Blue Ribbon Panel

The centerpiece of the Bring LA Home! Project is the Blue Ribbon Panel of distinguished civic leaders from business, government, faith based organizations, labor, direct service providers, advocacy groups, and civic organizations. The diversity of the Bring LA Home! campaign is reflected in the list of panel members provided below. The Blue Ribbon Panel will serve to guide the campaign and will issue the completed 10 Year Plan to Eliminate Homelessness in Los Angeles.

The Panel will meet four times during the planning process to review and act on major work products produced by the campaign. Additionally, the panel members have been invited to participate in listening sessions with homeless persons, service providers, advocates and community organizations. The meeting schedule for the Blue Ribbon Panel can be found on the Meeting & Schedule Info page.

Mr. Larry Adamson *
The Midnight Mission

Ms. Sue Aebischer
House of Ruth

Senator Richard Alarcón
California State Senate, 20th District

Sheriff Leroy Baca *
Los Angeles County, California

Dr. Rosina Becerra
Associate Vice Chancellor
UCLA Chancellor's Office-Faculty Diversity

Mr. Richard Benbow *
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Community Redevelopment Agency/LA

Bishop Charles Blake
West Los Angeles Church of God in Christ

Councilmember Richard Bloom *
City of Santa Monica

Mayor Bill Bogaard
City of Pasadena

Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke *
County of Los Angeles, 2nd District

Police Chief William Bratton
City of Los Angeles

Ms. Jan Breidenbach
Executive Director (ret.)
Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing

Bishop J. Jon Bruno
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

Ms. Elise Buik
United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Ms. Carmelita Casal

Mr. Mark Casanova *
Executive Director
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles

Reverend Kathy Cooper-Ledesma
USC Center for Religion & Civic Cultures

Dr. Peter Dreier
Professor
Occidental College

Mr. Neil Dudovitz
Executive Director
Neighborhood Legal Services

Maria Elena Durazo
Interim Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

Rabbi Marc Stevens Dworkin
Homeless Advocate

Mr. Jeff Farber
Helpline Youth Counseling

Mr. Michael Feuer
Attorney at Law
Morrison & Foerster

Mr. Andrew Friedman
Attorney at Law

Ms. Dora Gallo *
Chief Executive Officer
A Community of Friends

Councilmember Eric Garcetti
City of Los Angeles, 13th District

Mr. Victor Geminiani
Executive Director
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Councilmember Wendy Greuel, Vice Chair *
City of Los Angeles, 2nd District

Ms. Stephani Hardy
Executive Director
U.S. Vets

Mr. Ted Hayes
President
Justiceville/Homeless U.S.A.

Ms. Antonia Hernandez *
Chief Executive Officer
California Community Foundation

* Executive Committee member

Ms. Madeline Janis-Aparicio
Executive Director
LA Alliance for A New Economy

Mr. Robert Levy
EnviroCommunications, Inc.

Estela Lopez
Central City East Association

Ms. Mollie Lowery *
LAMP Community (ret.)

Cardinal Roger Mahony *
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Mr. Antonio Manning, Chair *
Vice President of Corporate Relations
Washington Mutual

Mr. Rickey Mantley
Organizer
Los Angeles Community Action Network

Reverend Dr. Michael Mata
Claremont School of Theology

Ms. Rhonda Meister *
Executive Director
Saint Joseph Center

Reverend Dr. Cecil Murray, Vice-Chair
First African Methodist Episcopal Church

Councilmember Owen Newcomer *
City of Whittier/LAHSA Comission

Assemblymember Fabian Nuñez
California State Assembly, 46th District, Speaker

Mayor Beverly O'Neill
City of Long Beach

Councilmember Jan Perry *
City of Los Angeles, 9th District

Mr. Peklar Pilavjian
Partner
Los Angeles United Investment Co.

Ms. Susan Rabinovitz *
Associate Director
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles

Mr. Joel Roberts
Executive Director
People Assisting the Homeless

Mr. Robert Ross
Chief Executive Officer
California Endowment

Mr. Tyrone Roy
Homeless Advocate

Mr. Gilbert Saldate, Vice-Chair *
Program Coordinator
Tri-City Mental Health Center

Ms. Carol Schatz *
President and CEO
Central City Association

Dr. Leonard Schneiderman *
Dean Emeritus
UCLA School of Social Welfare

Ms. Ruth Schwartz *
Executive Director
Shelter Partnership, Inc.

Ms. Carol Seiler
The Salvation Army - Southern California Division

Ms. Tanya Tull *
President and CEO
Beyond Shelter

Mr. Paul Vert *
President and CEO
Young's Holding's Inc.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa *
City of Los Angeles

Dr. Jennifer Wolch *
Professor
USC Center for Sustainable Cities

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky *
County of Los Angeles, 3rd District