LAist Regional Advisory Council Members
Staff
Herb Scannell (he/him)
President & CEO
Kristen Muller (she/her)
Chief Content Officer
Ashley Alvarado (she/her)
Vice President, Community Engagement + Strategic Initiatives
Jennifer Baughman (she/her)
Director of Programming & Traffic
Members
Shana Barghouti
Co-Chief Investment Officer
ReMY Investors
Christian Denhart
Senior Industrial Designer
Karten Design
Sonja Diaz
Founding Executive Director
Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Gisela Friedman
Consultant
Health Educator
Elsie Orianna Garcia
Community Member
Louis F. Gutierrez
Chief Human Capital & Equity Officer,
Los Angeles World Airports
Victoria Simon
Executive Officer
Mayor Bass's Sustainability Office
Sonia Smith-Kang
Social Impact Founder
Mixed Up Clothing
Amy Sommer
Writer
Portia M. Wood
Founding Partner
Wood Legal Group, LLP
Michael Yap - Interim Chair
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Auctane