Leadership
Board of Directors
Dr. Denise Fairchild
President and CEO of Emerald Cities Collaborative
Dr. Marc Futernick
MD, California Hospital Medical Center, Regional Medical Director & Chairman, Board of Directors VEP Healthcare
Victor Griego
President and Founder of Diverse Strategies for Organizing, Inc.
Kellie Hawkins
Senior Vice President of Englander, Knabe & Allen
Cara Horowitz
Co-Executive Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change
Larry Kopald
President of The Carbon Underground
Suja Lowenthal
City Manager, City of Hermosa Beach
Aram Nadjarian
Founder and CEO of Mozaic Media & Communications
David Nahai
President of David Nahai Consulting Services, LLC
Michael Swords
Board President of Climate Resolve and Vice President of Government Relations of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
Thomas Wong
Board President of the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Advisory Board
Ben Allen
Senator, State of California*
Lauren Bon
Artist, Metabolic Studio*
Mike Bonin
Councilmember, City of LA*
Joe Edmiston
Executive Director, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy*
Mike Feuer
City Attorney, City of Los Angeles*
Michael Gagan
Partner, Kindel Gagan*
Robert Garcia
Mayor, City of Long Beach*
Mark Herrema
Partner, Newlight Technologies*
Hasan Ikhrata
Executive Director, SANDAG*
Peter Kareiva
Director, UCLA IoES*
Jeff Kightlinger
General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California*
Robin Kramer
Executive Director, Harbor Freight Tools for Schools*
Paul Krekorian
Councilmember, City of LA*
Shelia Kuehl
Supervisor, County of Los Angeles*
Mia Lehrer
Principal, Mia Lehrer + Associates*
Nury Martinez
Council President, City of LA*
Kevin McKeown
Councilmember, City of Santa Monica*
Irma Muñoz
Chair,
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy*
Romel Pascual
Executive Director, CicLAvia*
Laura Rosenthal
Bruce Saito
Director, California Conservation Corps*
Sam Schuchat
Executive Officer, California State Coastal Conservancy*
Tom Unterman
Rustic Canyon*
Betty Yee
Controller, State of California*
* for identification purposes only.