Panelists Checking in with
Key Constituencies
Jon Boesel
President and CEO, Cal Start
Tamika Butler
Executive Director, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC)
Darrell Clarke
Sierra Club
Andre Colaiace
Deputy Executive Director of Planning & Government Affairs, Access Services
Mike Eng
Trustee, Los Angeles Community College District Board
Nidia Erceg
Deputy Policy Director, Coalition for Clean Air
Cecilia Estolano
Principal, ELP Advisors
Isela Gracian
President, East Los Angeles Community Corporation (ELACC)
Chris Hannan
Council Representative, LA/Orange County Building & Construction
Romel Lopez
President, Associated Students East Los Angeles College
Jessica Meaney
Managing Director and Founder, Investing in Place
Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza
Environmental Affairs Program Manager, Southern California Gas Company
Hilary Norton
Executive Director, Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic (FAST)
Brandi Orton
Civic Engagement Coordinator, St. Barnabas Senior Services of Los Angeles
Erika Thi Patterson
Senior Policy Coordinator, Jobs to Move America
Joyce Perkins
Co-founder and former Executive Director, Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI)
Eric Stockel
One LA and Leo Baeck Temple
Taylor Thomas
Research and Policy Analyst, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
Thomas Yee
Initiative Officer LA Thrives
Panelists: Business, Labor, Environmental, Social Justice Leadership
Art Aguilar
President, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1277
Rusty Hicks
ExecutiveSecretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
Zach Hoover
Executive Director, LA Voice
David Kersh
Executive Director, Carpenters/Contractors Cooperation Committee (C/CCC)
Mary Leslie
President, LA Business Council
Dr. Joseph K. Lyou
President and CEO, Coalition for Clean Air
Jonathan Parfrey
Executive Director, Climate Resolve
Tracy Rafter
President and CEO, LA County Business Federation (BizFed)
Sergio Rascon
Business Manager, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 300
Alberto Retana
Executive Director Community Coalition
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Gary Toebben
Chief Executive Officer and President, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
M C Townsend
President/CEO, Regional Black Chamber of Commerce San Fernando Valley