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Board of Trustees

Officers of the Board

Drew Murphy, Chair
Catherine M. Ward, Vice Chair
Al Guerrero, Treasurer
Mary-Jane Wagle, Secretary
Herb Scannell, President


Trustees

Danny Acosta
Managing Director and Senior Partner
Boston Consulting Group

Melissa Alvarado
Community Volunteer

Brad Barrett
Partner
Capital Research Global Investors

Kevin Beggs
Chairman and Chief Content Integration Officer
Lionsgate Television Group

Brad Brian 
Partner
Munger, Tolles and Olson LLC

Esther Chao
President and Owner
Giant Panda Management

Lynda Boone Fetter
Principal/Manager
Boone Fetter LLC, Samuelson & Fetter LLC

Bryony Gagan
Media Executive

Al Guerrero
Managing Director, Venture Banking
Stifel Bank

Ofelia Kumpf
Field Vice President (retired)
McDonald’s USA

Michael Lawson
Attorney

Capri Maddox, Esq.
Executive Director, Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department
City of Los Angeles

Drew Murphy, Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Edison Energy

Linda Ong
CEO and Founder
Cultique

Dr. James B. Pick
Professor, School of Business
University of Redlands

Guy Primus
Technology Executive

Herb Scannell, President
President and CEO
Southern California Public Radio

Nancy Stark
Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning
American Realty Advisors

Susan Steinhauser, Esq.
Attorney

Andria Strelow
Philanthropist + Family Services Professional

Jean Taylor
President and CEO
American Public Media Group

Mary-Jane Wagle, Secretary
Chair, Founding Board Member and Co-Executive Director
WORKS (Women Organizing Resources, Knowledge + Services)

Catherine M. Ward, Vice Chair
Senior Vice President and Director (retired)
Capital Research and Management Company

Janet Watt
Founder/Owner
Little Owl Preschool


Life Trustee (Active)

Gordon Crawford
Senior Vice President (retired)
Capital Research and Management Company

Jihee Kim Huh
Co-Chair and Vice President of New Business Development
Pacific American Fish Company

Virgil Roberts
Partner
Bobbitt & Roberts

Ana Valdez
Executive Director, Latino Donor Collaborative
President and Co-Founder Valdez Consulting Group, Inc.


Life Trustee (Honorary)

Bob Adler
Executive Vice President & General Counsel (retired)
Edison International

Louise Henry Bryson
Chair
Public Media Group Southern California

Fernando J. Guerra, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies
Founding Director, Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Loyola Marymount University

David Hill
President
Hilly, Inc.

C. Douglas Kranwinkle
Executive Vice President and General Counsel (retired)
Univision Communications, Inc.

Stewart Kwoh
Co-Executive Director
The Asian American Education Project

Jarl Mohn
Mohn Family Trust

Ronald L. Olson
Partner
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Constance L. Rice
Co-Founder & Co-Director
Advancement Project (now Catalyst California)

Marilyn Sutton, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
California State University Dominguez Hills

Charles Woo
CEO
Megatoys


In Memoriam

Adelaide Hixon
Philanthropist
APH Group, Inc.

Jon B. Lovelace
Capital Research and Management Company

Charles D. Miller
Avery Dennison Company

Harry P. Pachon, Ph.D.
The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute

Harold M Williams
The J. Paul Getty Trust


Founders

Ronald L. Olson
Founding Chair
Partner, Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP

William H. Kling
Founding Vice Chair
President Emeritus
American Public Media Group


President Emeritus

Thomas William Davis
President Emeritus
Southern California Public Radio