The Los Angeles World Affairs Council promotes greater understanding

of current global issues and their impact on the people of Southern California

by inviting authoritative, influential figures in world affairs to Los Angeles

and providing them an open forum

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          Officers                                                Life Directors

Jay Wintrob, Chairman

J. Curtis Mack, II, President

Marvin J. Suomi, Vice Chairman

Dr. Susan F. Rice, Vice Chair/Treasurer

Lisa Smith, Secretary

Roy Ash

Eli Broad

Warren Christopher

Thomas V. Jones

Kent Kresa

Meno T. Lake
Dr. Joseph B. Platt

Dr. Allen Puckett
Richard J. Stegemeier

 

 

                                                               Board of Directors

 

David Adishian

First Vice President - Investments

Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management

 

James Albaugh
President and Chief Executive Officer,

Commercial Airplanes,

The Boeing Company

 

Ahmed Ali

President,

Geo-Etka, Inc.
 

Frank Baxter

Chairman Emeritus

Jefferies & Company, Inc.

 

Andrew K. Benton

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pepperdine University

 

Robert Beyer

 

Dr. Keith Black
Director, Neurosurgical Inst.

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

 

Dr. Gene D. Block

Chancellor,

UCLA

 

Stephen F. Bollenbach
Chairman of the Board,

KB Home

 

Mark Borowski

Assurance Managing Partner -
Pacific Southwest Sub-Area
Ernst & Young LLP
 

 

JoAnn Bourne

Executive Vice President,

Union Bank of California

 

Michael Boustridge

President,

BT Americas (Asia Pacific) 

 

Gabriel Brener
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

Brener International Group, LLC

 

The Rt. Rev. Jon Bruno
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles


Greyson Bryan
Partner,

O'Melveny and Myers, LLP

 

Anthony Buzzelli

Vice Chairman,

Deloitte

 

Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau
President,

California Institute of Technology

 

Megan Chernin

 

Mrs. Mimi Danihel
President,

Danihel Property Management, Inc.

 

Rabbi Mark S. Diamond

Executive Vice President

The Board of Rabbis of Southern California

 

Robert A. Eckert
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

Mattel, Inc.

 

Rabbi Harvey J. Fields
Wilshire Boulevard Temple

 

Mrs. Guilford Glazer

 

Stanley P. Gold
President,

Shamrock Holdings, Inc.

 

Robert M. Hertzberg, esq.

Partner,

Mayer Brown LLP

 

Glen Holden
The Holden Company

 

John F. Hotchkis
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Ramajal, LLC

 

Dr. Ray R. Irani
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 
Occidental Petroleum

 

Robert N. Iritani

Executive V.P., Specialty Banking Division

City National Bank

 

James M. Jaska
Senior Vice President

and Group Chief Executive, AECOM

 

Bruce E. Karatz

 

Michael L. Klowden

President and CEO
Milken Institute
 

 

Dr. Steven Koblik
President, The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

 

Dr. Jolene Koester
President,

California State University, Northridge

 

Timothy Leiweke
President and Chief Executive Officer,

AEG

 

Robert J. Lowe

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Lowe Enterprises, Inc.

 

Susan H. Mallory

President, Southern California

The Northern Trust, NA

 

Peter W. Mullin
Chairman, 
Mullin Consulting, Inc.

 

Peter O'Malley

 

Ki Suh Park
Managing Partner,
Gruen Associates

 

Robert Peirce
Senior Vice President for Government Affairs

Abraxis Bioscience, Inc.

 

A. Jerrold Perenchio
Chartwell Partners, LLC

Dr. Elliot Ponchick
President, 
The William C. Bannerman Foundation

 

Lawrence J. Ramer
Chairman,

Ramer Equities, Inc.

 

Dr. Susan F. Rice
Principal,

SFR Consulting

 

James F. Rothenberg
President,

Capital Research and

Management Company

 

William P. Rutledge

 

Dr. Steven B. Sample
President,
University of Southern California

 

Dean Scarborough
President and Chief Executive Officer,

Avery Dennison Corporation

 

Robert B. Simonds

Chairman,

The Robert Simonds Company

 

Lisa Smith
 

Dr. Ronald Sugar

Chairman,

Chief Executive Officer and President,

Northrop Grumman Corporation

 

Marvin J. Suomi
President and Chief Executive Officer,
KUD International

 

Michael E. Tennenbaum
Senior Managing Partner,

Tennenbaum Capital Partners

 

Dr. James A. Thomson
President and Chief Executive Officer,

RAND

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Tito

 

John V. Tunney

 

Franklin E. Ulf
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

Covington Capital Management

 

Andrea L. Van de Kamp
President,

Andrea Van de Camp Consulting Services

 

Robert Van Dine
Chairman, 
Black Rock International

 

Casey Wasserman

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

Wasserman Media Group, LLC

 

Jay Wintrob

Chief Executive Officer,

AIG Domestic Life & Retirement Services

 

James Wood

President and CEO

J. Paul Getty Trust

 

David J. Zuercher
Executive Vice President and Group Head,

Wells Fargo