LASEC ADVISORY BOARD

DAVE ALLEN
President, West Region
NASCAR

LINDSAY AMSTUTZ

RAUL ANAYA
Head of Business Banking
Bank of America

RAND APRIL
Retired Partner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SHEILA ARDALAN
Principal
Levato Consulting

ASHLEY ARMSTRONG
Deputy Athletic Director
Loyola Marymount University

GREG ASHLOCK
President
iHeart Influencer Network

REGINA BIRDSELL
Director
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

STEVE BIRDWELL
Chief Financial Officer &
Vice President of Administration
Fairplex

BRETT BITTEL
President
Bittel Enterprises, Inc.

MIKE BONE
President
Spectrum Sports Management, Inc.

TOM BRAUN
President of Business Operations & Chief Operating Officer
LA Galaxy

STEVE BRENER
President
BZA

PAMELA BRUNSON
President
Wolfgang Puck Catering

ADAM BURKE
President & CEO
LA Tourism

CHRISTY CASTILLO BUTCHER
Senior Vice President
Programming
SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park

LAURA CAMPBELL
EVP, Investor Relations & Marketing
Hudson Pacific Properties

WAYNE CAMPBELL
Global VP Technology
AMIRI

STEVE CARLSTON

GEOFFREY CARNS
Senior Vice President,
Venues & Promoters
Ticketmaster

KELLY CHEESEMAN
Chief Operating Officer
LA Kings/AEG Sports

HEATHER COCHRAN
CFO & Executive Vice President,
Business Operations
The Television Academy

JOE COHEN
Senior Consultant
The Switch

PAUL CORVINO
Regional President
iHeartMedia

PATRICK COSTELLO
Senior Director
North America Business Development
Qualcomm

AUBREE CURTIS
Global Co-Head
CAA Brand Consulting

JENNIFER DAVIDSON
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

SAMANTHA DAVIES

PETER DELGROSSO
Managing Partner
Bryant Stibel

JAMES ELLIS
Former Dean
USC Marshall School of Business

ADAM FANNON
CEO & General Manager
Bel-Air Country Club

JOHANNA FARIES
President
Blizzard Entertainment

MICHAEL FINLEY
CEO
Boingo

SAMUEL FOX
President
Fox Law Group

IZZY FRAY
Sr. Manager, Region West Sponsorships
Anheuser-Busch

LARRY FREEDMAN
Co-President & Chief Business Officer
Los Angeles Football Club

ANDREW FURGATCH
President
Special Events Staffing

 

JOE FURIN
General Manager
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

TANNER GARDNER
Director of Athletics
Pepperdine University

DENNIS GILBERT
Managing Partner
Paradigm Gilbert

JON GLASER
Managing Member
JMG Capital Management

BRAD GLUCKSTEIN
President
Apex Realty Inc.

MARK GOLDSTEIN
CEO & President
Entertainment Partners

BLANCA GONZALEZ
Sr. Vice President & General Manager
WSS

LARRY GREEN
Managing Director
Cain Development

JON GREER
Head of Communications & Community
DIRECTV

DARYL GROSS
Executive Director of Athletics
Cal State Los Angeles

JOE GUERRA
Principal/Owner
TurfStar Western

GENE HALE
CEO & President
G&C Equipment Corporation

ANN HAND
Chairman & CEO
Super League

BILL HANWAY
Executive Vice President,
Global Sports Leader
AECOM Services Group

JOHN HARPER
Chief Operating Officer
LA28

LUCIENNE HASSLER
Senior Vice President
Sony Pictures Entertainment

RYAN HAYDEN
Partner
United Talent Agency

HEIDI HOFF

CHARLIE ISGAR
Chair Advisory Board
Taubman Center for State
and Local Government
Harvard Kennedy School

JESSICA JANIS
Vertical Director, Business Development
Corning Optical Communications

DENNIS JOHNSON
Senior Director
West Regional Communications
Charter Spectrum

STEVE JOUDI
Co-Founder and Head of Revenue
Crescendo Advisors, LLC

RAY JUMAN
Managing Director, Market Executive
Wells Fargo Bank

DAVID JURENKA
Senior Vice President &
General Manager
NFL Media

HEATHER BROOKS KARATZ

CHRISTOS KARMIS 
CEO
Boldyn

CHERYL KEELER
Vice President, Business Sales
T-Mobile

CRYS KELCH

RICK KERSENBROCK
National Operations Manager
Homebuilder Services Division
First American Title Insurance Co.

TRAVIS KIYOTA
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Affairs
East West Bank

CHRIS KLEIN
Co-Chairman
Los Angeles 2026 World Cup Host Committee

DANNY KOBLIN
Chief Operating Officer, United States
Olympic & Paralympic Properties

DANA KRAVETZ
Managing Partner
Michelman and Robinson, LLP

ANDREA KREMER
Chief Correspondent NFL Network, Host,
CBS Sports

 

 

 

SAM LAGANA
Chairman
John R. Wooden Awards & Foundation

WING LAM
Co-Founder
Wahoo’s Fish Taco

KEVIN LEGRETT

STEVE LOPES
Principal
SVL Sports

STEVE LURIE
Partner
Greenberg Glusker LLP

KYLE MABRY
Mabry & Associates

ANNA MAGZANYAN
President
LA Times Studios

HARVEY MASON JR.
Founder & CEO, Harvey Mason Media
President & CEO, The Recording Academy

CHRIS MCGUIRE
VP, Sports Marketing
adidas America

BRYAN MECKELBORG
President
Brockcom

MARLA MESSING

PARKER MORSE
CEO & Founder
My Code

JON NIERMANN
Founder
Loop Media

STEVE NISSEN
President & CEO
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

BILL O’BRIEN
CEO
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

SCOTT OLMSTED
SVP, National Technology Industry Executive
Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America

KATIE PANDOLFO
General Manager
Dignity Health Sports Park

ANDY PARK
Managing Partner—Los Angeles Office & Pacific South Growth Markets Leader
E&Y

MIKE PERSSON
President, SoCal Region Bright Event Rentals

JILL PETERSEN
Vice President Foodservice & On Premise
Reyes Coca-Cola

JOIE POMPILIO
Director of Marketing
Brown-Forman

HENRY RABELLO

ANDREW REDMAN
CEO
Marv Entertainment

JEFF REFOLD
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Ryan Seacrest Productions

ROBIN RICHARDS
Chairman
Local Roofs Inc.

LUC ROBITAILLE
President
Los Angeles Kings

ROB RODIN
General Partner & Managing Director
Riordan, Lewis & Haden

MILES ROGERS 
Chief Marketing Officer
Archer Aviation

JESÚS ROMÁN
Vice President for Government Affairs for Southern California and Chief Regulatory and Legislative Counsel
Verizon

LON ROSEN
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Los Angeles Dodgers

TOM RUDNAI
President
Temecula Valley Toyota

KELLI SAGER
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

LENNY SANDS
Chairman & CEO
Wheelhouse Investment Group

MALAK SANTINI
Vice President
Sports & Entertainment Marketing
JPMorgan Chase

SCOTT SANTORO
Vice President Los Angeles, Sales—Central & West
Delta Air Lines

MIKE SCHER
Chief Executive Officer
National Graphics

PERRY SCHONFELD
Principal & Chief Operating Officer
LBA Realty

MITCHELL SHENKIN
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Enterprise Holdings Inc.

IAN SHEPHERD
Sr Manager, LA Brand Marketing
Nike

JEFF SIGMEN
Chief Customer Officer, Americas
Glanbia Performance Nutrition

DENISE SIRKOT
President
Gracie Films

DON SKEOCH

ANDREW SOFIELD
Los Angeles Managing Partner
PwC

KEN SOLOMON

A.G. SPANOS
President, Business Operations
Los Angeles Chargers

MICHAEL STERN
Consultant
Bright Event Rentals

DANIEL STIMMLER
Vice President, Auxiliary Services,
USC
Chief Operating Officer,
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

LEVI STOCKTON
President
Advanced Air

MIKE SZANGER
President
National Graphics

TAYLOR TALT
Senior Vice President, Development Partner
Majestic Realty Co.

AMY THURLOW
Chief of Staff
Fanatics Collectibles

TOM TIERNEY
Executive Vice President
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

MATTHEW TOLEDO
CEO
ProVisors

AMY TRASK
Analyst
CBS Sports Network

JULIE UHRMAN
Founder and President
Angel City Football Club

JON VEIN
President
Los Angeles Convention & Tourism Development Department Board

TONY VITRANO
Chief Strategy Officer
Transportation Management Services

TODD VRADENBURG
President/CEO
National Association of Theatre Owners CA/NV

JAHAN WANG
Executive Vice President, Head of Entertainment Banking
City National Bank

MEGAN FUJIKO WATANABE
CEO
The Riviera Country Club

STEVE WEBSTER
President & CEO
CMPR

JENS WEIDEN
Chief Executive Officer & General Manager
Rose Bowl Stadium

ROY WEINSTEIN
Managing Director
Epsilon Economics

JORDAN WIGGINS
Principal, Partner
Deloitte Consulting, LLP

STEPHANIE WIGGINS
CEO
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)

RYAN WILLIAMS
Managing Partner
Athletes First

LEE ZEIDMAN

JASON ZELLER
Vice President, Finance
Melissa’s Produce

ANGELA ZEPEDA
Global Head of Marketing
X

GILLIAN ZUCKER
CEO
Halo Sports and Entertainment