Elected Officials
Hon. Jeffrey Prang - Los Angeles County Assessor
Hon. Rodney Tanaka - Councilmember Gardena City Council
Hon. Barbara Calhoun - Compton Community College District Board of Trustees
Hon. Linda Wah – President, California Community College Trustees, Pasadena City College Trustee
Hon. Vanessa Delgado - Former CA State Senator, Affordable Housing Advocate
Honorable Gloria Molina - Los Angeles County Supervisor (Ret.)
Hon. Bernard Parks - LA City Councilmember (Ret.) LAPD Chief (Ret.)
Hon. Greig Smith - LA City Councilmember (Ret.)
Hon. Jim Clark - Mayor of Culver City (Ret.)
Hon. Georgia Mercer – Los Angeles Community College Trustee (Ret.)
Hon. Genethia Hayes - LAUSD Board Member and Educator (Ret.)
Organizations
National Political Women’s Caucus (NWPC) Los Angeles County Coordinating Council
Black Women for Positive Change
Education
Dr. Christopher Arellano - Education Advocate
Kim Chestnut - Educator, Inglewood Unified School District
Paul de la Cerda – Educator, East Los Angeles Community College*
Roella Hsieh Louie - Arts Educator
Kimlin Johnson – B-Relyt*
Estella Lee - Head Start Educator, (Ret.)
Faith Community
Pastor E. Wayne Gaddis
Pastor Edward Jenkins
Rabbi Neil Weinberg
Community Advocates
George Takei - Actor, Community Activist
Mablean Ephriam - Justice with Judge Mablean
Belinda Allen - Non-Profit Executive Director, Windsor Hills
Annette Austin - Former President, Upper Ladera Block Club
Charles Austin - Member Upper Ladera Block Club
Malcom Bennett - Minority Apartment Owners Association
Vivian Bowers - Family Business Owner
Daphne Brogdon - Member, Longwood Heights Neighborhood Council
Florence Brogdon - Community Activist, Culver City
Marc Carrel - Clean Air Advocate
Shaun Chestnut - Banker, Old Ladera
Debbie Ching - Non-Profit Housing Director (Ret.)
Jackie Hawthorne – Women’s Advocate and Activist
John Heath – Homeowner’s and Community Advocate
Marcia Herman – Women’s Advocate and Activist
Karriann Farrell Hinds - Women’s Rights Advocate
Joann Fountain - Community Activist, View Park
Gerard Fukui - Family Business Owner
John Harriel - Leader of Reentry Program, Job Generator
John Heath - Community Activist, View Park
Mildred House - Community Activist, Delta Sigma Theta and HBCU
Ron Jackson – Realtor, Small Business Owner
Richard L. Kennedy Sr. – Executive Board Member, LA South Chamber of Commerce*
Sue Laris – Publisher Emeritus, The Downtown News, Businesswoman
Thomasina Lawrence – Small Business Owner
Bonnie Levin - Advocate for Reproductive Rights
Brad Luster - Family Business Owner
Kevin McKesson, Lawyer, Advocate, Business Owner
Robert Meneses - President, LA County Hispanic Manager’s Association*
Gloria Moore – Workforce Development Expert, Job Generator
Maxine Moshay - Advocate for Children with Special Needs
Mohammed Mubarak - Community Advocate
Gerald C. Riberio - Small Business Owner, Lower Ladera
Grant Rivers – Actor/Writer
Luis Rodriguez - Past President, California State Bar*
Darlene Ross – Small Business Owner, Member, LA South Chamber of Commerce*
Bruce Saito - Environmentalist and Job Creator
Dr. Carmen Estrada Schaye – NWPC National Vice President Diversity, Owner Historic Homes
Ruth Schwartz - Founder/Executive Director, Shelter Partnership*
Barbara Scott – Probation Officer
Nilza Serrano - CEO Latino Heritage Month, Board of Trustees California State University Los Angeles
Valerie Shaw - Public Works Commissioner (Ret.), Community Advocate
Alicia Shinn - Community Activist, Hawthorne
Tanya Tull - Founder, Para los Niños*
David Turkell - Community Advocate Mid-City/West LA
Linda Wah – PAC Chair, NWPC for San Gabriel Valley, NWPC Los Angeles Coordinating Chair
Orlando Ward - Executive Director of External Affairs, Volunteers of America Los Angeles*
Mark Wilson - Community Activist and Job Generator
Tony Zapata – Veteran, Affordable Housing Advocate
*Organization name appears for identification purposes only