Regional Advisory Council

Members

Joaquin Beltran - Chair
Founder
Speak Up America

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

Felicia E Friesema - Vice Chair
Director of Marketing and Communications
Foothill Transit

Steve Hochman
Music journalist
LA Times

David Hummelberg
Executive VP – COO and CFO, North American Distribution
Capital Group

Eugene Hung
Feminist
FeministAsianDad.com

Nicole Kuklok-Waldman - Secretary
Consultant
Arbonne Independent

Edina Lekovic
Executive Director
Robert Ellis Simon Foundation

Rose Catherine Pinkney
Head of Cinema
Cinema Gypsy Productions

Victoria Simon
Director of Operations
Mayor Garcetti's Sustainability Office

Sonia Smith-Kang
Social Impact Founder
Mixed Up Clothing

Jordan Sollitto
Executive VP of International Licensing
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (retired)

Portia M. Wood
Founding Partner
Wood Legal Group, LLP

Michael Yap
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Auctane