConnell*

    EKA

    Ted Mekuria

    HNTB

     

    Scott Mills

    The Garland

     

    Shefali Mistry*

    California State University, Northridge

     

    Peter Nadan

    Bobrick Washroom Equipment

     

    Harry Nersisyan

    Luxury Parking Systems

     

    Armida Ornelas

    Los Angeles Mission College

     

    Bernard Parks Jr.

    Bechtel

     

    Ross Pendergraft*

    Gallagher

     

    Tony Pennay

    New Horizons

     

    David Phelps

    Palomino Group

     

    Lisa Pitney

    The Walt Disney Company

     

    Jose Plaza

    Northeast Valley Health Corp.

     

    Joyce Prager

    Wells Fargo

     

    Michael Rabin

    City of Hope

     

    Allison Rakun

    Helinet Aviation

     

    Brad Rosenheim **

    Rosenheim & Associates

     

    Miri Rossitto

    Cowe Communications

     

    Sandy Sanchez

    FivePoint

     

    Lupita Sanchez Cornejo*

    AT&T

     

    Murtaza Sanwari

    Kaiser Permanente

     

    Josh Schimmels

    LABJ Inside The Valley

     

    Patty Senecal

    Western State Petroleum Association

     

    Tina Shabanian*

    Health Net

     

    Sarah Sheehy*

    KB Home

     

    Rochelle Silsbee

    Southern California Edison

     

    Carissa Smith

    Fox Corp.

     

    Brian Stedge-Stroud

    Chief Strategies

     

    Jason Stinnett

    Los Angeles Department of Water & Power  

     

    Winston Stromberg

    Paul Hastings

     

    Karen Swift

    Metro

     

    Kevin Tamaki**

    Tamaki Consulting

     

    James Theiring*

    Mission Community Hospital

     

    Doug Tripp

    Charter Communications

     

    Francisco Uribe*

    The Home Depot

     

    Elnie Vannatim

    Cedars-Sinai Health System

     

    Alejandra Velazquez

    DoorDash

     

    Terry Walker

    Providence Health Systems

     

    Rose Wallace

    Comcast NBCUniversal

     

    Jannelle Watson

    Amazon

     

    Ruben Zaragoza*
    Southwest Airlines

     

  • 2026 BOARD OF GOVERNORS

  • Clay Lacy
    Clay Lacy Aviation 

    Pegi Matsuda
    On Board Business & Community Consulting

    Walter Mosher**
    Retired

    Sanford Paris**
    Paris Industrial Parks

    Stuart Solomon**
    Transcon Property Services, Inc.

    **Denotes past board chairs

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