Leadership Board and Officers
James Theiring
Mission Community Hospital
Chair, 2026/2027 VICA Board of Directors
2026 VICA Board of Directors
Joe Ahn
Lockheed Martin
Barry Gribbons
Los Angeles Valley College
Ted Mekuria
HNTB
Murtaza Sanwari
Kaiser Permanente
Roberto Barragan
ICON CDC
Lisa Gritzner* **
LG Strategies
Scott Mills
The Garland
Josh Schimmels
LABJ Inside The Valley
Victor Berrellez * **
US Bank
Armen Haghverdi
Minuteman Press
Shefali Mistry*
California State University, Northridge
Patty Senecal
Western State Petroleum Association
Sharon Bronson
Republic Services
Jacob Haik
Van Nuys Airport
Peter Nadan
Bobrick Washroom Equipment
Tina Shabanian*
Health Net
Robert Brown
University of West Los Angeles
Katie Higgins
StandardAero
Harry Nersisyan
Luxury Parking Systems
Mariya Shvartsman
City of Hope
Matthew Buck
California Apartment Association of Los Angeles
Gabriel Hungerford
Trammell Crow Company
Armida Ornelas
Los Angeles Mission College
Sarah Sheehy*
KB Home
Russel Buetow
Oracle
Jacob Itzkowitz
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Bernard Parks Jr.
Bechtel
Rochelle Silsbee
Southern California Edison
Maria Camacho
Los Angeles Rams
Karen Jackson
Pepperdine University
Ross Pendergraft*
Gallagher
Carissa Smith
Fox Corp.
Barry Cohn
JorgensenHR
Shirley Kim
Amgen
Tony Pennay
New Horizons
Brian Stedge-Stroud
Chief Strategies
Ryan Conner
Microsoft
Coby King* **
High Point Strategies
David Phelps
Palomino Group
Jason Stinnett
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Monica Lee Copeland
Cal Poly Pomona
Craig Lally
Los Angeles Polic Protective League
Lisa Pitney
The Walt Disney Company
Winston Stromberg
Paul Hastings
Mark Davis
Sun Hill Properties/Hilton Universal City
Adam Lane
Waymo
Jose Plaza
Northeast Valley Health Corp.
Karen Swift
Metro
Jordan Duke*
Granada Hills Charter
Layne Lawson
Clear Channel Outdoor
Joyce Prager
Wells Fargo
Kevin Tamaki**
Tamaki Consulting
Joshua Englander
JE Strategies
Deane Leavenworth*
Leavenworth Endeavors
Allison Rakun
Helinet Aviation
James Theiring*
Mission Community Hospital
Armando Flores
SoCalGas
Cindy Lee Chan
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Rick Rivas
American Beverage Association
Doug Tripp
Charter Communications
Fred Gaines**
Gaines & Stacey
Joaquin Macias
University Southern California
Brad Rosenheim**
Rosenheim & Associates
Francisco Uribe*
The Home Depot
Melissa Garrett
United Airlines
Justin Mahramas
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Miri Rossitto
Cowe Communications
Elnie Vannatim
Cedars-Sinai Health System
James Garrison
Mesa Pacific
Pamela Marcello*
Hollywood Burbank Airport
Victor Ruiz-Cornejo
DoorDash
Terry Walker
Providence Health Systems
David Gershwin
David Gershwin Consulting
Jessica Mause
Rodriguez Strategies
Sandy Sanchez
FivePoint
Rose Wallace
Comcast NBCUniversal
Joshua Gertler
Consensus Inc.
Chel McCarthy
DLR Group
Lupita Sanchez Cornejo*
AT&T
Jannelle Watson
Amazon
Maricela Gomez*
Jacobs
Jeff McConnell*
EKA
Kevin Sanchez-Morales
Ruben Zaragoza*
Southwest Airlines
Shani Grafman
Scouting America
2026 Board of Governors
Clay Lacy
Clay Lacy Aviation
Greg Lippe
Greg N. Lippe Accountancy Corp
Pegi Matsuda
On Board Business & Community Consulting
Walter Mosher**
Retired
Sanford Paris**
Paris Industrial Parks
Stuart Solomon**
Transcon Property Services, Inc.
**Denotes past board chairs